Project Management: Planning Skills - Supervisors & Managers

As talent advance into supervisory roles they have to transition from being individual contributors to organizing a team to produce the results. However, most were never taught how to do the planning and scheduling to run projects because many of their leaders learned on the job as well. In this session we will borrow project management skills to teach a new supervisors and managers how to start making longer term plans to optimize the team. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Presented by Samantha Mansfield/Jessica Hartsfield

Supervisors, Managers, Seniors in all service lines, HR, marketing, and operations.

After attending this presentation, you will be able to...

• Discover the necessary mindset shift when moving from individual contributor to project manager
• Identify best practices for navigating a new project or team through each project phase
• Distinguish the difference between managing projects for a team versus an individual

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Methods to breakdown a project into milestones so specific due dates and areas of responsibility are identified
• Communication strategies to stay abreast of status and avoid conflicts early on in the project

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