Synopsis

Master the fundamentals of EQ (Emotional Quotient) and People Skills in 2 days!

All project engineers/managers require two basic skills in carrying out projects successfully:  hard and soft skills. The hard skills deal with the technical aspects of projects and project management, whereas the soft skills deal with the people who deliver the project end-results. The ideal Project Engineer/Manager is therefore one who is well equipped in striking a good balance of the hard and soft skills in carrying out his daily project job.
This intensive 2-day interactive course is designed to provide a solid foundation in key competencies of people skills in leadership, motivation, communication, negotiation, problem solving, conflicts resolution, time management and EQ techniques through practical exercises, case studies and self-evaluation.

A unique aspect of this training involves the application of psychometric tests to reveal the project personnel’s personality, Emotional Intelligence, and characteristics relevant to project management.

Project engineers/managers and business professionals who want to enhance their project success will find this course valuable as they master important practical people skills to achieve project goals and meet stakeholders’ expectations.  


Benefits

• Adopt and adapt internationally recognized project management standard and best practices with reference to PMBOK®
• Master a solid foundation in people skills for project management
• Lead and motivate project teams through time-tested principles and practices
• Communicate effectively with different levels of stakeholders
•  Apply a systematic problem solving technique
• Utilize a powerful negotiation technique
• Resolve conflicts and foster better teamwork  to improve productivity and cooperation
• Avoids delay in project completion by buffering and delegating
• Apply Psychometric Tests to analyse and reveal project personnel’s personality and EQ score


About The Course Leader

Ir. Frankie Chong, B.Sc., MBA, P.Eng, MIEM, PMP®, a professional engineer with an in-depth knowledge and more than 30 years of working experience in managing small and large projects in various industries. His main areas of work experience include project management & consultancy, engineering operations and technical development, business development and re-engineering, education and training.

He specializes in conducting Project Management seminars and training for MNCs and SMI companies, locally and internationally. Hundreds of participants have benefited from his training which is knowledge and skill-based, highly interactive, and complemented with applications and real-life case studies.

Currently, he holds the following credentials:
• A certified PMP® (Project Management Professional No. 512593) credential from PMI (USA)
• A certified trainer registered with the government Human Resource Development Fund (PSMB)
• Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Certified Construction Project Manager, panel expert & trainer in National Competency Standard in construction project management
• Current Chairman of SSIG, IEM. Past Chairman and Adviser of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia Project Management Technical, Division
• Chief Paper Examiner of a U.K University project management module.


Who Could Benefit From the Course
• Project Engineers
• Project Managers
• Project Executives
• Project Architects
• Quantity Surveyors
• Site Managers / Site Agents
• Site Supervisors
• Developers
• Contractors and sub-contractors