Project Management certifications look good on your CV, but they only teach you a small aspect of what it takes to be a high-performing Project Manager.
The PPM coaching program enhances your Project Management skills, productivity, and mindset.
Whether you're just starting your Project Management career or leading a team, it's bespoke and tailored to you.
There is one simple aim. To help Project Managers to excel and stand out from the crowd. The course is online and can be undertaken at a pace and time that works for you.
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GREAT question! The PPM Academy Prog is for anyone who wants to progress faster in their career, be in more control of their time and what they work on, and lead teams, to name a few benefits.
Let me ask you this:
Do you want to be more productive?
Do you want to have a stronger mindset at work?
Do you want to improve how you plan and run projects and teams?
Are you looking to move up a level at work or go for a new job elsewhere?
This coaching programme is for you if the answer is yes to any of these.
Not at all. It doesn’t matter what level you’re at in your career; if you have the right mindset to want to learn and improve yourself, then this programme is for you.
Another great question!
Most training out there for Project Managers is a course of some sort, the majority of them valuable, but they’re designed for the thousands, so every single one is the same.
You learn a lot on the course, and it looks great on your CV, but how much can you implement in your day job?
The PPM Academy Programme is designed for what you need personally and in your career. No programme is the same, it’s created for what you need so you can get the most value.
So The PPM Academy Programme is a coaching programme, not a course.
I work with a small number of Project Managers every 12 weeks to give them personal coaching throughout this time.
Everything we do is 121, there are no group sessions, so you have access to me only throughout our time together.
12 X 1hr coaching session with me. They’re booked for an hour, but if we need to go longer, we’ll do whatever is needed for the session.
Access to a ton of online video content to support the programme throughout the 12 weeks. These are shared to supplement what we cover in the 121s; think of them as extra reading between sessions.
Access to all the PPM Academy Project Management templates so you can spend more time on your personal development, your teams and projects, not creating templates.
Accountability check-ins. Be ready for some accountability reminders from me throughout our time together to help you stay committed and deliver on what we agreed in our 121s.
I'm so excited to be sharing this coaching programme with you.I've been working in Project Management for over 19 years, and most of that time in digital agencies, so I have real-world experience with the most demanding projects to plan and run at pace.
Being a Project Manager can be challenging. Everyone expects you to know everything, be on top of every task and never miss a beat.
Often working late or starting early, hoping you'll finally be in complete control of your project by working harder.
I've been there, constantly feeling I need to do more for my team, or there will be a problem around the corner, or will we meet the next deadline.
Taking what I've learnt working in nearly 20 years of running projects and managing large teams of Project Managers, I've created the PPM Coaching Programme.
The PPM coaching programme combines all of these learnings into a bespoke coaching programme which focuses on your Project Management skills, productivity and mindset, as when connected, enables you to become a high-performing Project Manager and flourish in your career.
Do you want to achieve what you're capable of?
Just start by booking a free discovery call with me, and we'll take a look at where you're now, and where you want to go and suggest some possible ways to get you there
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