Project Management Update from Houston

The Project Management Institute – Houston Chapter, Inc. has 6 different venues within the Houston metropolitan area:

• Central Meeting (University of Houston, Caspian Room #87 , Houston, TX 77204)

• Downtown Meeting (Main Houston Public Library Branch, Concourse Level Meeting Room, 500 McKinney Street, Houston, TX 77002)

• Galleria Meeting (HESS Club, 5430 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77056)

• North Meeting (Strack Farms Restaurant, 5707 Louetta, Spring, TX 77379)

• Southwest Meeting (Schlumberger Forum Cafe, 210 Schlumberger Drive, Sugar Land, TX 77478)

• Westside Meeting (Sysco, 1390 Enclave Parkway Building 1390, Houston, TX)

The topics in January 2010 were:

“Meet PMI Houston's Board of Directors” - This was an opportunity to interact with the Board, ask questions, and share ideas to continue improving the value that the chapter provides to its members and community, each of the available directors took turn to present their goals and desire for 2010.

 “Pardon Me – Your Personality is Showing!” by Joseph A. Lukas, PE, PMP, CCE - Knowledge of project management technical skills such as scheduling or budgeting is not sufficient to avoid project failure. Project Managers need well developed soft skills including leadership, conflict resolution and communications. However, Project Managers will not have good soft skills unless they possess emotional intelligence, which is the ability to recognize and manage your feelings, and effectively deal with the feelings of other people. Emotional intelligence also includes recognizing how you deal with other people and how you react when under stress.  This is your personality style. The successful Project Manager also recognizes the styles of other project stakeholders.

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