Empowered - Vol 4/2022 June 2022

Who are we?

A global network of individuals who believe that everyone has some unique skill. We just PowerUP! Here’s presenting a group of passionate individuals (of all genders) who are positive, with a make-it-happen and lead-by-example attitude. A peer-to-peer network to support and PowerUP each other! Do I need to be an expert to be a part of this group? NO. We do not need to be experts to PowerUP each other. We just need to be good enough; Good enough to own up to our limitations, be willing to respond to others, and be social and acceptable.

Leader's speak?-?Marjana Skubic

Let me tell you my mentoring story. My father was my mentor at a time when I didn’t even go to school. Some practiced sports, play with dolls and I was figuring out what I should do on my development part to have more success in the far distant future. It was all so easy to hear, and way too hard to accomplish. Then came years of overcoming obstacles and getting lost on the sideways. Sometimes I wonder, was it just a waste of precious time? - No, never!

Almost all the directors I spoke to first asked me: who is your mentor? Not if I have one, but what is the real name and surname. I am sorry to tell you, but Tony Robins doesn't count. So, who is a mentor? Mentor is someone in whom you see the future part of you. ?To see this, you need to know yourself very well, have a strong motivation for change, and make a list of long-term goals to achieve. Then be prepared to take small, supervised steps. Don’t confuse mentor with the person you lean on when it’s hard. A mentor is someone who enrolls you in a seminar, buys you a book, and tells you that you suck at things you think you’re good at.

After a long while, mentor admits to you that you're doing better than him. Choose your mentor carefully, develop faster, be grateful for help. But never be without one. You will appreciate it.

From the Editor's desk?-?Parminder Kaur

There are many voices whispering at the back of our minds that guide and encourage us to support our endeavours. These are the voices of the people who have touched our lives in one way or the other, at some point of time where it was their wisdom and experience that gave us confidence to move ahead. This issue of ‘Empowered’ talks about the Mentors that enable us not only through their leadership but also with the faith that impacts.

Special thanks to ?Fernanda Freytes Ramos for sharing the creative that expresses the attributes that a Mentor exhibits. We would also like to thank Amanda Zarate for her powerful quote and Lee Lambert on his encouraging words.

Missed the Story telling for Leadership event? No worries. This edition has a link that would take you to revisit the event.

Watch-out for the details of the upcoming power packed event on Speed Mentoring further in this newsletter.

A special feature on the book - AI and the Project Manager- by Peter Taylor is something not to be missed by the AI & PM enthusiasts! Happy Reading!

Quote of the month:?Amanda Zarate

"We must not compare ourselves with other people, rather, we must simply seek to always be the best version of ourselves and be protagonists of the change we want for the world."

Member Spotlight: Lee R Lambert

1. How would you describe yourself in 1 word??Passionate

2. What is the most cherished moment of your career???Being named a founding member of the PMP Credential.

3. My advise to members of this community ??Decide what you want and stay focused until you get it.

Past Power Connect: 07 May 2022 - Storytelling for Leadership

Watch the recording here Here are some key takeaways recorded by our visual thinker Fernanda Freytes Ramos

Upcoming Power Connect

The theme of this month is mentoring. What is mentoring ? Let us see what our visual thinker Feny Freytos has to say

Our this month's event is Speed mentoring from WEMentor. if you are looking at some specific help with regard to your career. If you are looking at finding answers to some specific questions which will fuel your career growth. Here is something which will help: WEMentor brings to you a very unique opportunity to interact with a panel of expert mentors in a speed mentoring session: Major Pramila Mohite - Indian Army Veteran, Victor Loke - Enterprise Agile Coach, Arpita Gupta - Data Scientist and CEO at the Let the Data Confess Pvt. Ltd, Arunanjali Maria - Executive/Life and Business Storytelling Coach.

This session will provide you with a very unique opportunity to share your thoughts and ask live questions over two rounds of Speed Mentoring connects! Register now for FREE!

Special Feature:

Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is officially mainstream—sparking big changes in everything from manufacturing and supply-chain management to risk monitoring and product development. Studies show that by 2030, 80 percent of project management tasks, such as data collection, reporting, and predictive analysis, will be carried out by AI in a consistent and efficient manner.

AI and the Project Manager: How the Rise of Artificial Intelligence will Change Your World By: Peter Taylor

Enabling project managers to adapt to the new technology of artificial intelligence, this first comprehensive book on the topic discusses how AI will reinvent the project world and allow project managers to focus on people.

This book sets out to explore what this will mean for project managers around the world and equips them to embrace this technological advantage for greater project success.

Filled with insights and examples from tech providers and project experts, this book is an invaluable resource for PMO leaders, change executives, project managers, programme managers, and portfolio managers. Anyone who is part of the global community of change and project leadership needs to accept and understand the fast- approaching AI technology, and this book shows how to use it to their advantage. Read more about the book here

About the author: Keynote speaker and coach, Peter is the author of the # 1 bestselling project management book ‘The Lazy Project Manager’, along with many other books on Project Management, PMO development, Executive Sponsorship, Transformation Leadership, and Speaking Skills. He has built and led some of the largest PMOs in the world with organizations such as Siemens, IBM, UKG, and now Ceridian, where he is the VP Global PMO.

He has also delivered over 450 lectures around the world in over 25 countries and has been described as ‘perhaps the most entertaining and inspiring speaker in the project management world today’. Read more about Peter here

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