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Do you know the Real Cracks in your Structure?

Join us on April 11^th and learn about the Key Strategies to increase the success and adoption of your projects

Room opens at 6pm for Informal Social Networking Opportunity, come early and make some new contacts

Dinner starts at 6pm;  Meeting 6;30-8pm (Presentation starts at 7pm)

PDU'S - .5 Power Skills; 1 Business Acumen

Shockingly, 11.4% of company investment is still being wasted due to poor project performance. This means that nearly $2 trillion a year is wasted by companies worldwide because of the ineffective implementation of business strategy. 

The reality is that we have spent so much time focused on the right framework or methodology to address projects when the real cracks in the structure are related to our people.

For a project to be successful, we need people to implement behavioral and organizational change - and this is often missed. Pulling Change Management planning upfront in your projects could mean for the success of your projects and team: more impact and more adoption with fewer headaches.

Join 23-year project management and change management expert Candice Benson, CEO of Benson Consulting, to focus on a new approach to driving projects aligned with the motivations of your people. 

In this common-wisdom busting session, Candice will share just-in-time insights, including: 

• The surprising data that undermines the status quo belief that building a robust training approach is the best way to ensure adoption of the change your project is driving. 
• 3 Warning signs that the cracks in your projects are about to lead to burn-out, frustration and missed deliverables.
• 3 “Champions” you need to identify on your project team, as well as how to empower them, equip them, and amplify them, if you want your project to be successful.
• The road-tested framework every organization needs to ensure their projects not only deliver on time, on scope and on budget but that the changes are adopted. 
• Real-world examples of organizations who are putting these strategies into action, and the biggest lessons learned, regrets, and pay-it-forward advice.

This must-attend session is custom-crafted for Project Managers, PMO managers, and other leaders who have a vested interest in ensuring their organization’s project investment is not wasted. 

Presenter: Candice Benson

Candice Benson, CEO of Benson Consulting Inc., is a certified Change Manager, Project Management Professional and Process Improvement Specialist.  Her 20+ years of experience in project management and people change management has spanned multiple fields including  Academia, Technology, Utilities, Finance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing and Non-Profits.

Candice has been instrumental in successfully leading companies at all levels to greater project success and increased employee adaption of change. She has led highly complex workflow, process, and back-end optimization projects, including several major M&A transactions along with customer facing implementations. Her clients have taken her across the United States and to London, Malaysia, Sydney and Hong Kong to oversee proper implementation of their transformations.

Candice, a true Change Agent, is certified in Change Intelligence (CQ®) and as a Prosci Change Practitioner and Trainer. She is an experienced PMO Director, Portfolio Manager, Program Manager, and Project Manager. She has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP®) from the Project Management Institute and is a Six Sigma/Lean certified leader, mentor, Project Management coach.

Candice sits on the Board of the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains where she serves as Chair of the Governance Committee and Diversify Thinking. She earned her bachelor’s degree, with a double major, from Rutgers University.  A married mother of three daughters, Candice has lived on both coasts and in London, England.  She now makes her home in Bedford, New Hampshire.