Future-Proof Your Project Management Essential Soft Skills
The Global Academy, in partnership with immersive learning studio Hatch and leading project management experts, has developed a comprehensive Project Managers Bootcamp designed to elevate your project management expertise.
This intensive program encompasses four distinct tracks, each focused on accelerating the development of critical soft skills essential for project management success. Participants will engage in a fast-paced, immersive learning experience, gaining the knowledge and capabilities necessary to excel in today's dynamic project management landscape.
Next to skills it’s also an opportunity to get to know your fellow project managers better. To connect and learn from and support each other.
Each track is evidence based and tested and iterated during in person proof of concept sessions in both Marietta and Veghel.
The PM Bootcamp empowers project managers and related roles to reach their full potential. This co-created program develops a thriving project management community within Vanderlande and delivers the essential skills project manager’s need to excel.
The program comprises four independent tracks that you can complete in any order. Upon successfully finishing all four, you'll receive an official certificate.
Track 1 :
The Trust Gardener: Trust is key for high-performing teams, especially when managing big projects and diverse stakeholders. In this session, we'll explore how effective teamwork relies on transparent and respectful communication. Through a case study, we'll examine how trust can be damaged and understand its importance both personally and within group dynamics.
Track 2 :
Courageous Attitude: This PM Bootcamp track we’ll focus on the necessity for a courageous attitude in the complex nature of large projects. Especially courageous conversations are key to maintaining project efficiency and aligning expectations. In this session, we’ll explore best practices for delivering difficult news with transparency and candor, learning from each other’s experiences to ensure project success.
Track 3 :
Defining Personal Power: This session empowers you to develop self-awareness, social intelligence, dynamic communication skills and authentic presentation. It sharpens your leadership and influence, making them more impactful. Effective leadership starts with mastering self-leadership. By leading ourselves well, we set the foundation to lead others successfully.
Track 4 :
Future-proof Decision Making: This session equips Project Managers with the skills to make customer-centric, resourceful, adaptable, and accountable decisions, effectively navigating complexity to drive organisational success. We will also focus on how to communicate these decisions clearly, keep everyone aligned, and manage pushback effectively.
Hear it straight from your colleagues:
Gain valuable insights from fellow Vanderlande team members as they share their personal stories and experiences related to each track's theme. These three podcast interviews per track offer a unique glimpse into the challenges and successes of your peers, building a sense of connection and shared learning.
The workshops are in person and intended as a source of inspiration and learning and practising new concepts and skills. But what really matters is the actual implementation of these new concepts of work. That means: practice practice and more practice.
To support you we offer 3 on-the-job challenges to act and apply your learnings in a real work setting.
Accompanied by Group Coaching Labs to give and receive support to and from your fellow project managers.
Group coaching reinforces practical application of learning by providing a supportive environment for reflection, feedback, and collaborative problem-solving, bridging the gap between theory and real-world project management challenges. During these labs, we'll bridge the gap between theory and practice by reflecting on your real-world challenges and sharing insights gained along the way
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