This is just a sample of the courses and subjects that Peter delivers - please contact him to discuss your specific needs .
All courses can be customised to your current business needs, or courses can be developed if you require something special.
And, in this 'new normal', all training, coaching and consultancy can be delivered in a virtual format.
Description
The workshop will cover the definition of productive laziness, the science behind the theory (yes there really is some), and will share some personal learning experiences and look at the key project stages, one of which the ‘lazy’ project manager works very hard in and the second they should be in the position of enjoying the ‘comfy chair’ safe in the knowledge that the project is well under control.
A specific focus will be made on the third area, project closure, which can be done so much better with very little effort but with a significant value add for all ‘would be’ lazy project managers.
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to:
Time
The remote delivery covers 6 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks
Audience
'Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.'
Learn about the art of productive laziness with The Lazy Project Manager; understanding what is meant by the ‘productive lazy’ approach to projects (and life) and learn how to apply these lessons ‘to be twice as productive and still leave the office early’.
Description
The aim is a challenging but enjoyable environment with lessons learnt staying in the mind because of the practical and experiential nature of the learning environment.
Delegates will derive real value from the Project from Hell workshop content and materials, as they very much reflect everyday real life scenarios; what can go wrong, mistakes that can be made, loss of control that can be experienced etc. Delegates have to identify these and work out ways in which such events can be more successfully managed in the future.
The amount of time available is tightly controlled to generate the stresses and strains of real-world projects and team working. Quickly this is no longer a case study but a living breathing project that must be saved, by a deadline that is rapidly approaching and cannot be missed.
Welcome to your real project world!
Time
The remote delivery covers 3 or 6 hours (depending on version) and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Audience
Off to the time machine to save the worst project in history…
Why learn about Project Success and Failure in a dry, traditional manner when instead, you could participate in rescuing the Project from Hell in this exciting interactive and fun workshop?
Compete with your colleagues in bringing this project back from the brink of complete failure and into the realms of success – to hell and back in one workshop!
With all events encountered being based on a real case study, the Project from Hell has relevance across any business sector and is very appropriate for mixed project skills within teams. To quote one delegate: ‘I’m sure this project from hell is based on Project X that we canned last year’.
Description
The workshop will follow the theme of understanding and deploying certain strategies for delivering effective sponsorship within your organisation.
It can be focused on project managers wanting to learn to be more effective with the sponsors they work with, or for project sponsors wanting to improve their skills.
Attendees will learn more about understanding the project sponsors you work with, or indeed what type of sponsor you are, and how to develop an effective working partnership between project manager and project sponsor.
Regardless of your experience with project sponsorship in the past this workshop will allow you to understand more from all perspectives.
Time
The remote delivery covers 6 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Audience
It has been said that 'A project is one small step for the project sponsor, one giant leap for the project manager' - but wouldn't we all be that much happier if that 'giant leap' was supported by a really professional project sponsor?
Based on the research from his book ‘Strategies for Project Sponsorship’ (Management Concepts Press) Peter Taylor, will lead this workshop to explore the current challenges of project sponsorship maturity and will deliver some techniques for creating an effective partnership with today’s project sponsors, as well as looking to the future on what could be.
Description
Together in the workshop we will identify what it is that successful PMO leaders have and do that allows them to be successful and how the rest of us can learn from those proven experiences.
Attendees will learn more about the sorts of PMO that can be adopted and the styles of operation and management. The workshop aims to aid participants in learning how to grow a PMO to enterprise level or how to re-energise a PMO within an organisation.
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
The workshop includes a real-life case study for student reference and discussion and concludes with a look to the future of the PMO.
Time
The remote delivery covers 6 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Workshop would include a pre-workshop survey to understand the type of PMO (if relevant) attendees were part of, age of PMO, level of experience and challenges.
Audience
The remote workshop is directed at anyone sponsoring, leading, or indeed working in a PMO – whether a ‘greenfield’ PMO start up or a mature PMO
No previous PMO experience is required, only a keen interest in learning more about what a PMO can deliver to a business and to the project personnel.
This workshop aims to aid all would-be and current PMO leaders. As a PMO leader myself, five greenfield PMOs developed in the last 15 years) I know that this can be a really rewarding experience, but not an easy one to find the right line to balance the projects and the business demands.
The workshop is about successfully leading a PMO (whatever you understand by those three letters) to deliver better projects, better business to the customers of those projects and greater success to the organisation that you work for. As well as to best serve the contributing project managers from both a professional and a personal perspective.
Together we will explore some of the research carried out by myself in ‘Leading Successful PMOs’ (Gower) and ‘Delivering Successful PMOs’ (Gower). The books bring together the experience and views of PMO leaders from around the world and the project managers that work within the PMOs, as well as those who are now seeking brilliant leaders for their PMOs.
Description
Attendees will learn about the paradigm shift to ‘Social Project Management’ and what the benefits are, as well as the challenges and opportunities.
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Time
The remote delivery covers 3 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Audience
Anyone leading projects or leads a community of project managers, and who are keen to understand, and be prepared for, the transformation towards Social Project Management .
A project is a temporary endeavour where people come together to work towards a common goal and purpose; it is therefore a temporary endeavour that must rely on a social system of communication and collaboration in order to succeed.
Social project management is a non-traditional way of organising projects and managing project performance and progress aimed at delivering, at the enterprise level, a common goal for the business but harnessing the performance advantages of a collaborative community.
There is a paradigm shift ongoing in many organisations that is about finding a practical balance between the challenges to traditional project management made by Project Management 2.0 - which encouraged a move away from centralised control of projects and instead promoted the value of team collaboration – and the practical recognition that large scale projects do require a stronger form of centralised control and governance.
Description
The workshop will explore the true value of your Strategic Change Portfolio (Projects) – it will be bigger than you think – and will explain why it, and you, and your organisation, are at real risk of failure (and wasting a lot of that investment dollars).
What you should do about this critical situation is, of course, simply explained through ‘Two Key Actions you need to take to avoid Strategic Change Failure’, but perhaps something harder to undertake on your own.
Time
The remote delivery covers 2 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Audience
A four-year study by LeadershipIQ.com interviewing over 1,000 board members from 286 public and private organizations that fired, or otherwise forced out, their chief executive found that the number one reason CEO’s got fired was …. Wait for it …. Mis-managing change!
And so, the cry goes up ‘Executives; stop failing your projects!’
Yes! you read that right – not ‘Executives; stop your failing projects’ but ‘Executives; stop failing your projects’
In ‘Why good strategies fail: Lessons for the C-suite’ published by The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited the report stated, in the conclusion, that there was a need for increased C-suite attention to implementation (therefore projects) ‘Leadership support is the most important factor in successful strategy execution, yet a substantial number of survey respondents indicate that the C-suite is insufficiently involved’. This is why I make the loud and bold challenge that ‘Executives are failing their projects’ and I strongly believe that this situation needs to stop – now!
Description
Step 1: Strategies for Project Sponsorship
It is stated the Standish Chaos Report, amongst many others including PMI’s Pulse of the Profession, that the sponsor is the person who is ultimately responsible for the success (or failure) of the project, who represent the business and the business change. And yet, there is a chasm in many organisations between this statement and the reality of the professionalism and associated investment in development of those active sponsors. We will explore the current challenges of project sponsorship maturity and offer some techniques for creating an effective sponsorship community as one of the two foundations of project success.
Step 2: Building the best PMO
Here will explore the true value of a ‘good’ PMO in guiding project success and supporting the sponsor community in the management of the portfolio of project change. Exploring what is meant by a ‘Balanced PMO’, a design developed by Peter, as well as presenting a new working model for project management excellence with the ‘Project Academy’ concept. All offering that critical second foundation for project success. The workshop will be an interactive experience with first hand case study insights and the opportunity to spend some time with one of the world’s most experienced PMO leaders.
Time
The remote delivery covers 3 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Audience
If you are concerned about Strategic Change Failure, and that means your portfolio of Projects, then there are two key actions that can dramatically de-risk this potential situation.
Both are required to connect the executive level strategy to business-based change delivery.
Description
This workshop takes you on a journey of understanding as to what makes a good presentation and how you can improve your own style and skills with simple steps.
Receive coaching to prepare for or to review your next presentation (optional extra)
Time
Additional personal coaching time can be purchased with Peter Taylor for ongoing speaking support.
The remote delivery covers 6 hours and follows the ‘best practice’ format of each hour of delivery including a balanced mix of presentations, exercises, discussions, and breaks.
Audience
Anybody who just wants to ‘present’ in more confident and effective way.
Peter Taylor is the author of two best-selling books on ‘Productive Laziness’ – ‘The Lazy Winner’ and ‘The Lazy Project Manager’.
In the last 10 years he has focused on writing and lecturing with over 400 presentations around the world in over 25 countries and he has been described as ‘perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today’.
Based on his experience in travelling the world and speaking to over 80,000 people Peter has developed his own ‘Presentation Skills’ training to help others achieve more through their own presentations at work and beyond.
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