Upgrade Your Skills Now | Project Management Best Practices and PMI's 2022 Job Report

This edition's special focus is PMP and highlights wonderful educational project management articles that will inspire you, your teams, and your organizations.

2022, Volume 1, No. 3

Dear Readers, Welcome to the 3rd Edition of Thought Leadership News, presented by IIL.

This edition's special focus is PMP^® and highlights wonderful educational project management articles that will inspire you, your teams, and your organization. Don't miss this week's important must-reads (and must-shares) that include in-depth, information-packed articles written by Dr. Harold Kerzner, Dr. Al Zeitoun, and Alan Zucker, PMP, PMI-ACP. We also spotlight PMI's 2022 Job Report: Opportunity Amid Recovery.

Also in this edition is the professional certification prep course in focus: PMI^® Authorized PMP^® Exam Prep.

Already a PMP? You can get your PDUs with International Institute for Learning (IIL). Check out the helpful jump links below. Save the dates, and register for the best courses online.

Additionally, we'd like to remind you that the next free live webinar coming up is "Negotiating for Optimal Outcomes" on Monday, June 27 with Paul Nichols. And, speaking of live, virtual broadcasts, we're super excited about the upcoming annual International Project Management Day 2022 Online Conference. Don't forget to share these events and sign up early to reserve your spots. We look forward to interacting with you and connecting with you.

Enjoy this issue!

Capturing Project Management Best Practices

By Dr. Harold Kerzner and Dr. Al Zeitoun

The strategic goal of all companies is sustainable and profitable growth which includes improving the firm's competitive position, achieving efficient utilization of resources, and maximizing the return on investments in product development. Unfortunately, many companies take a relatively passive view of how strategic goals can be achieved and believe that doing business the same old way will continue to be successful in the future. As stated by Albert Einstein, "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Better Project Communications

By Alan Zucker, PMP, PMI-ACP

Excellent “soft skills” differentiate the great project managers. Since 90% of a project manager’s time is spent with others, it is no surprise that communications and emotional intelligence are vital traits. Project managers skilled in communications are situationally aware, assess context, and communicate more effectively with their teams, customers, and stakeholders....

PMI's 2022 Jobs Report:
Opportunity Amid Recovery

PMI's 2022 Jobs Report offers a detailed look at where project professionals can find the best career opportunities, how they can increase earning power, and which skills matter the most. Even in the face of ongoing economic uncertainty, one thing is clear: job seekers are in control.

International Institute for Learning (IIL) would like to share PMI's 2022 Jobs Report here. (First published on Project Management Institute, Inc.'s official website, www.pmi.org.)

IIL's Authorized PMP^® Exam Prep
With Rubin Jen

IIL is a Project Management Institute (PMI)^® Authorized Training Partner (Premier Level).

Be Inspired. Be Exceptional. Get PMP^® Certified.

Already a PMP?
Get your PDUs with International Institute for Learning (IIL)

Earn Your Professional Development Units (PDUs)

Professional Development Units (PDUs) are one-hour blocks of time that you spend learning, teaching others, or volunteering. By accumulating and tracking these over a three-year period you can maintain your certification status with PMI^®. PMI^® certifications have different requirements for the number of PDUs for maintenance. However, all have a three-year renewal cycle.

Webinar, Negotiating for Optimal Outcomes

Negotiating for Optimal Outcomes

This free live webinar will take place on Monday, June 27, 2022.
Sign up early and reserve your spot for the morning and/or afternoon live broadcast.

6:00 AM – 7:00 AM EDT

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

About the Webinar

This webinar covers how negotiation is defined and the phases of negotiation from preparation through measuring the outcomes of the negotiation. In addition, we will explore common approaches to negotiating and an-in depth review of the rules of principled negotiation.

What You Will Learn

After this one-hour session, you will be able to:

Prepare for an upcoming negotiation
Effectively move through the phases of a negotiation
Understand how to manage both soft and hard negotiators
Assess your common negotiating style
Utilize the rules of principled negotiation

International Project Management Day 2022
Online Conference

Refresh. Rethink. Reshape.

Registration for the IPM Day 2022 Online Conference is now open.

Save the date for IPM Day 2022:
Thursday, November 3, 2022

PMI credential holders can earn up to 26 PDUs, and in addition to the conference itself, all attendees will receive complimentary enrollment to 2 free self-paced courses developed by IIL.