Multi-Chapter Event featuring Guest Speaker Xavier Cano- Mindset Matters: Fostering Strong Project Teams

PMI San Diego Virtual Multi-Chapter Event with Guest Speaker Xavier Cano Mindset Matters: Fostering Strong Project Teams

Description:

Effectively navigating complex project challenges requires project managers to possess not only technical expertise but also the ability to manage their emotions adeptly. Recognizing the significant impact of emotional intelligence on project outcomes, this comprehensive workshop is tailored to empower project managers with indispensable tools and techniques.?

Participants will engage in a structured exploration of strategies to enhance their emotional intelligence, recognizing its pivotal role in managing and motivating robust project teams. Through interactive exercises, real-world case studies, and scenario-based assessments, attendees will gain practical insights into applying emotional intelligence to foster strong project teams.?

By the conclusion of the session, project managers will not only have a heightened awareness of their emotional responses but will also be equipped with a toolkit to regulate these responses effectively.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the benefits of managing your thoughts.?
Define the term “cognitive distortion.”?
Identify the ten most common cognitive distortions that produce negative emotions.?
Understand how cognitive distortions can have a negative impact on project teams.?
Learn seven techniques for managing cognitive distortions.?

Featured Speaker: Xavier Cano

Xavier Cano is one of America's leading peak performance coaches. For the last 20 years, he has been coaching individuals and groups on both professional development and peak performance topics, sharing his own methodology and a range of techniques for optimizing performance, cultivating resilience, and increasing the bottom line.

Xavier is a certified coach by the International Coaching Federation, a published author, and an international speaker. In 2023, he delivered a speech in India in front of 20,000 people.

Xavier graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston with a degree in Industrial Engineering and received his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), certified Black Belt in Six Sigma/Lean Methodology, and a certified Change Management practitioner.

Xavier has 16+ years working for multiple Fortune 500 companies, including Dell, Bank of America, and Cigna.

In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, exercising, and spending quality time with his wife and daughter.