PCCA Journal 1st Quarter 2014 - page 16

PCCA Journal|1
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ongoing program, and we don’t want diminish the value, the
challenge, or the fun of these exercises for future participants.
What happens at PMA stays at PMA!
Without revealing details, we can say that the participants
enjoyed the projects, thrived on the competition, and learned
new skills and new ways to look at familiar situations. One
project involved meeting the “project owner” in a boardroom
setting, and several participants commented on the value of
the exercise. “It helped me realize how to listen to the cus-
tomer and how to approach them in a meeting.” Of another
project, a participant said, “Enjoyable and fun. Great learning
tool.”
Personal Feedback
The personal feedback section of the PMA is, for the lack of a
better phrase, very personal. Each participant completes Pro-
Scan and 360
o
personality surveys prior to the PMA and also
has surveys completed by supervisors, co-workers, people
who report to them, vendors, and customers. Once at the
PMA, participants learn about the value of honest feedback,
the qualities of effective feedback, how to best give it, how
to best receive it, and its importance to the success of one’s
company. During the PMA, each participant has an hour-
long, one-on-one session with an FMI facilitator who reviews
the specifics of their personal ProScan and 360
o
reports and
helps them understand how the results relate to their work
and their lives.
In Atlanta, the participants were amazed by the survey
tools’ ability to accurately describe their personality and ap-
preciative of the assistance provided by the FMI facilitators,
Scott Moyer and Shirley Ramos. The participants’ comments
were telling: “Thank you for helping me understand me,”
said one participant. “Great exercise. Very eye-opening. I
could have spent two hours with this info and hearing Scott’s
feedback and suggestions,” said another. And finally, “It was
so accurate, I thought they were spying on me.”
Bringing It All Back Home
No seminar, course, or academy is worth much if the partici-
pants don’t effectively apply the knowledge and skills they
learned to their actual work situation. At the PMA, partici-
pants develop a personal action plan with a vision, specific/
detailed steps, follow-through, and accountability.
In their comments about the program, the group in Atlanta
was very confident about the on-the-job benefits the PMA
provided:
• Will treat the workers differently. We will do a pre- and
post-job plan.
Project Manager Academy
Continued from page 15
PCCA Project Manager Academy Class of 2014
• Mike Aubrey, ElectriCom, Inc.
• Lynn Bender, Push, Inc.
• Broderick Bush, Sellenriek Construction, Inc.
• Benjamin Engleson, Mid America Underground
• Chris Hannah, Aubrey Silvey Enterprises
• Brock Hurlbert, Mid America Underground
• Scotty Likens, ElectriCom, Inc.
• Jeff Mancl, Push, Inc.
• Tracy Miller, Kenneth G. Myers Construction
• Craig Moore, Mid America Underground
• Randy Patterson, Mid America Underground
• Jeremy Payton, ElectriCom, Inc.
• Kelley Payton, Aubrey Silvey Enterprises
• Steve Sellenriek, Sellenriek Construction, Inc.
• Heath Sellenriek, Sellenriek Construction, Inc.
• Jim Sparks, Mid America Underground
• Daniel Stephens, Tjader & Highstrom
• Eric Tusing, Kenneth G. Myers Construction
• Billy Vincent, ElectriCom, Inc.
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