3 slide presentation for interview......

3 slide presentation for interview......

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Ray Singh

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3,045 posts

229 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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I have an interview for Portfolio Manager within the Business change area of a government organisation, this Thursday.
3 slides maximum and 10 mins of time available.

"How would you build and maintain a high performing team of project managers to deliver successful change"?

I have created a slide set - with my thoughts, which include, building the tea, based on skills, training, empowerment, continuous improvement etc.

Anything in particular that i should add?

Thanks.
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wormus

14,509 posts

202 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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I’d focus on these, one slide per area:

1. Understanding and communicating the outcomes you are looking to achieve.

2. Workforce planning and resolving conflict between competing priorities.

3. Stakeholder engagement and providing feedback.

Try to find out if they still manage suppliers to deliver it if they have teams in house which is the evolving model for larger Departments.

Think about the risks and how you manage them. RAG reporting and all that good stuff.

MYOB

4,767 posts

137 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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Mention utilising the Project Delivery Profession.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-...

toon10

6,140 posts

156 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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You could maybe include a heading on Change Management. I had to deliver a 10 minute presentation on IT Service Management and I stuck some change management detail in there to show how I could not only setup a successful IT service team but also deliver technical change to the wider business by using CM to increase the openness to change and decreased resistance at an early stage. I didn't get the job but I was happy with my presentation!




Ray Singh

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3,045 posts

229 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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MYOB said:
Mention utilising the Project Delivery Profession.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-...
Thank you - I almost forgot this.!!!


Whoozit

3,584 posts

268 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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Remember what Admiral Akbar said! Use the slides as the themes for each topic. Either one word, or a relevant slogan, or an interesting quote/statement. Don't be tempted to cram them full of info.

dundarach

4,963 posts

227 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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I read an amazing article which I'm struggling to find for you.

By Professor Katherine Kline on Leadership, in which she discussed the maturity of staff and their expectations of what a leader should be.

The staff you'll be managing and working with, will already have an idea of how they want you to lead them.

In addition it's important to recognise the maturity of staff, no whether or not they can tie their shoelaces, but what they want from their work.

There's nothing wrong with showing up, doing the job and taking the money, through to wanting to run the company...

Combining these two thoughts, I believe gives you a good understanding of what you'll need to do, to take people with you.

That an my third golden rule:

Never set out to be an ahole!

Hope this might help!

Ray Singh

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3,045 posts

229 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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Thank you!

As I am already working within the company and applying for an internal promotion, i have interviewed some of the people who i will be leading/managing and have asked them what they would want from their leader. This forms slide #3 of my presentation and concretes all the theory i have explained in the slides before.

I am struggling to make the whole thing less wordy though........

MYOB

4,767 posts

137 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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Ray Singh said:
MYOB said:
Mention utilising the Project Delivery Profession.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-...
Thank you - I almost forgot this.!!!
"almost"?

You forgot completely!

Whoozit

3,584 posts

268 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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Ray Singh said:
... slide #3 of my presentation and concretes all the theory i have explained in the slides before.

I am struggling to make the whole thing less wordy though........
Don't repeat the content then! Or summarise it, or pull it together. Give it a big finish - or just say "it's all about you out there". Which with whatever audience, always goes down well. And is happily true.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 10th December 2018
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The bits of the MoD/DLO that I had some contact with years ago would have used 'Never knowingly delivered' , but that's no help.

Ray Singh

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3,045 posts

229 months

Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Thank you for the help all who replied. The presentation went really well.

I have a suspicion that they already knew who they wanted for the post and it wasn't me. I was told that I didn't get it yesterday.

Let the quest for new job commence!

toon10

6,140 posts

156 months

Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Ray Singh said:
Thank you for the help all who replied. The presentation went really well.

I have a suspicion that they already knew who they wanted for the post and it wasn't me. I was told that I didn't get it yesterday.

Let the quest for new job commence!
Chin up. I've had 3 interviews in the last couple of months and no offers. I did OK at one, well at another and really well at the last one but suspect they already knew who they wanted. It's all experience at the end of the day. Like you, the search goes on.

MYOB

4,767 posts

137 months

Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Unlucky Ray. Win some, lose some.

silent ninja

863 posts

99 months

Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Ray Singh said:
Thank you for the help all who replied. The presentation went really well.

I have a suspicion that they already knew who they wanted for the post and it wasn't me. I was told that I didn't get it yesterday.

Let the quest for new job commence!
Sorry to hear this. I've seen this all too often in uncompetitive dinosaur companies and public sector. Remember PIE = Performance (10%), Image (30%), Exposure (60%) (see Harvey Coleman for more info). Unfortunately, this is how it plays out.

Politics isn't a bad thing, but there are barriers to getting your seat at the table and your opinions heard. The more senior you become, the better political operator you have to become in a public org or big corporate. Sad, but true.