The Project Management Office (PMO) is one of the fastest growing management structures in the project management profession today. The PMO is also anchored by global standards and best practices promulgated by the Project Management Institute (PMI); however, high PMO failure rates are being seen across all industries. The lack of leadership has been consistently identified as one of the root causes of PMO failure. This keynote presentation will enhance your awareness of PMO leadership skills needed for success by;
1. Giving you the historical framework of why leadership is needed within organizations by briefly observing how organizations were formed and how that classical formation is related to the bureaucratic processes that we see today.
2. Understanding that implementing any PMO is really about creating organizational change and how to effectively overcome resistance to that change by understanding organizational culture and politics.
3. Increasing your emotionally intelligence by understanding the foundations of employee motivation, emotions, and stress in the workplace and how to assimilate and regulate emotion within yourself and others.
4. Illustrating how to increase your communication skills by increasing your active listening skills, social networks and avoiding common communication barriers.
5. Identifying the types and sources of power and influence in organizations and how to develop and increase your power and influence in the workplace as well as handling conflicts and negotiations.
Fredrick Redd, PMP has 27 over years of industry experience as an engineer, project manager, assistant professor, and entrepreneur. He is currently the Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) within the Office of the Chief Operating Office at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey headquarters located on Park Avenue South in Manhattan. He is responsible for centralized focus for organizational strategy, leadership and accountability as it relates to the project management function for the entire Agency including World Trade Center, ARC Tunnel, Aviation (including JFK, LGA, Newark and Teterboro Airports), Tunnels Bridges & Terminals, PATH and Port Commerce. He is also responsible for overseeing all project management activities, resources, and providing technical expertise Agency wide within an annual budget of approximately $6.7 billion per year.
Prior to joining the Port Authority, Fredrick was founder and CEO of Project Management Resource Group, Inc.(PMRG), a national award-winning firm providing project management services to Fortune 500 companies. PMRG received awards such as Top 500 Small Businesses in America for 2008, Top 100 Small Businesses in NY for 2008, and Top 500 Emerging Businesses in 2007, awarded by Diversity.com, America’s leading multi-cultural magazine and website. During Mr. Redd’s tenure as CEO, he received numerous awards by Congressional Committee including the 2006 Businessman of the Year, Honorary Chairman of the National Business Advisory Council (2006-2008) and the Congressional Order of Merit.
Fredrick has held a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor at Syracuse University teaching construction management, project management and engineering courses. He is also the author of “Estimating for Building Construction” a Prentice-Hall technical reference book. Other teaching credits include an Adjunct Professor position at New York University (NYU) teaching a variety of engineering and computer courses. This native Texan has an engineering degree from the University of Texas, with post-graduate work in architecture at Syracuse University and voice at the Juilliard School.
