The Minnesota Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI), an alliance partner of the Performance Excellence Network, is pleased to announce its next breakfast session: “Saying No Without Damaging Relationships: Collaboration in a Cross-Functional World.”  The session will be held June 11, and will be facilitated by John Shulman is a world renowned expert on negotiation, conflict resolution, leadership and collaboration.

Interested in learning proven strategies for collaborating more effectively in a world in which many project managers are being asked to do more with less? As noted in the “Saying No Without Damaging Relationships”, one of the most important collaboration skills is the ability to say “No” without damaging relationships.

As a participant, you receive tools and tips on how to handle challenging situations, such as when your colleagues on a project have already met and assigned you the most burdensome, unpleasant tasks!

Based on approaches pioneered at the Harvard Program, “Negotiation, Collaboration in a Cross-Functional World” shares a powerful 3-step model you can use to organize key information and influence your colleagues to collaborate more effectively.

Participants engage in an interactive learning game in which they score points for themselves and their team by deciding whether to collaborate or compete with a colleague, who may in turn either collaborate or compete with them.

The session is June 11 from 7:00-8:50 AM at C 2201 Burns Ave. St. Paul, MN. 55119.  Cost is $34 ($32.30 for Network members) before May 31 (PEN members should contact [email protected] for discount code).  For more information, visit http://www.pmi-mn.org/.