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The early explorers up through the early part of the last century were the supreme users of management practices that have been formalized today. All expeditions had the characteristics of a business enterprise: goal setting, strategizing, applying finite resources, risk taking, keeping people, dealing with competitors, and many others. During an actual expedition, the leaders faced many risks, issues, and conflicts that still challenge the best leaders today. Like all projects, their expeditions partially met, or entirely exceeded, their goals, or failed completely. Ralph will select some famous and, in some cases, infamous explorers to discuss and analyze the good and bad project management practices they used before, during, and even after their expeditions.

Guest Speaker: Ralph Kliem, PMP

Ralph Kliem, PMP is founder and president of LeanPM, LLC, and has over 30 years of experience in the private and public sectors as a project manager, instructor, and internal auditor. He holds an M.A. in Political Science, and recently retired from The Boeing Company. He has authored more than 15 project management related books with major publishers and over 300 articles for leading business and information technology magazines. (You can order his latest book "Management Lessons from the Great Explorers here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0367464330) He is a frequent speaker at PMI chapters and other events. He has developed and delivered project management courses for Cascadia Community College and Bellevue College. He also delivers seminars and workshops for corporate clients through Key Consulting, Inc., and the Business Productivity Center, Inc. throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. He was also an instructor at City University of Seattle and a former adjunct faculty member with Seattle Pacific University.

PDU VALUE: 1 (Leadership)

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5:30 PM - Virtual Room Open and Networking
6:00 PM - Presentation Starts
7:00 PM - Presentation End