Learn Ten Essential Skills in Two Days! with Neal Whitten
What You Will Learn
Upon completion of this training, learners will be able to:
- Benefit from training in 10 primary skill and knowledge areas within a single seminar.
- Describe the key lessons from each of the ten sessions through its handy summary takeaways for use back in the office.
Description
Are you looking for a microlearning-type experience that addresses a wide variety of the most popular and hottest professional development topics on projects and in the workplace? Welcome! These 60–90 minute “bursts” (or sessions) are stand-alone opportunities to enhance your professional and personal development.
The ten skill areas are:
- Are You Too Soft?
- Successful Change Management
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Top Reasons Why Projects Fail and What You Can Do to Avoid Failure
- Effective Negotiation Skills
- Top Mistakes in Conducting Lessons Learned
- Drive Innovation with Disruptive Thinking
- Creating Client Satisfaction Surveys for Projects
- Building Your Self-Confidence
- Achieving the Elusive Work-Life Balance
AGENDA
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- Welcome
- Objectives for Training
- Training of the first 5 bursts
- Are You Too Soft?
- Successful Change Management
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Top Reasons Why Projects Fail and What You Can Do to Avoid Failure
- Effective Negotiation Skills
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- Training on next 5 bursts
- Top Mistakes in Conducting Lessons Learned
- Drive Innovation with Disruptive Thinking
- Creating Client Satisfaction Surveys for Projects
- Building Your Self-Confidence
- Achieving the Elusive Work-Life Balance
- Training Quiz
- Top Takeaways Identified by Attendees
- Training Wrap-Up
- Training on next 5 bursts
Excellent, engaging instructor with useful information, important life messages, and relevant stories to keep my interest.
June 2023 Attendee
PDU Allocation Table
Ways of Working | Power Skills | Business Acumen | Total | |
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CAPM® / PMI-CP™ / PMP® / PgMP® | 1.5 | 9.5 | 3 | 14.00 |
PMI-ACP® / Agile* | 1.5 | 9.5 | 3 | 14.00 |
PMI-SP® | 0 | 9.5 | 3 | 12.50 |
PMI-RMP® | 0 | 9.5 | 3 | 12.50 |
PfMP® | 0 | 9.5 | 3 | 12.50 |
PMI-PBA® | 0 | 9.5 | 3 | 12.50 |
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Instructor(s)

Neal Whitten PMP
Neal Whitten, PMP, is a consultant, trainer, mentor, speaker, and author in the areas of power skills and leadership, project management, team building, and employee development. He is the author of eight books, has written over 150 articles for professional magazines, and was a contributing editor of PMI’s PM Network® magazine for more than 15 years. He has presented to thousands of people from hundreds of companies, institutions, and public organizations worldwide. Neal has held the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification since 1992.