Written by Donya Sabaghi, PMC

Sameer Bendre, an Engagement Manager with Outsystems and Judith Mills, with Judith Mills Consulting, kicked off the evening with a very collaborative session to a room full of PMI Atlanta Agile Forum attendees on Tuesday, January 20. Right off the bat, the two individuals had the audience's attention as Judith asked, “Does anyone know what Agile is?” While most of the audience remained quiet as they knew what Agile was, a couple hands were raised. Judith explained that a backlog is a list of items prioritized by business value. She also mentioned in order to be a good agile coach, you have to be a good facilitator. Judith then proceeded to explain what to expect from the evening in the short hour by presenting a very detailed and time boxed schedule. The primary goal of the night was to create a backlog of topics, created and prioritized by the audience for future PMI Atlanta Agile Forums events in 2015. The schedule for the evening was as follows:

by Mike Ososki, PMP, Communications Committee

The PMI crowd loved it and were held in rapt attention. General David Poythress’ warm and polished delivery seamlessly wove personal storytelling with deep wisdom. If you missed 2015’s opening Dunwoody Dinner, it’s too late for you to attend the live event. But you can still experience a vicarious thrill and share the essential content wisdom via the written word. Please read on...

Much has been written on leadership from a wide variety of perspectives, with no universal definition. David’s approach is decidedly intuitive and experience-based. He subscribes to the “I know it when I see it” school, citing real life examples by observing the effects of leadership. In David’s view, perhaps more than any other one word, “trust” best summarizes its most essential ingredient.

It takes at least 2 to tango: in this case, the leader and his/her team. David breaks it down yet further, into 4 relationships. The first is self-to-self. Does the leader possess a strong conviction of self-trust? This is confidence in your own good judgment (not arrogance). It is typically only in private moments, among close confidantes, that strong leaders exhibit self-doubt. Leading your team, it is not an aspect you want them to sense from you very often or strongly.

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The Chapter Dinner Meeting schedule has changed. Beginning January 2015 the meeting will take place every other month on odd months.

The next meeting is scheduled for March 9th. Please check the Chapter events calendar and read the weekly eblasts for Bimonthly Dinner meeting dates and times.