Judith W. Umlas
Judith W. Umlas is Senior Vice President at
International Institute for Learning, Inc. and author of
The Power of Acknowledgment and Grateful Leadership: Using
the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and
Achieve Superior Results. With more than 25 years of
professional experience, Ms. Umlas has successfully
trained over 50,000 executives and professionals to
develop superior leadership and interpersonal skills,
better engage their employees and build strong workplace
cultures where people feel valued and produce their best
work. Her workshops have a loyal following of repeat
clients including Fortune 500 Companies, Universities and
government agencies. She is also the author of You’re
Totally Awesome, The Power of Acknowledgment for Kids,
geared to anti-bullying initiatives in schools.
Judith W. Umlas will energize, engage and
bring about immediate positive changes for leaders and
their teams. Learn to tap into the power of personal
commitment and dedication by acknowledging people in an
authentic, heartfelt manner. Inspire your team, and bring
out the best in your people by dramatically increasing the
level of engagement, productivity and willingness to take
initiative.
Judith regularly leads both onsite and
virtual courses on Grateful Leadership and The Power of
Acknowledgment. She has led many Project Management
Institute (PMI) chapter meetings and was a featured
speaker at the PMI ISSIG Annual Conferences in ’07 and ’08
. Judith also co-led a session at the PMI Global Congress
in 2007 and was chosen again to present in 2008 at both
the Global Congress and the Leadership Institute. In 2009,
she delivered a keynote address at the IPMA Conference to
800 project managers in Helsinki, Finland, the closing
keynote address to Recognition Professionals,
International in 2010, and the American Society of
Association Executives Executive Leadership Forum in
Quebec City in 2013. She was the keynote speaker
addressing 500 project managers at PMI’s Mega Seminars
World Conference in 2011.Judith has taught onsite courses
at many organizations, including Armstrong Industries,
T-Systems, Gateway Engineers, The World Bank, Volvo AB, MD
Anderson, Wartsila in Finland, the NANA Development
Corporation, headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska and the
Westervelt Company. In 2016 she gave the keynote address
at University of Maryland University College for Women’s
History Month. She has delivered many programs to
corporate audiences at major companies such as Ericsson
and HPE.
Registration: 12:00
Start: 1:00
Break: 3:00
End: 5:00 (4 PDUs)
Program Number: C020-20180506
Program Title: Grateful Leadership - Using the Power of Acknowledgment® to Engage All Your People
and Achieve Superior Results
PDUs: 4
Category Type: A
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter - C020
0.0 - Leadership
2.0 - Strategic
2.0 - Technical