Dear Frank,

I wanted to thank you and forward you a message I sent out below, that I based on IIL’s email earlier today, to my consultants worldwide. Thank you for the foresight and vision in the creation of the International Project Management Day. Thank you also for the reminder, through your presentation at the PMI Leadership Institute, to remember the power of acknowledgment. Your message obviously hit home.

I hope today is a resounding success and that you enjoy what you have created. For my part, it is greatly appreciated.

Warm regards

Drew

Chair, PMI Consulting SIG

To all KT's Project Managers in honour of International Project Management Day

Dear Colleague,

On this, the fourth annual International Project Management Day, I would like to take a moment to thank you for your contributions as a professional project manager or the support you provide to project managers across KT and at our clients. The job you are doing is a critically important one for businesses, governments and our society.

The idea of formally recognizing the value of project management and of designating a “day” for honoring project managers worldwide began with one individual — namely Frank P. Saladis, PMP, Senior Consultant to IIL, co-publisher of allPM.com and a colleague with whom I work in the area of Specific Interest Groups for the Project Management Institute. Today, educational events and gatherings are taking place around the world. I hope that you take a moment to recognize a client, colleague or peer for their project management efforts.

For my own part I want to recognize the work of several people in KT with whom I work closely for their contributions to project management. Thank you to Jim Schlick for creating KT’s fundamental approach to project management. To Sam Bodley-Scott and Alan Brache, for their work in elevating project management’s contribution to the effective implementation of strategy in their eponymous book, Implementation. Also, a heartfelt thanks to Christabel Nazareth for her work on KT’s revised strategy for developing our project management platform and for her most recent work in developing the heavily implementation-focused program, “Decision Driven Project Management” with the great support of John Ager.

In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed today, November 6th, International Project Management Day. The mayor said in his proclamation, “As we add new buildings to our iconic skyline; as we improve our public schools to help more children thrive; and as we strive to guide this city through tough financial times to emerge stronger than ever; we depend on project managers to get the job done right.” Project management is an indispensible practice in realizing valuable change and KT is at the heart of that value creation for so many of our clients. All these activities represent a benchmark in how far the project management profession has progressed. But even more important, today is simply a good day to pause and recognize the important role you are personally playing as an individual project manager or the support you provide project managers, often as an unsung hero behind the big and small achievements that add up to great progress.

So, thank you. And keep up the good work. It is greatly appreciated.

Warm regards, Drew