Welcome to the Hampton Roads chapter of PMI!

We are dedicated to serving the business and educational community of Hampton Roads through the advancement of Project Management. We provide a forum for professional Project Managers to promote the principles of the Project Management Institute through networking with other project managers, sharing project experiences, providing and receiving training, and supporting Project Management Professionals in their certification efforts. Please join us at one of our upcoming dinner meetings or contact one of our board members for additional information.

View the June 2010 PMI HR Newsletter

The Hampton Roads Chapter of Project Management Institute is proud to offer local organizations, businesses, government and individuals the opportunity to play golf with your peers. All net proceeds benefit the PMIHR Scholarship Fund, which is awarded annually to local individuals pursuing project management careers and/or further education. This scholarship is in its second year and with the proceeds from this event, will reach even more students.

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Navigate to www.iil.com/pmihr and receive 10% off any online course/webinar offered by IIL.

Power, Influence and Project Management

While watching a movie at home recently (with “watching” being a very loose term), I heard a very profound statement from this semi-romantic theatrical achievement. The movie was Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and the lead character, photographer/womanizer Connor Mead, played by Matthew McConaughey, prophesized that: “the power in all relationships lies with whoever cares less”. The more I thought about this statement the more sense it made. Wow….such a thought provoking statement from an otherwise silly movie. Think about it, when we negotiate the price on a new car (or anything for that matter) the last thing we want to convey to the other side is “I gotta have that”. We try to play it like a poker game with cards held close to the chest, trying to show minimal interest in the product of our desires, often walking away to demonstrate our lack of interest.