The Center for Project Leadership at Columbia University Is Pleased to Announce
The First Forum on Construction
Project Leadership:
Project Success Requires Leadership AND Management
August
25, 2009
Davis Auditorium,
Schapiro Center
Columbia University, New York City
The purpose of the forum is to examine some
of the current and anticipated challenges facing construction projects and to discuss the critical role that project leadership
will play in addressing the increasingly difficult project environment in the coming years. The forum will bring together
a panel of top experts from industry and academia, who will examine the importance of both project leadership and
project management as critical skills for project success. The panelists will discuss the best approaches to delivering successful projects in an uncertain environment.
The discussions will include specific real-life examples as well as general concepts, principles and practices that
are applicable to a wide range of organizations and projects. The forum will be interactive and will include a question-and-answer
session with the panelists in order to provide an opportunity for the participants to gain an understanding of how to apply
these principles and practices. Unsatisfactory outcomes of construction projects are very often the result of being over-managed
and under-led. This forum will provide a unique and exciting opportunity to learn from the best experts how to apply
a balanced approach of leadership AND management. Attendance should be a must for all experienced
project managers working in organizations involved in the delivery of construction projects, including owners; developers;
architects; design engineers; contractors; suppliers; local, state and federal government, as well as consultants, researchers,
and educators.
By the conclusion of the forum, the participants will have gained significant new insights regarding how:
· To lead AND manage a project in a dynamic environment. · Organizations can foster the development of project leaders. ·
Project leaders can further their own personal leadership growth. · Project leaders can identify and promote the development of the next generation of project leaders. · Academia and industry together can develop and disseminate new knowledge regarding project leadership. |
Project Leadership Forum: August 25,
2009 | | 9:15-9:30 | Opening Remarks
Janice Tuchman, Editor-in-Chief, Engineering News-Record | | 9:30-10:45 | “Projects
Must be Led in Order to be Manageable”
Dr. Alexander Laufer, Director, Center for Project Leadership at Columbia
University | | 10:45-11:00 | Break | | 11:00-12:00 | “Leading
with Heart: Using a University Setting to Help Develop Level 5 Leaders”
Dr. Jeffrey S. Russell, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental
Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Norman R Doll, President Emeritus, Pieper Electric, Inc, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison | | 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | | 13:00-13:45 | “Leadership Lessons
on the Way to Lean Construction"
Gregory Howell, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Lean Construction
Institute | | 13:45-14:30 | "Inspirational Project Leadership –
It is More Than Managing Scope, Cost and Schedule"
Scott Cameron, Global Project Management Process Owner, Procter & Gamble | | 14:30-14:45 | Break | | 14:45-15:30 | “Leaders Creating Leaders: Wins and Losses”
Terry Little, Consultant, Spectrum Group, and Associate Director for Leadership Development,
Center for Project Leadership at Columbia University | | 15:30-15:45 | Break | | 15:45-17:00 | Panel Discussion
Moderators: Dr. Nicola Chiara and Dr. John Taylor, Co-Executive Directors, Center for Project Leadership at Columbia University |
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