People First: Setting Projects Up For Success
Speakers
Dawn Mahan, PMP, is an international speaker, author, award-winning consultant, and inventor of the ProjectFlo® Process Learning System. A former Fortune 50 PMO leader, she now helps organizations build strategic PMOs and accelerate project success, and she serves on the American Lung Association Philadelphia Leadership Board.
Heba Al Shehhi is an award-winning PMO leader and author of the bestseller Elements of Leadership. Recognized as PMO Leader of the Year (2023), she also serves as Lead of the PMOGA MENA Hub with PMI–PMO Global Alliance. With over 20 years of experience, Heba specializes in PMO strategy and operations, digital transformation, enterprise architecture, and business agility.
Stuart helps PMO and portfolio leaders build strategy-aligned portfolios and prove ROI. A guest lecturer on project prioritization at the University of Oxford, he speaks widely on killing pet projects, focusing investment on value, and using decision science (AHP) to make clear, defensible choices.
About this webinar
You can have the best project tools and templates in the world - but if you miss the human elements, you’ve already lost.
In this insightful session, our CEO Stuart Easton hosts expert authors and PMO leaders, Heba Al Shehhi and Dawn Mahan, to explore what truly drives project success. Combining research, practical experience, and real-world stories, the panel delves into the 'people factors' that make or break portfolios, programs, and projects.
What you’ll learn:
- Why people remain the #1 success factor in projects
- How leadership behaviors shape outcomes from day one
- Strategies for stakeholder alignment and emotional buy-in
- Techniques for motivating and sustaining high-performing teams
- How to manage the emotional realities of change
- The importance of effective prioritization decisions to avoid capacity overload and burnout
If you’re leading change, managing a PMO, or driving a transformation, this discussion will help you rethink your approach and put people at the center of delivery.