Project Management

March 21st, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET

Registration Fees: $90 for one session, $180 for Nonmembers.  Please log into the Member Portal to find the member discount code, or email hilaria@dev.wvnpa.org.

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Description:

The course explores successful processes for project management, from defining projects and creating project plans, identifying and evaluating project managers, statements of work, to the planning, execution, and evaluation phases. The course also identifies useful tools, communication strategies to manage single and multiple projects, and ways to recognize and celebrate shared success.

About the Instructor: Kim Leveridge, PhD

Kim relishes opportunities to connect with people, execute on strategy through those connections, drive metrics and provide a vision for growth in simple and complicated scenarios. With a resume that ranges from operations leadership to consulting to academia, she intuitively identifies what needs to be done and finds effective ways to do it. Once described as “able to build bonfire from kindling,” Kim is an exceptional authority on organizational leadership and effectiveness and has expertise that includes: strategic execution, management of work teams, executive/professional coaching, research and analysis, design and delivery of workshops and programs and client relations. 

Yielding a rare perspective on leadership effectiveness and individual differences in organizations, Dr. Leveridge’s career includes operations management of consulting and hospitality companies, business development and human resources experience, and a comprehensive education and research background. Kim has extraordinary leadership skills and a reputation for building trust, getting things done and using measurement to drive decision-making. Her leadership and consultant roles include stints at NORDAM, Williams Companies, CDR Assessment Group, Inc., University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, and Hogan Assessment Systems. 

In addition to providing leadership and consulting expertise across nearly all industry sectors, Kim has an extensive CV of scholarly articles and research presentations at industry conferences. She received her B.A. in Organizational Communication from the University of Oklahoma and her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa.