The PMO Practice Bootcamp Soft Skills: Effective Meeting Skills: A Practical Guilde for More Productive Meetings

by Leslie Magsalay, M.S., Jon Sung (Editor)

Overview

Containing practical guidance for anyone (such as program managers) who need to run meetings more effectively, this book describes how to gain productivity, provide evaluations to assess the areas of improvement as well as checklists and action summaries to remind of what you need to do to conduct effective meetings in the future. It also combines information for program managers, project managers, individual contributors, executives and customers into a single package they can apply directly. 85+ useful tips give clear and concise information to help anyone make a positive contribution toward achieving the objective of any meeting attended.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013023628
Publisher:	The PMO Practice
Publication date:	07/29/2011
Series:	The PMO Bootcamp: Soft Skills , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Leslie O. Magsalay, M.S. is the COO of The PMO Practice, a management consulting firm that advises and leads program execution and operational excellence so companies can run more efficiently and effectively as they scale their overall operations. It is also an organization that creates and nurtures a global community in which people and business learn to grow and prosper through innovation and the introduction of new products. Leslie is an accomplished executive with an exemplary record of leading product portfolios for Fortune 500 technology enterprises who is also acknowledged as an industry expert in bringing complex systems (software, hardware, services) and software (B2B, B2C) network solutions to market. She is highly skilled in program execution, process and cross-functional leadership, as well as forging strategic partnerships through product lifecycle management (PLC).

A certified PMO Executive (PMO), she is also certified in many new product development processes (waterfall, agile, hybrid of waterfall + agile), quality management (six sigma, lean manufacturing) and product frameworks (SDRA - Software Development Re-Architecture, PLC process - Product Lifecyle, PLM – Product Lifecycle Management – Systems) used today. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with an MS in Electronic Business Management from Notre Dame de Namur University. She has received lifetime, who's who and top performer achievement awards for her work in portfolio execution and operations excellence.

The PMO Practice (http://www.ThePMOPractice.com) teaches senior professionals in program management to be better in program execution, process, cross-functional team leadership, and product lifecycle management. Visit The PMO Practice to book Leslie O. Magsalay for coaching, speaking or management consulting engagements as well as for upcoming recommended conferences.

Editorial Reviews

Leslie is a strong leader who ensures her team has the support and tools needed to get the job done. This is a must have work book!” --Noreen B., Voxify mentored by Leslie (Les) while at Agile Software, Inc.

Noreen B.

“In my account role I really get to use a lot of the skills Leslie (Les) taught me and I’m using all the tips I’ve learned when Leslie (Les) hosted her mini soft skills sessions at Oracle on how to run meetings, etc. The best part is that Leslie (Les) mentor folks.” --Victoria M., SuccessFactors mentored by Leslie (Les) while at Oracle, Inc.

Victoria M.