Terry Schmidt
Speaker Bio
Terry Schmidt is an internationally known strategic thinking and project management consultant with three decades of broad experience assisting corporations, governments, and research institutions in 34 countries worldwide. He earned his BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Washington, his MBA from Harvard Business School. Founder of www.ManagementPro.com, Terry teaches "Strategic Project Thinking" and "Strategic Thinking and Planning for Leaders" at UCLA's Technical Management Program, and teaches "Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers" at the MIT Professional Institute.
Terry's latest book is Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams. With Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, he is writing Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers, to be published in 2010. His other books include Managing Your Career Success: Practical Strategies for Engineers, Scientists, and Technical Managers; Planning Your Career Strategy, and The Winning Proposal: How to Write It.
Terry is listed in Who's Who in International Training and Development, and Who's Who in Finance and Industry. Active in civic and charitable causes, Terry is currently President of the Harvard Business School Club of Puget Sound. He serves on the national standards task force of the Association for Strategic Planning. Terry can be reached at terry@managementpro.com .
Emotional Intelligence in Action!
Handling the Toughest Situations that make Managers Sweat and Scream!
Outstanding technical managers are characterized by their mastery of Emotional Intelligence (EI). They use their emotions, moods and feelings to work for them. These EI project managers stay motivated in difficult times, bounce back quickly from setbacks, and handle well the troubling issues involving customers, team members and stakeholders. Last year, Dr. Hank Weisinger outlined the overarching themes of EI. This year, Terry Schmidt, Founder of ManagementPro and a co-author with Dr. Weisinger, and who teaches Emotional Intelligence at MIT, will present his practical consulting experience in the implementation and employment of EI in IT and Product Development environments.. His presentation will outline practical response strategies to handling the most difficult product and project management situations identified in their recent research. To be effective may require changed behavior, but the payout will be your new ability to deal more effectively with hostile stakeholders, gain trust in team relationships, and manage anxiety in turbulent times.
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