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Details:

June 17, 2026

6-8 PM

1 PDU available for PMI Members

Members/Students: $10

Non-Members: $15 

Participants will be responsible for covering their own dinner costs

Presentation Description:

Long term success in project management depends not only on delivering results, but also on the quality of conversations we have with managers, stakeholders, and team members throughout the year. This interactive session explores six critical boss employee conversations that support stronger performance, clearer expectations, career growth, engagement, and visibility beyond the annual review.

Attendees will learn practical strategies for approaching topics such as feedback, priorities, development, recognition, and support with confidence and professionalism. The session will also explore how Project Managers can apply these conversations with project teams to strengthen alignment and project success.

Learning Objectives:
• Understand the six critical workplace conversations that support professional growth
• Improve communication with managers, stakeholders, and team members
• Learn strategies for discussing feedback, priorities, development, and recognition
• Strengthen engagement and alignment across project teams
• Apply intentional communication techniques to support long term career success

Speaker Bio:

C. Lwanga Yonke

C. Lwanga Yonke is the Founder and President of Padouk Consulting, LLC. In that capacity, he helps organizations boost their business results by improving the quality of their most important data.

During a distinguished career as a business information leader, Lwanga has designed and implemented successful projects in multiple areas, including information quality, data governance, business intelligence, data warehousing, data architecture, records and document management, and building a data culture. His initial experience is in petroleum engineering and operations.

Lwanga holds an MBA from California State University, Bakersfield, and a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. A strong believer in process improvement, he also held the ASQ Certified Quality Engineer credential. Lwanga is actively engaged in various volunteer projects and community service activities.

Lwanga is a sought-out speaker, and has presented best practices, case studies, keynotes and tutorials to international audiences around the world.