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1. Eminence:
Why You Want It and How to Achieve It
Jim De Piante, PMP
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2. Value
Eminence is about creating value
at the highest levels.
The more value you can create,
the more valuable you become.
Eminence
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3. What is eminence?
Eminence is the quality of standing out.

4. Eminence is for the person who is willing to
Understand what it is
Work for it

5. The possibility to create value depends on
1. Product
2. Market

6. Your ability to create value begins with:
1. Personal capability
2. Supply for a need
Necessary but not sufficient.

7. Your market must know that you:
Exist
Have capabilities
Can meet its needs

8. As you achieve eminence:
Value increases
Greater opportunity
More possibilities
Increased satisfaction

9. Eminence
How to achieve it

10. This is all the proof you
need that a very regular
guy can achieve eminence.

11. Modest expertise in a high-demand
capability trumps ninja-level
expertise in an obsolete capability.
-. .. -. .--- .-

12. Three areas
1. Technical domain
2. Project management
3. Leadership
Leadership drives the most value
because it is relatively more scarce.

13. You
Market
Sweet spot

14. Optimize toward value.

15. For the eminent professional,
learning never ceases.

16. The value derived from a capability can be
multiplied simply by increased awareness.

17. How do you use your
capabilities to create
value?

18. Your market consists of all
those who can derive
value from your
capabilities.

19. You are your brand.

20. It takes a long time to build your brand.

21. Awareness has two components:
1. Brand (image)
2. Exposure
Increase awareness through exposure.

22. How people feel about and react to you is largely
determined by how you feel about and react to them.

23. Attending conferences allows you to increase
both capability and exposure, and also create
value.

24. There is no faster way to build your brand than on the
internet.
There is also no faster way to thoroughly hose it up.

25. The single most important element of your
online reputation is your LinkedIn profile.

26. Blogging is an excellent
way to demonstrate
capability and create value.

27. Professional publications can have an
enormous impact in raising awareness.

28. What others say about you matters more
than what you might say about yourself.

29. Value has two dimensions:
Capability
Awareness
Cultivating capabilities:
How to choose them
How to improve them
Your brand represents:
Who you are
Your capabilities
Your ability to create value

30. Two aspects of awareness
Image (or brand)
Exposure
Your ability to create value
Capability
Image
Exposure

31. Exposure
60%
Image
30%
Capability
10%

32. The Eminent Project Manager
Creating value at the highest levels

33. The eminent
project manager
develops
capabilities with
real market value
and markets those
capabilities.

35. 1. Make the commitment
2. Get a coach or MAP
3. Establish goals
Develop capabilities
Market capabilities
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Define the actions
Make a plan
Execute the plan
Evaluate progress
Reevaluate
Capabilities
The market
9. Adjust as necessary

36. It’s within your
reach.
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37. Questions?

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