• Project Management: Principles, Tools & Techniques based on PMI Framework and Standards Applied Worldwide
• Advanced Project and Risk-Management Skills
  Using Harvard University Global System™ Tools)
• Advanced Negotiation, Strategic Thinking, Risk Management and Exemplary Leadership: Practical Skills, Competencies and Cutting-Edge Tools
• Government Project Management and Risk-Management Workshop
• New Manager & Team Leader Workshop Mastering the Skills, Techniques & Proven Tools
• Advanced Workshop: New Manager and Team Leader (Part II)
• Leadership & Management Skills Workshop for Supervisors and Project Managers
• Administrative Assistants and Executive Secretaries Workshop: Hands-on Workshop (Part I): Practical Skills, Best Practices & Tools for Partnering with Your Team and Management, and Moving Forward
• Advanced Practical Skills for Executive Secretaries and Administrative Professionals (Part II)
• Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers and Professionals
• Business Writing Skills: Professional Skills for Writing with Clarity and Impact for Administrative Assistants, Secretaries, Proofreaders and Managers Who Wish a Review

Team-Building Retreats
Great Learning Through Interactive Teamwork for Everyone in Your Team

• Hands-on Retreat on Self-Leadership Skills: How to Harness Your Untapped Strengths, Build Winning Teams and Have Fun

In-house Workshops

All seminars listed above are also available for in-house delivery in your premises, in addition to the following:

• Advanced Negotiation & Strategic Procurement Skills Applying Harvard University Global System™ Tools; Featuring Negotiation with Global Sole-Source Vendors
• A Joint Union-Management Workshop:
  Practical Skills for Workplace Conflict Prevention, Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Interest-Based Negotiations for Management and Union Representatives
• Effective Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Workshop: Practical Skills for Both Quick-Turnaround and Elaborate Decisions
• Advanced Finance: Accountability, Good Governance & The Balanced Scorecard

World Seminars in French

• Astronaut Mike Mullane Countdown to Teamwork: The Critical Success Factors in Building Effective Teams and Courageous Self Leaders

• Road Maps, Checklists & Posters for Managers on Strategy, Risk, Project & Time Management
• Harvard^® Negotiation Mandate (Negotiation Planning & Risk-Mitigation Tool)
• Harvard^® Negotiation-Strategy Tool
• Harvard^® Responsibility & Accountability Chart
• Harvard^® Project-Planning and Management Tools
• Harvard^® Project-Scope Definition Tool
• Other Tools, Working Forms & Templates
• Harvard^® Wall Planners, Schedulers & Multi-Function Grids

• Harvard^® International Planner, Harvard^® Elite, Harvard^® Journal, Harvard^® Français
• Refills for Harvard^® Organizers of all sizes
• Harvard^® Leather Covers and Harvard^® Portfolios

Management Books & Monographs

• Harnessing the Power of Intelligence, Counterintelligence & Surprise Events

Upcoming Books


• Profession Team Leader with Competence, Commitment and a Conscience
• The Critical Success Factors of Great Team Leaders From Warren Buffett, Harlem Gro Brundtland, Paul Farmer, Wallis Kendall, Jean Moulin, Mike Mullane, President Obama and Meg Whitman to Mohammad Yunus
• Other Books

Harvard University Global Software^™

• HUGS will be available in March 2013.

Characterized by innovation and global reach, The Professional Development Institute PDI Inc. helps decision-makers, executives, project managers, entrepreneurs and administrative assistants excel in teamwork, leadership and in the planning, execution and delivery of sustainable policies, projects, pilot experiments and operational decisions. For this purpose, we develop and deliver management education, impartial expert advice, systems and instruments to create and extract unmatched value, improve performance and reduce complexity, throughout our client value chains, in an environment of change and evolving requirements. Our product portfolio includes management seminars, strategic and operational road maps, intelligence collection and interpretation processes, software, planners and other practical tools to help leaders excel in business, government and social enterprises.

We are the architects of Harvard University Global System™ (HUGS), a practical framework consisting of road maps, checklists and working templates for decision makers.

The HUGS toolkit has proven to be effective in managing change, complex projects, personal time and team productivity. The road maps have no counterparts for negotiating major deals and for forging lasting alliances with multiple constituencies.

An independent study by Ernst & Young has confirmed that users of the Harvard^® Planner, retailing for $20 to $30 saves each user 10 days per year, thus netting an unparalleled ROI. It is, by far, the best in its price range. A software version of the system will be released in 2012.

Three managing partners lead PDI professional team: Alain Martin, Dr. André Potworowski and Dr. Norman Willis. All have led organizations dealing with complex global issues. Their experience spans a wide range of sectors including R&D management, life sciences (health, food and nutrition, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology), software, aerospace, chemicals, pulp & paper, banking, insurance, communication, defense and government.