1. Developing Project Leaders Mark Dickson, MBA, PMP, FAICD Chair 2017 PMI Board of Directors
22 March 2017

2. People are an organisation’s most valuable asset

3. This whole game of business revolves around one thing.
You build the best team,
you win!
Jack Welch

4. new project management roles
Each year over 1.5 million
new project management roles
are added globally

5. Three-quarters of executives say:
Having right talent is increasingly important to strategy implementation
Improving talent processes is the biggest challenge
Human capital is a key source of sustained economic value
Rally The Talent To Win, November 2013, The EIU for PMI.

7. What does this mean for you?

8. It is not the strongest of species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the most responsive to change
Charles Darwin

9. “Soft” Skills are Important to Executives
CEOs ranked the non-technical skills that were most important for success
IMPORTANTANCE
Problem Solving
Adaptability
Leadership
Creativity and Innovation
Emotional Intelligence
Talent Triangle ©PMI; Skills list: PwC 20th CEO Study, 2017

10. Technical Project Management
Project & Program
Management
Product Knowledge
Sector Knowledge
Talent Triangle is a trademark of PMI

11. Leadership Negotiation Communication Motivation Problem Solving
Organization
Change
Management
Teamwork
Talent Triangle is a trademark of PMI

12. Strategic and Business Management
Benefits Realization
Strategy Alignment
Operations
Innovation
Finance/Marketing/HR
Talent Triangle is a trademark of PMI

13. Development of a Project Leader

14. Project Leaders and Development of Talent
Professional Development is an easy issue to avoid among other pressing priorities

15. Making line managers better talent managers is a true value lever.
70%
20%
10%
Workplace learning and performance support
Social learning (including
informal coaching and mentoring)
Structured learning

16. PMI supports individuals
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17. Good things happen when you stay involved with PMI!

18. Earning Power salary survey is a copyright of PMI

19. Your organization’s
most valuable asset