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Hendon Group teaming with College of Lake County to teach an Advanced Project Management Topics for Small Business Owners workshop

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Lindenhurst, IL (June 25, 2011) –Hendon Group, Inc. a Program / Project Leadership Professional Services and Consulting organization will offer an Advanced Project Management topics workshop to local small business’ on October 6, 2011.

The workshop attendees will be presented “best practices” tips and techniques that address common challenges faced by small business owners.  In addition, workshop attendees’ interests prioritize “depth” of topics covered.  Topics covered consist of:

  • Getting your project off to a quick start
  • Achieving project deadlines and commitments
  • Establishing good project team communications
  • Securing and managing resources that have other jobs and/or responsibilities
  • Tips and techniques to stay focused and transparent
  • Managing project intellectual property/capital
  • Helping your team help you make timely decisions
  • Keeping your initiative running at a strong pace
  • Ensuring “organizational learning” from completed work-efforts.

With 34 plus years of experience leading numerous business development and implementation projects, as a certified Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP®) and the former Director of Programs and mentor program mentor for the PMI Chicagoland Chapter, Ira Hendon looks forward to sharing his leadership expertise and experiences to assist business’ in growing their customer base and/or implementing cost reduction initiatives. “I believe sharing my own professional experiences and strategies is a beneficial way to give back and contribute to the growth and future successes of business professionals,” comments Hendon.

To learn more about the Illinois Small Business Development Center at the College of Lake County, visit http://wpdi.clcillinois.edu/sbdc/

To learn more about the workshop, or to register visit http://wpdi.clcillinois.edu/sbdc/courses.asp?task=getcourse&id=26529&subj=TBSM

To learn more about the Project Management Institute (PMI) visit http://www.pmi.org.

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Hendon Group, Inc., is a minority owned Program / Project Leadership and Business Development Professional Services organization, headquartered in Lindenhurst, IL.  Incorporated in 2006, Hendon Group has led numerous programs and projects for a variety of clients including Fortune 500 organizations, Mid-range and small businesses across numerous industries. Hendon Group is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified with the Chicago Minority Business Development Council (CMBDC), Midwest Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC), Cook County Illinois, City of Chicago, State of Illinois Business Enterprise Program (BEP) and the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Minority Business Development.  Hendon Group is also a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, GMLV Chambe of Commerce, and the National Black Chamber of Commerce.  For more information on Hendon Group visit www.hendon-group.com or email info@hendon-group.com.

PMP® is a certification mark of the Project Management Institute registered in the United States and other nations.

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Ira M. Hendon, MBA, PMP selected to PMI internal review team for the PMBOK 5th edition

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

Lindenhurst, IL (April 8, 2011) – Hendon Group President and CEO, Ira M. Hendon, MBA, PMP® has been selected by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) as a member of the internal review team for the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), 5th Edition.  The PMBOK has been the global standard for project management terminology, processes, knowledge areas, deliverables, tools and techniques since 1987.  The review will be taking place during the months of April and May, 2011.

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Hendon Group, Inc., a Portfolio, Program and Project Leadership professional services, consulting and training organization, is headquartered in Lindenhurst, IL.  Incorporated in 2006, Hendon Group has led numerous strategic (and confidential) programs and projects for a variety of Fortune 500 clients across numerous industries.

Hendon Group is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified with the Chicago Minority Business Development Council (CMBDC), Midwest Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC), State of Illinois Business Enterprise Program (BEP) and the State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce Bureau of Minority Business Development.  Hendon Group is also a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, GLMV Chamber of Commerce and National Black Chamber of Commerce.  For more information on the Hendon Group visit hendon-group.com or email info@hendon-group.com.

PMP® is a certification mark of the Project Management Institute registered in the United States and other nations

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Comments on January 2011 Illinois Corporate Tax Bill Increase

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Members of the GLMV (Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills) Area Chamber of Commerce were informed yesterday the Daily Herald was looking for business owners to comment on the Illinois corporate tax increase and implications to suburban business owners.  Earlier today Hendon Group provided the following comments to the Daily Herald:

The new Illinois tax bill is concerning.  Our clients are Fortune 500 organizations.  Raising the corporate tax rate is expected to drive our clients to cut costs and defer revenue to lower their tax liability.  We believe this deferred spend will result in reduced short term revenues for small businesses (including ours), deferred hiring and investment.  These lower corporate revenues will most likely yield lower tax revenues for the U.S. Treasury and the Illinois Department of Revenue.  If this was a Merger and Acquisition (M&A) deal, you would think the Illinois law makers were writing a “poison pen” letter to the U.S. Treasury and Illinois Department of Revenue.

As the old saying goes “very few ‘for-profit’ organizations have saved their way to prosperity.”  Our contingency plan is to seek clients outside of the State of Illinois.

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Hendon Group, Inc., a Portfolio, Program and Project Leadership professional services, consulting and training organization, is headquartered in Lindenhurst, IL.  Incorporated in 2006, Hendon Group has led numerous strategic (and confidential) programs and projects for a variety of Fortune 500 clients across numerous industries.

Hendon Group is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified with the Chicago Minority Business Development Council (CMBDC), Midwest Minority Supplier Development Council (MMSDC) and the State of Illinois Business Enterprise Program (BEP).  Hendon Group is also a member of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, GLMV Chamber of Commerce and National Black Chamber of Commerce.  For more information on the Hendon Group visit hendon-group.com or email info@hendon-group.com.

PMP® is a certification mark of the Project Management Institute registered in the United States and other nations

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