First, I would like to congratulate our Board of Directors, Volunteers, and Members for achieving the milestone of 700 members this month! This would not have been possible without the labor, efforts, and passion from all our chapter leaders and volunteers. Our goals for this year were to achieve 701 members for the year. I am pleased to report that we have surpassed this goal!

This month there’s an abundant amount of activity. Below are a few links to important events which include our chapter elections, the chapter PDD, and many of our chapter leaders will be attending the PMI Global Summit in Atlanta this month.

Board of Directors Election 2024 | PMI Central Alabama (pmicac.org)

2023 PMICAC Professional Development Day | PMI Central Alabama

PMI Global Summit | Project Management Institute, Inc. (gcs-web.com)

I look forward to some of you nominating yourself or someone else to our Board of Directors for the election this year and hope to see many of you at the PDD or PMI Global Summit!

Have a great month! I hope you enjoy the selected articles and podcast.

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Project Managers as Strategic Leaders – in the C-suite and Beyond

Pierre Le Manh | 18 Sep 2023

In the dynamic world of project management, where professionals transform dreams into reality, breaking through leadership barriers is a common challenge. PMI CEO Pierre Le Manh recently sat down with Laura Barnard, Chief Impact Driver at PMO Strategies, at the PMO Impact Summit to discuss practical strategies for reaching new heights of leadership.https://community.pmi.org/blog-post/75347/project-managers-as-strategic-leaders---in-the-c-suite-and-beyond

How to Promote Well-Being on Project Teams

Project professionals can help promote well-being in the workplace, making a positive impact on not only their own and their team members’ performance but also their overall mental health. Guests discuss how team members’ well-being affects project work, practices they utilize to maintain their own and their teams’ well-being, and how emotional intelligence, empathy and psychological safety can help, plus how to balance meeting project deadlines with caring for team members’ well-being. Projectified® Podcast | PMI

How Companies Can Recommit to Their DEI Goals

After the summer of 2020 in the United States, many organizations made a big push to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in their ranks and operations. But now, many fear that that momentum is slipping, especially in the face of economic headwinds. Laura Morgan Roberts, organizational psychologist and professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, says it is time to recommit to these efforts by creating the conditions for all workers to flourish. She explains four freedoms that organizations can foster to allow employees to become their best selves — and even be able to fade into the background when they choose. Roberts wrote the HBR Big Idea article “Where Does DEI Go From Here?” https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/how-companies-can-recommit-to-their-dei-goals

 

I hope you enjoyed and found value!

We look forward to seeing you at our next event!

 

Eric McKendall

2023 PMICAC President