This class provides the opportunity to understand the impact of personality on project management. Individuals with different personalities approach projects in very different ways. There is no universal right way to manage projects. We pick the techniques and strategies that work best for us as individual project managers. In this class you will increase your effectiveness by increasing your own self awareness and understanding the preferences of your project team members.

Who Should Take This Class?

• Managers, supervisors, team members, or project managers who are looking for strategies to improve project team performance
  
• Project stakeholders or other organizational members who want to understand why different project managers approach projects in very different ways
  

What Will You Learn?

• Receive your individual Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment/report and understand your preferences, strengths and developmental areas
  
• Understand how these preferences influence communication and how these preferences are perceived
  
• Experience the various MBTI dimensions through the lifecycle of a project
  
• Understand that team members have individual work styles and how they behave differently in a group
  

Topics

• Step II Myers Briggs Type Indicator Assessment and Report
  
• Speed read the preferences of other team members
  
• Strategies to manage conflict, prevent misunderstanding, build a strong project team and improve overall performance
  
• Follow a project through its lifecycle and see how various preferences present themselves through interactive exercises
  
• Develop your personal SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) exercise