Abstract:

With over 200,000 veterans transitioning from the military each year, there is a candidate pool of
candidates that are not only highly skilled, but very much sought after. Join me as I share the
positive short-term & long-term reasons why tapping into this valuable resource will not only
impact your company culture but also your bottom line. 

Objectives:

• Top 6 reasons for hiring a veteran
• Financial and Organizational Benefit
• Available resources to companies for tax credits & free training
• Learn more about The AVA Group and the work we do to support veterans around the
  country

About the Presenter:  

Erin Emery, Vice President & Co-Founder has more than 20 years of exemplary client service, and full life cycle human resources experience in support of the defense consulting industry. She combines her ability to critically think, provide leadership and find creative solutions to assist her clients in filling critical positions. She works with executive management to provide a strategic and integrated approach gain a competitive advantage.

Ms. Emery is the current Director of Human Resources for the small service disabled veteran owned consulting firm Air Combat Effectiveness (ACE) Consulting Group, LLC. Headquartered in Lexington Park, MD, Realtor with Century 21 New Millennium based in White Plains, MD and Owner and Creative Director of August May Designs.

Your Brain and Work: Know the Challenges
Our brains have not evolved to match the needs of white color business environments. In many cases, the natural reaction your brains have to issues in business goes completely counter to what you should/need to do.

Aside from this, no one trains or teaches no this subject. We brush it under the rug and just assume we will adapt or worse yet, assume it really isn’t a problem. The reality is the problem is epidemic and shows up in the staggering increases in stress-related illness and death and the exceedingly high level of disengaged workers. It is staggering to see the number of business professionals who don’t even know what self-talk is and the danger it produces if left unchecked.

This web seminar will get into the very heart of brain dysfunction when tied to business interaction. The areas that will be covered included:
-The physiology of emotional intelligence
-Affective forecasting and its impact on decision making
-Cognitive biases and its impact on day to day business interaction
-Neuroplasticity and change management. How hard it is to change
-Your lazy brain, how stereotypes and decision patterns are developed
-Self-talk and stress
Within all these topics we will discuss techniques you can use to help you work around the innate limitations your brain causes. 

7:30AM Login information:  Https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/327945821  Access code:  327-945-821

Please join our partner Gloabl CoP, the PMI chapter in Chennai, India for a can't be missed session.  

Session Objectives

1. Are you the smartest person in your work, family, and friends circles? 
2. Should you be the smartest person?
3. Why can't you be the smartest person?
4. If you are not the smartest person then what are you? 

About the Presenter

Ms. Mei Lin - Project Manager, City of Plano, TX and President, PMI Dallas, TX

• Mei Lin was born and raise in Taiwan and emigrated to the USA in 2008.  She is a PMI certified project manager (PMP, ACP, PBA, DALSM, DACI) and is the youngest President of the PMI Dallas, TX Chapter.  
• For decades she has delivered projects for diverse industries in both public and private sectors.  As a project manager for the city of Plano, TX, Mei assists the city in meeting its strategic technology goats by applying the best fir project management methods. 
• Mei Lin is the author of Mommy is a Project Manager. She works with and supports professional women to be proud working mothers. 

When building a project team personality means as much as skill sets and capabilities.  But how do you choose the personalities needed for a strong successful team?  

In this session you will understand the MBTI assessments and relationships of those results to work work for your team.  A personality test will be included along with a self assessment checklist.  This will allow you to use what you have learn immediately after the session for your team's growth. 

The benefits of understanding personalities are:

1. Foster openness and trust
2. Provide neutral and affirmative language to dicsuss differences
3. Encourage team members to value others' work 
4. Help increase productivity by aligning MBTI to particular tasks
5. Identify the team strengths and areas of growth
6. Supply a framework within which team members can better understand and manager leadership, and team culture

The Global Community of Practice is happy to invite you to the upcoming session on 8 Emotional Drivers for Project Excellence.  Some of the key takeaways from the session are:

1. Motivating the team members to work with commitment - learn few tools

2. Understanding why few team members are excited only in some activities

3. Ranking and reviewing our emotional drivers to achieve excellence

4. Overcoming the effects of 'need-sucking'

5. Improving the influencing skills

About the speaker: V Viswanathan - Trainer, Consultant and Visiting Faculty at B-Schools

He is a DC Psychology Certified Trainer and 'Professional Member' accredited by Global Trainers Federation.  He is also a Master Behavioral Skills Trainer certified by Carlton Advanced Management Institute (CAMI) &Middle Earth HR

He is a PMP and has served in senior level positions for over three decades in India and Sultanate of Oman.  As a project manager, he has handled large projects in the oil and gas sector in Oman. 

He has conducted many training programs for corporate in government and private sector and also for educational intitutions.  He regularly writes articles for newspapers and is the author of the book 'An Impish Grandpa' a coollections of his humorous articles.