Project Manager Academy II: The Master's Program
October 8-11, 2012 | Raleigh, NC |
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Summary
A Year’s Worth of Decisions in a Four-Day Session
We have designed FMI’s PMA II: The Master’s Program as the senior-level, graduate program for Project Manager Academy graduates. This one-of-a-kind program, unique to FMI, will develop your skills through four days of using our intense, experience-based Construction ProfitAbility™ simulation, coaching from FMI’s industry experts and interactive workshops. Working in small teams under the guidance of an FMI team coach, each participant is challenged to take his/her lessons learned straight to the bottom line.
This senior-level, immersion experience is built around four core themes:- Developing and maintaining profitable, long-term business success
- Evaluating and mitigating enterprise risks
- Understanding and mastering financial control of your "business"
- Bidding and managing projects to maximize profits
Check back for the 2012-2013 PMA II: The Master's Program brochure.
If you have any questions about the program or the topics we will cover, please contact the program director, Andy Patron, at 919.785.9239.
FMI Construction ProfitAbility™
This intensive, interactive simulation allows teams to compete against one another to produce the highest return on investment possible. The program is specifically designed to give each participant the experience of running a simulated construction business. They pay the consequences and reap the rewards of every decision they make through experimentation and implementation of a strategic plan.
It has taken owners and senior executives a lifetime to learn the lessons needed to keep their companies from paying the high price of a bad decision.
Transferring this experience and knowledge through on-the-job-training, as it relates to teaching people about this industry’s financial hazards, has historically been extremely risky and expensive. FMI Construction ProfitAbility™ simulates a real company allowing participants to experiment (and potentially fail) with managing projects, people and money in order to give them the experience they need to become an industry leader and business manager.
Who Should Attend
FMI's Project Manager Academy is strongly encouraged prior to attending PMA II: The Master's Program. However, anyone committed to learning the financial management and leadership skills necessary to enhance your senior level business acumen should attend.
Past participants of FMI's Construction ProfitAbility have included:
- Senior PMs, superintendents and other operations-minded project staff
- High potentials/emerging leaders
- Division and business unit managers
We encourage companies to send as many of their supervisory team members as possible. The benefit of having several team members experience PMA II: The Master's Program together is that the principles taught will multiply throughout your organization. Several companies send their team members in groups to foster greater cohesion and accountability.
Benefits
We have designed FMI's PMA II: The Master's Program as the senior-level, graduate program for Project Manger Academy graduates.
- Improve your ability to evaluate and stimulate outstanding performance in both projects and people, leading to more effective control and higher margins.
- Expand your business acumen with the skills needed to run the business more effectively.
- Enhance your confidence to make sound and timely business decisions based upon sound strategy.
- Leverage your contribution and value to your firm by increasing your understanding of financial statements and learn to effectively interpret and communicate their meaning.
Agenda
Program Times
| DAY 1 7:45 a.m. — 5:30 p.m. Dinner with team in Raleigh (not provided) |
DAY 3 8:00 a.m. — 7:00 p.m. Dinner provided |
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| DAY 2 8:00 a.m. — 7:30 p.m. Dinner provided |
DAY 4 8:00 a.m. — 2:30 p.m. Transportation to airport provided if needed |
We will have coffee, bottled water, and sodas provided during the day. Lunch will be catered each day and snacks will be available between meals. Dinner is catered in every night with the exception of the first evening when you are encouraged to enjoy exploring local restaurants with your team members.
Topics
Business Development
- Introduce the concept of Business Development as a process not an event
Strategy Analysis
- Strategic thinking
- Ideal clients
- Ideal projects
- Competitive advantage
Presentation Skills
- Organize and script a presentation
- Practice using tools to develop an appropriate, client-centered response
- Implement effective presentation skill habits and deliver a compelling and concise message
- Evaluate peer presentations and provide feedback as to how to improve each presentation
- Learn to focus on what the customer believes is important, not what you think is important
Before Attending
We are excited to know you will be joining us for our PMA II: The Master's Program. Although the academy will be intense, we are confident you will enjoy meeting and learning from other project managers, learning more about your project management capabilities; as well as discovering how to become a project leader. Following contains logistical information and pre-work requirements to get you started.
Work Begins Before Attending
There are two prerequisites you need to complete prior to attending. They are the ProScan® Assessment and a 360-Degree Feedback report (Vision View). You will receive two separate emails with links for the two surveys/assessments.
ProScan® Assessment
The ProScan® Assessment is administered over the internet. Your logon ID and Password will be provided to you via email. The assessment should take about 10 minutes to complete.
ProScan® reports measure:
- How a person functions most naturally
- The role a person feels they need to play
- How a person predictably comes across to others
- Energy resources
- Satisfaction index
- Stress levels
- Energy drain
- Decision-making
360 Degree Feedback
The 360° feedback compares how you see yourself and how others perceive you based on collected feedback. Your managers, peers, customers, direct reports and others are invited to provide anonymous ratings and comments on a variety of skill, knowledge, ability and behavioral areas. These ratings and comments are combined to provide you with a comprehensive report to assist in personal and professional development.You will receive a link to access the VisionView website with instructions on how to complete the survey. Also send the link to the individuals you have selected to complete the survey. Engage at least 10 others to complete the 360° feedback, including your immediate supervisor, three associates or peers, one direct report, one customer and one subcontractor or vendor.
Results are confidential to you and your FMI facilitator. Although the assessment only takes about an hour to complete, FMI recommends beginning the process two weeks prior to attending the program to allow enough time for the surveys to be completed.
All pre-work is due one week prior to your PMA II session start date.
Travel & Accommodations
In keeping with their best-of-class goals, students will be lodged in individual rooms at a hotel convenient to the training.
Travel
When making flight arrangements, please plan to arrive the day before the start date, as PMA II begins at 7:45 a.m. the first day. Departure flights should be booked no earlier than 5:30 p.m. on the final day. If a departure flight is not available after 5:30 p.m. to your return destination, you have the option to stay at the hotel an additional night at your expense.
The program is held at the FMI Training Center. Daily transportation between the FMI Training Center and the Embassy Suites will be provided.
FMI Training Center
5171 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27612
Raleigh Accommodations
Hotel accommodations will be made by FMI for all program participants at the Embassy Suites Raleigh - Crabtree. You will need to take a taxi to the hotel upon arrival. FMI will arrange for transportation to and from the hotel each day and back to the airport on Thursday. Please be aware FMI provides lodging but will not cover the cost for hotel extras (i.e., laundry, telephone calls, room service meals, movies, etc.). If you want to explore other venues later at night, you may want to rent a car or you can take a taxi. The Crabtree Valley Mall is within walking distance of the hotel.
Complimentary breakfast is provided at the hotel for all guests.
Embassy Suites Raleigh - Crabtree
4700 Creedmoor Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
T 919.881.0000
Local Restaurants close to the Hotel
Crabtree Valley Mall Restaurants
Fees, Cancellation and Policies
Fees
The tuition includes all seminar instruction and materials, a certificate of completion for continuing education credits, lodging and all meals except for one dinner.
The registration fee for PMA II: The Master's Program is:
- $6,450 for the first attendee
- $5,950 for each additional attendee in the same session from the same company
For tuition and registration information, please contact:
Mary Bjelica at 919.785.9273 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Cancellation
If you would like to make any name changes or cancel participants, please email us at registrations@fminet.com. You will receive an email response once your request has been processed. If we receive your written cancellation at least five business days before the program, we will refund your tuition. Otherwise, your tuition will be converted to a nonrefundable credit you may apply toward any FMI product or program for a full year.
Please note: If the event is canceled due to insufficient registrations, your registration fee will be refunded. However, FMI cannot be held accountable for nonrefundable airline tickets or other expenses related to your travel to the event.
For questions regarding FMI's Cancellation policy, please call 800.877.1364.
Attire
Dress for the program is business casual. Weather in Raleigh varies. We recommend that you check the weather for the area prior to packing. Click here to see a 10-day forecast; just scroll down the page once linked.
Satisfaction Guarantee
After 55-plus years of helping the construction industry enhance performance, productivity, and profitability, we believe you will return home with the tools and information to make a difference in your work. If for any reason you are not satisfied, please inform us by calling 800.877.1364. We will refund your tuition or give you a credit to use at another FMI program.
Continuing Education Credits
You can earn up to 28 hours of continuing education credits by completing the program. A certificate of completion will be awarded to you at the conclusion of the program. You may use this certificate for self-reporting purposes to many state and local continuing education entities.
FMI corporation has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project training for the Project Management Institute (PMI).
FMI Corporation is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Website: www.nasba.org.
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