Leadership & Team Effectiveness: Turn Common SENSE into Common PRACTICE!
In Person WORKSHOP
Leadership & Team Effectiveness: Turn Common SENSE into Common PRACTICE!
When: Sat March 8th 2025, 09:30 am-05:30pm
Agenda: Workshop Format & Agenda (8 hours)
Where: In Person
Venue - UCSC campus ,3175 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95054
PMISV and UCSC Silicon Valley Extension
The Project Management Institute (PMI) Silicon Valley Chapter is proud to collaborate with UCSC Silicon Valley Extension in Santa Clara to empower students and professionals in project management. This partnership provides exclusive access to industry insights, mentorship, networking events, and career development resources. Together, we bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world project management, equipping future leaders with the skills and connections needed to succeed.
Price:
Early Bird: PMISV member: $200 Non-PMISV member: $300
Regular: PMISV member: $250 Non-PMISV member: $350
Important Dates:
Last date for early bird discount: 02/28/2025
Last date for On-line Registration: 03/05/2025
Highly effective teams can accomplish what would be difficult, or impossible, for one person acting alone.Imagine a single human being building the entire interstate highway system, or writing all of the books in yourlocal library. Impossible!
Workshop Objectives:
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
o Experience the difference between leadership and management.
o Practice leading through A.C.T. – Actions, Communication and Thinking, without regard to position or title.
o Apply your learnings and insights to your daily work.
Workshop Instructor: Kimberly Wiefling
Kimberly Wiefling helps people achieve what seems impossible, but is merely difficult. She’s the author of the globally popular book “Scrappy Project Management - The 12 Predictable & Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces”, the founder of Wiefling Consulting, and cofounder of Silicon Valley Alliances.
Her latest book, “Turning Ideas Into Impact”, is an anthology with 15 other Silicon Valley consultants. A physicist by education, she worked at HP for 10 years in 7 different engineering and project management roles, including leading an R&D team launching a new mass spectrometer, then 3 years in Silicon Valley startups leading product development teams in hardware, software, and complex systems involving both.
She’s worked with 50+ globalizing Japanese companies, and with people from over 50 differentcountries, helping organizations solve global problems profitably.
Kimberly lives and works in Silicon Valley, and has helped to start, run and grow many small businesses, including several that are still alive and profitable, and one of which grew to millions in revenue with only seed funding from her and the other founders.
Event Properties
| Event Date | 03-08-2025 9:30 am |
| Event End Date | 03-08-2025 5:30 am |
| Cut off date | 03-05-2025 11:55 pm |
| Individual Price | Member Discount: $100, Early bird Discount: $50 |
| No. of Power Skills PDUs | 8 |
| Location | UCSC Santa Clara |