Knowledgebase

Leaders are readers.

If you're a reader, an electric light bulb of intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm has been turned on in your head. Once that curiosity and enthusiasm gets turned on, it will stay on for the rest of your life, pushing you to read, think, and act. One benefit of that turning on of the light is that you never have to be bored thereafter and that is a comforting thought.

Presentations
	How Do We Get There From Here? An Experiential Learning Activity Presentation given to the PMI Kyiv, Ukraine Professional Development Day March 2007 Acrobat PDF

How many of us have experienced the perfect project team? Most of us become frustrated from the "personality issues" of project teams. A successful project requires involvement with many stakeholders and the more people involved--the more we will have to contend with. Most project teams struggle to get past the storming stage of team development and never achieve its fullest potential to create a cohesive project team.

This interactive presentation demonstrates the soft side of project management, the essential skills required for the successful completion of today's projects to answer the question—how do we get there from here?

Both Stephen and Diana are pursuing their doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership from Indiana Wesleyan University. This presentation is a result of their research and studies in the field of leadership, teams, and organizational change.

Emerging Trends in Project Management Presentation given to the PMI Central Indiana Chapter January 18, 2007 Acrobat PDF

The techniques of project management have been developed over the last fifty years. In today’s global practices, project management is at a crossroads, with long-held traditions and practices challenged by promising newer approaches. The science of project management is changing and developing fast. Organizations around the world are beginning to recognize that only by increasing the speed and quality of their project management capabilities can they succeed in the rapidly changing global marketplace.

In addition, this presentation will examine the challenges facing the longevity of project management as a profession. This is a presentation for anyone interested in project management—along with business leaders and others who enjoy exploring the future, understanding its implications, and learning to deal with change. Based on three years of literature review and doctoral research, this presentation will reveal some emerging frontiers in project management.

Stephen and Diana Burgan will present their findings from their doctoral studies on creating organizational change utilizing project management methodologies.

Flattening the Learning Curve A Case Study on Online Learning Presentation given at the Indiana Wesleyan University Midwest Scholars Conference February 25, 2005 Acrobat PDF

The lure of online learning is undeniable. It bridges both time and space. Either across campus, across companies, or across countries, online learning can foster life-long learning for personal and career development. As the world moves toward a global workforce, intellectual capital will become the raw material that organizations will need to continuously improve to compete in the 21st century.

As organizations, governments, and schools struggled to get it right, they can gain lessons from those who are traveling the journey. This case study is on one company’s search to “flatten the learning curve” between theory and applied knowledge. Presented by two doctoral students in the field of organizational leadership with over twenty-five years of organizational change management experience, they will candidly present their research findings on what they have found that works and does not work.