PMI Launches New Online Course to Empower MENA Changemakers and Support Organizational Transformation

 

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, 23, 2021: Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's leading association for project professionals and changemakers, announced the launch of a new online course dedicated to business transformation, the first in an upcoming series on the same topic. The new course, Organizational Transformation: Foundation, is powered by Brightline® , a PMI initiative, and provides project leaders with the building blocks and fundamental knowledge needed to understand how organizations transform efficiently and effectively. Through nine interactive modules that take under ten hours to complete, project professionals quickly learn what it takes to cultivate and implement significant operational and cultural change within an organization, allowing them to support a company-wide transformation in any industry, from any level.   

 

Today, the ability to nimbly transform and adapt has become a necessity for organizations, yet data from McKinsey  indicates that 70 percent of large-scale transformation efforts fail to achieve their goals. In response, organizations are evolving beyond the usual top-down approach to transformation and leveraging collective buy-in and support from their entire workforce. According to Brightline’s Strategic Transformation Research , organizations that successfully transform quickly and adeptly are almost two times more likely to place an emphasis on developing internal talent which builds employee commitment to larger organizational goals.

 

“Businesses today are facing unparalleled disruption. PMI certifications will ensure that team members possess the strategies and knowledge needed to translate its corporate strategies into concrete actions and to continue delivering substantive business value.” said Grace Najjar, managing director of PMI MENA. “This new course will impact both MENA businesses and individual project leaders on the forefront to adapting successful transformation efforts, enabling them to support these initiatives and be true changemakers within their organizations.” 

 

Through this online course, project professionals will learn:

• The five building blocks to any successful organizational transformation

• Best practices to shift people, mindsets, and performance 

• How to successfully blend business strategy with project management skills

Upon completing the course, participants have the option to earn an organizational transformation micro-credential through a 30-question exam, to help solidify and apply their learned knowledge of transformation fundamentals. The online course and micro-credential are designed to support professionals during an organizational transformation and aid them in their own professional development by making them ambassadors for organizational change and helping to open doors to additional career opportunities and growth.