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Many project practitioners across multiple industries are ‘waiting for superman’ to save or revive their project management careers. Change fatigue, workforce worry, and teetering in between career options is stressful business. As future change agents, building back better does not start with clear organizational business goals, or a set of proven project processes but instead starts with the individual—yes, the individual. Teams are only as effective as the people that make them up, and people are the oil of getting things done. The goal is to attract, not chase the opportunities you want to capture.

Learning outcomes

#1 Ways to attract and not chase career opportunities by navigating headwinds and tailwinds

#2 Knowing and presenting your value-add capability statement

#3 Adopting a “we win together” approach to teamwork that turns siloes and blockers into bridges of success

Activities

#1 How organizational politically savvy are you (quick assessment)?

#2 What are your current career headwinds and tailwinds?

#3 Create a strawman outline of what should be included in your value-add capability statement.

Guest Lecture Information

Mishirika Scott is the IT Portfolio Project Manager at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Anderson School of Management, Department of Computing and Information where she manages the enterprise project management office (PMO). Formerly, she was the Project Manager of Student Success IT Systems at Cal State Los Angeles. She is a member of the PMI-LA Chapter and holds the following active certifications: PMI-ACP®, PMP®, CAPM®, and ITIL® 4 Foundation. Her passions intersect at student learner success and prison education re-entry programs. Mishirika is a Los Angeles native and is a Certified Educator and a Master Tutor.