Participants’ Detailed Feedback

The following gives market share information for the last five years for selected products. Projects led and run by engineers that have been trained by Dr. Shenhar’s seminars were implemented during this time frame. The market share growth has been dramatic and is the result of a continuing stream of high quality products that hit their market targets. The correlation to the continued efforts of Dr. Shenhar is high

 

Product Line	Market Share - Year 1	Market Share - Year 5	Share Relative Increase in %	% Market Share Increase
1	10	28	180%	18%
2	25	36	44%	11%
3	20	28	40%	8%
4	35	45	31%	10%
5	47	59	26%	12%
6	40	50	25%	10%

We recognized the need for external stimulation in the areas of innovation, project management, and leadership. In response to this need and in concert with the company’s executive leadership, Dr. Shenhar has developed several executive training programs,.., and has delivered more than 30 seminars and workshops. His seminar is always in high demand. It influenced our thinking about innovation and helped our scientists and managers develop broader perspectives on using technology as a competitive weapon…

His second course, Project Management and Leadership, continues to grow. This course was recently endorsed by management as the preferred training for our high potential leaders, and as a way to grow the company’s leadership talent.

Most importantly, Dr. Shenhar is using his broad experience as a former executive together with his latest research findings and frameworks to influence our way of doing business. His adaptive approach to project management and his strategic project management frameworks have proved very useful and have become part of the organization’s formal procedures.

I am very impressed with the seminar. I believe this seminar gives the tools, methods, and information needed to drive home the importance of "Continuous Technology Enhancement" that corporate seems to have a problem grasping. It should also serve to emphasis comments on the leverage engineers have on the profitability of a business.

Thank you for the lessons I learned in your Strategic Project Leadership class....I wanted you to know I appreciated the toughness of your class and how it also gave me the confidence and knowledge to take on a difficult task when it would have been so much easier to do nothing. I also learned that you can move mountains...with 50 dedicated and committed people that share the same goals.

Strategic Project Leadership was like an epiphany since it made so much sense. I totally agree with you that most methodologies and processes are treated as "one size fits all" which of course makes no sense. I have ordered your book and can't wait to have it in my hands, since I am very interested to see what your answer is on how projects should be managed based on their true business values. Most project managers are strictly managing scope, without any idea what the project actually means for the organization, which is often my challenge when it comes implementing EPM solutions.

Since the project has been underway for a while, the process of restructuring the project around SPL has proven to be easier than I thought it would be … One of the key barriers to implementation is the education process. It has taken more effort to get people out of their old habits and to have team members think strategically. They have never been asked to think strategically on projects before, so getting them to adapt to that behavior is extremely challenging. Had there been a SPL plan towards the launch of the project, I would venture that we would have used most of the elements of the SPL plan. One thing that has been implemented that has already yielded results is the Project Review Board.

I am very impressed with the seminar. I believe this seminar gives the tools, methods, and information needed to drive home the importance of "Continuous Technology Enhancement" that corporate seems to have a problem grasping. It should also serve to emphasis comments on the leverage engineers have on the profitability of a business.

Your instruction and influence on my professional development has profoundly influenced my career direction...and were certainly instrumental in my recent promotion. THANKS again.

Thank you for the class. I learned several new ways of thinking and approaches that I will be able to use in my current and future work assignments.

Thank you for a great class. I have to tell you that this was one of the best classes I have had in my years ... I learn many valuable lessons that I will work to implement in my coming years. I have just begun my career as a PM, yet I feel that I have a leg up on most because of your class.

I wanted you to know that I found your course truly inspiring. You are a gifted teacher and I think you bring a lot to the program. I thought your presentations were sharp, witty, thought provoking and fun. What a great way to learn. I also enjoyed the way you forced everyone to think and participate. When I was a student in your class I was in an "active learning mode", rather than a "passive learning mode". I wasn't sitting back in my chair listening to a lecture for hours on end I was typically involved in, or following a very lively debate.

It was great pleasure for me… It is a great provoking seminar and I hope, one day, changes the way we perceive the Project Management Profession. The current Economic Scenario is giving us to think in your direction to remodel the PM Roles and responsibilities.

Glad I was able to attend this one. I now feel confirmed in my own analysis of where project managers must go in order to succeed on future projects. Empowerment and ownership of the project are at the top again. YES!!

Outstanding presentation and very well organized. The speaker was dynamic, clearly knowledgeable in the field of PM, and really engaged the group. He was the best I have heard in a long time. I bought the book and intend to read it. He gave very relevant examples related to each question.