Upcoming Events

WMPMI's monthly lunch meeting is a one-PDU event featuring a speaker that presents on a topic from the PMI Talent Triangle. Also included is an excellent lunch buffet and the company of your project management peers. 

Location: University Club - 10th Floor of the Fifth / Third Building - 111 Lyon St NW # 1025, Grand Rapids

Speaker: Robert Heath, Sr., Founder of the Legacy Empowerment Academy and CEO of Legacy Leadership Consulting

Topic: Leadership is Broken!

Topic Description:
Gallup has found that 70% of US workers are disengaged and 18% of these workers are actively endeavoring against their employers. This disengagement results in a loss in productivity that costs US Businesses over $450 Billion annually and the trend is not improving. Additionally, 70% of the factors that lead to employee disengagement are the responsibility of company leadership, however, only 1 in 10 leaders are equipped to make the changes necessary to remedy the problem. For the companies that understand the importance of and engaged workforce and have the proper leadership in place the payoff is massive.

In this discussion on Engaging Leadership, you will learn how we got to this place and what individual leaders can do to impact the engagement of those they lead.

PDU Information:  1.0 (0.5 Leadership / 0.5 Strategic and Business Management)

Speaker Bio:
Robert Heath, Sr. is an engaging communicator and leading expert in Empowering Leadership. His work is centered on helping business leaders to do more with less by properly leveraging the talents of their teams. He is the Founder of the Legacy Empowerment Academy and the CEO of Legacy Leadership Consulting. Combining the Leadership principles he used as an Officer and Company Commander in the United States Marine Corps with the personnel development strategies he has mastered over 20 years of leading, teaching, and coaching, Robert works with leaders who desire to increase initiative and follow through, reduce stress, and get the very best out of their team on every project, regardless of who they may lead.

Over the past 20 years,? he has served in many leadership roles across various industries. During this time, he has been able to guide thousands of people on their journeys of awakening their inner leader. From his time as a high school Spanish teacher, basketball coach, and School Improvement Team Coordinator, to his record setting efforts as an attorney, to his award winning work as a Company Commander, Robert has worked to embody the proverb Aristotle spoke so long ago, that “excellence is a habit rather than the result of a single action.”

Robert received his JD, ?cum laude,? from the University of Illinois College of Law. He also holds an MA in Teaching from Christian Brother's University, as well as dual BA degrees in Economics and Speech Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He served for 8 years as a United States Marine Corps Officer, receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his leadership as a Commander of one of the largest companies in the Marine Corps.

Agenda:

• Doors open at 11:15 AM.
• The lunch buffet begins promptly at 11:30 AM.
• After 45 minutes of networking, the program begins at Noon and ends promptly at 1 PM.

Tickets:

$22.00  WMPMI Members
$27.00  Non-Members

TICKETS

$22.00 WMPMI Member Ticket
$27.00 after 5:00 pm July 10

$27.00 Non-member ticket
$32.00 after 5:00 pm July 10