— managing managers, managing up, influencing, coaching, role play, management styles, leadership

Speaker: David Gazave, PMP, ActionCOACH Business Coaching
Meeting Date: Thursday, November 3, 2011
Time: 6.00 pm Networking; 6:30 pm Management Forum/Guided Networking; 7:00 pm sandwich dinner; 7:30 pm Presentation
Location: RAMADA Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale

Summary:
Management Forum / Guided Networking: Bring Your Management Challenge; Arrive by 6:30 PM to join this exciting Management Forum. Following informal networking is a guided discussion typically related to the topic of the evening’s after dinner talk, or of general Technology Management interest.
Light Dinner: This month we’re continuing with our light dinner format — typically sandwiches, salad, drinks, and cookie or similar light dinner.

Presentation: Going from Team Member/Leader to Organizational Manager
Technical project managers and other Team leaders are sometimes fortunate enough to be promoted to higher levels of management. Often, when this happens without preparation, the technical expert who was so good at getting a project team to perform, suddenly finds him/herself feeling like a fish out of water. Managing managers and “managing up” requires additional skills and behavioral style changes that are not always held or are natural for the seasoned line/project manager.

As a manager moves up the ladder of an organization, he/she can be more successful by trading directive behaviors for influencing and coaching behaviors.

This program will be interactive and encourage role play so that the audience will gain insights into the differences in management styles. This program is appropriate for Middle Managers, Project Managers, and Team Leaders who want to cultivate leadership skills that will help them move into and adapt to higher level management roles.

Bio:
Mr. Gazave has over 3 decades of experience in various roles and industries as a project and program Manager, has held a PMP certification since 2004 and is currently a certified business coach and franchise owner at ActionCOACH, where he helps business leaders create turnaround and growth strategies that produce stabile, profitable organizations. You can see more about him at http://www.ActioncoachSanJose.com