The PMI Atlanta Dinner Meeting, The Project Management Event of the month, features networking, two presentations, and dinner.
Professional Growth Session: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
"Optimizing Business Value Delivery with Portfolio Management" presented by Mike Lawrence, Director of Product Strategy, Oracle Primavera
Keynote Presentation - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
"Tough Talk: Training Leaders How to Disarm Difficult Conversations" by Becky Dannenfelser and Conni Todd, Clearwater Consulting Group
Earn up to 2 PDUs while building your professional network, viewing new products and services, and enjoying dinner. Earn 1 PDU for attending the Professional Growth event and 1 PDU for attending the dinner meeting. Click Here to view the Fee Schedule for this event.
Keynote Presentation Details:
You have both the responsibility and control over how you respond to a situation. Disagreements or conflicting views can occur in any direction—with your superiors, with your peers or colleagues, with your direct reports or staff, or with your customers and clients. No matter what your position within the organization, you play a role in creating a culture in which directness, candor, problem solving and resolution can occur. Leaders within your organization will learn insights and tips for tackling the most prevalent difficult conversations and how best to prepare for them.
Participants will leave the presentation:
• Learning why we avoid difficult conversations at work
• Understanding the 9 most common difficult conversations people avoid and the tips to overcome them
• Committing to the most powerful tool anyone can use to overcome difficult conversations—the act of preparation
Biographies:
Becky Dannenfelser, Principal, brings her vast experience in leading and developing teams in a Fortune 100 company to work for her Clearwater clients. With over 20 years of experience successfully leading and coaching senior executives, teams and high-potential talent, Becky is an authority on improving team engagement, developing high-functioning teams and training and developing leaders at all levels within an organization.
Becky has held several key senior and vice president executive positions with Profit and Loss responsibility for Federated Department Stores, a leading retail department store that included assignments with both line and staff requirements with Macy’s, Federated Merchandising Group and Burdine’s. Her most recent assignment was leading the $350 million Menswear division of Rich’s, now known as Macy’s South. Becky was a team member and adviser of Federated’s Leadership Institute in the development of the merchant leadership model, and served on Federated’s Leadership Advisory Council for high potentials and numerous other leadership committees and partnerships during her 24 year tenure.
Becky has completed her training from The Coaches Training Institute, an ICF accredited program and is a Registered Corporate Coach through the World Association of Business Coaches. She is certified in Management Research Group’s Leadership Effectiveness Analysis, a 360 instrument and in Management Research Group’s Personal Direction Instrument. She is also certified in The Center for Creative Leadership’s Benchmark 360 instrument. In addition, she is proficient in the DISC, PIAV, and MBTI assessment tools. Becky is certified in the Hogan Assessment having completed their training program in 2009. She is certified in the Team Diagnostic, a Team Coaching International assessment that delivers a unique team coaching approach that is system focused. Becky holds a BA in English from the University of Florida.
Becky is a past President for the Georgia Coach Association, the 4th largest ICF chapter with over 230 coaches and a member of the International Coaches Federation (ICF), and The Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC). Becky served as co-chair for the 2008 Prism Award a prestigious ICF sanctioned recognition awarded to corporations and organizations that use coaching to deliver outstanding business results. She has served on the Atlanta Children Shelter Board, a non-profit organization that delivers services to over 100 homeless families annually on their way to self-sufficiency and is a past member of Atlanta Peachtree Rotary Club where she chaired the Membership Committee.
Conni Todd, Senior Partner has 20+ years of progressive business development and operations experience as senior partner and executive coach with Clearwater Consulting. Designated as high potential during her career with AT&T, Conni offers a balanced perspective of organizational challenges associated with the development and retention of rising stars. With a passion for coaching leaders, Conni demonstrates her commitment to an organization's talent development capacity with keen awareness of the corporate landscape for women seeking senior roles. Conni's leadership effectiveness won her multiple President's Club honors.
Conni is accredited in all DiSC assessments (Wiley). A certified trainer and Registered Corporate Coach through the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC), Conni is also a member of WABC. Additional certifications include Performance Problem Solving, Conflict Management and Certified Skilled Negotiator. Conni has coached executives and delivered workshops for numerous organizations including Georgia Society for Association Executives (GSAE), Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), an African American organization for c-suite executives in technology, Oracle's African American Business Leaders of Excellence (ABLE) and Women in Technology (WIT) to name a few.
A graduate of Florida State University, Conni is committed to community service and has held leadership roles for ArtsNow and the American Red Cross. Most recently Conni co-chaired the 16th Annual Dining For A Difference event raising over $500,000 to benefit Families First whose mission is to ensure the success of children in jeopardy by empowering families. She currently serves on the board of the Sub-Saharan Education Project (SSEP), a US-based organization with a mission to enrich the lives of women and children in Ghana by increasing access to community-based educational opportunities. As a triathlete, Conni also supports the Leukemia Lymphoma Society's Team in Training.