May 2023 PMI-MC Monthly Chapter Virtual Meeting

“Leading is about learning how to be a facilitator” – Ashif Shaikh, 2022 Harvard Kennedy School for Public Leadership Gleitsman Award Recipient

Facilitation has been a pillar of Project Management success throughout recent decades and as we continue into the modern digital age with machine learning, AI, robotic automation and design thinking, it has never been more important. The International Association of Facilitators (IAF) defines the core competencies of facilitation as:

1. Create collaborative client relationships
2. Plan appropriate group processes
3. Create and sustain a participatory environment
4. Guide group to appropriate and useful outcomes
5. Build and maintain professional knowledge
6. Model positive professional attitude

Join Mr. Godbey as he showcases examples where facilitation has been instrumental to project success as well as recommendations for frameworks that you can bring to your organization/company/agency

Mr. Robert Godbey is a problem solver with diverse management experience, including directing programs for a Federal Government agency, owning and operating his own successful management consulting business, holding major responsibility and influence as a Program Manager for a Big-3 management consulting firm, an Information Systems Director for a medium-sized city and operating as a Chief Operating Officer (COO) of an NYC-based consulting firm . With significant expertise in collaborating with client company executives to assess their needs, designing of risk-managed solutions and delivering and producing results quickly in often very ambiguous situations. Mr. Godbey is a trusted leader within the IT industry in multiple sectors.

Currently, Mr. Godbey serves as a Sr. Program Manager for SecuriGence , a Northern Virgina based company that is bringing amazing results to their government and commercial customers through their corporate service offerings in IT modernization and Digital Transformation