Learn how to better manage your next project and cross the finish line a winner!

Whether you’re looking for some expert advice on project management, a racing fan, or just looking for an opportunity to network with your peers, please join us for Daugherty Day At The Races on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at Arlington Park. Enjoy an afternoon program that will include an outstanding lunch buffet and open bar along with noted international speaker, author, and executive coach, Andy Kaufman presenting Lipstick on a Pig: How Illusion Leads to Crisis in Real World Projects. Register today.

Program Description

Manage projects in the real world long enough and you're bound to live through it.... Everyone knows the project is struggling yet no one speaks up. Read the status report and things sound reasonably fine. Yet the project is barreling into a death spiral. Lipstick on a pig. No matter how thick you try to cover it, reality always wins. As Jerry Weinberg observed in "The Secrets of Consulting" (Dorset House, 1985), "It may look like a crisis, but it's only the end of an illusion." This insightful and entertaining session looks at key illusions that threaten success as we lead departments, projects, and people. Regardless of your level in the organization, this interactive program provides practical tips you can immediately apply in your real world projects (even those that are real porkers)!

What Participants Will Learn

• Practical ways to recognize illusions and their dangers
• Why illusions inevitably lead to project crisis
• Practical strategies to overcome illusions
• How to develop a reality-aware organization
• Key illusions that impact project and personal success
  

About the Speaker

Andy Kaufman is an international speaker, author, and executive coach, and President of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc. Andy brings a rich background of over 25 years in executive management, technology, team leadership, project management, consulting, and coaching. His focus is all about transforming organizations through proven, holistic, real-world approaches. Andy is a certified trainer and author of Navigating the Winds of Change: Staying on Course in Business & in Life and an e-book entitled How to Organize Your Inbox & Get Rid of E-Mail Clutter, both published by Zurich Press. Before founding the Institute, Andy was the Vice President of U.S. Systems for ACNielsen. He was responsible for running the Decision Support segment of ACNielsen's business. His teams designed, developed, and implemented sophisticated market research systems for the company's clients around the world.

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