Mithun A. Sridharan: From Project Manager to Leader

From Project Manager to Leader

5 capabilities to accelerate your leadership journey

Are you the "driving force" behind your projects?

You're reliable. You tame chaos. You handle escalations. You hit your milestones. You deliver results. You are the "safe pair of hands" that your organization could rely on.

But, while you're busy checking off tasks, your peers get invited to the strategic meetings you only hear about later. Or, worse, you don't event get to hear about such meetings!

Many project managers deliver exceptional results, but are stuck at the "mid-level" in their organizations, only to seek recognition beyond their organizations.

The skills that made you a great Project Manager are the very things keeping you from executive conversations and leadership roles. Discipline and detail are just the "table stakes"—leadership requires a completely different playbook. The transition from managing projects to shaping organizational direction requires new thinking, new behaviors and strategic visibility. This workshop distills five practical insights that help project managers position themselves for leadership roles, shifting from execution-focused delivery to influence-driven strategy. Through real examples, proven frameworks and actionable steps, participants will learn how to evolve their identity, mindset and impact to step confidently into senior leadership.

The Transformation

This isn't another certification prep course. This is an intensive, in-person workshop designed to rewire your professional identity. We move beyond project management to master the 5 Power Moves that signal you are ready for the next level and position you for leadership roles:

What You Will Gain

Who Should Attend?

Senior Project Managers, Program Managers and Technical Leads who have mastered delivery but feel "stuck" in the execution layer. If you want to be seen as a strategic partner rather than a high-paid task manager, this room is for you.

Don't just manage the plan. Own your future.

Speaker

Mithun A. Sridharan is an entrepreneur, author, educator and keynote speaker. He is the Founder of Think Insights (https://thinkinsights.net), a leading website on Strategy, Leadership, Consulting, Digital Transformation, Data & AI. As a strategy & technology executive, he advises corporations on strategic transformations and investment portfolios. His 23+ years of institutional experiences trace Amazon Web Services (AWS), KPMG, Publicis Sapient & Oracle, where he incubated & scaled several technology & business consulting practices. He also served as the Managing Director at BlueOS LLC, where he founded & grew the company to a successful acquisition by a Swiss holding group. He serves on several boards, such as Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, Forbes Technology Council and Migration Advisory Council at the City of Heidelberg (Germany). He served a Reviewer for ANSI Standard for Artificial Intelligence in Portfolio, Program & Project Management at the Project Management Institute (PMI). As the Chapter Director at Startup Grind, he leads initiatives promoting entrepreneurship in Germany. He also founded Global Aspire Network e.V, a non-profit think tank to promote ideas globally. He is a TEDx speaker & organizer, who regularly shares insights on strategy, governance & emerging technologies at industry conferences & corporate events. He has contributed thought leadership to high-impact journals & magazines, such as Forbes, World Economic Forum, the American Banker, Wired, Bloomberg, etc. He holds an MBA from ESMT Berlin, a Master of Science from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel - both in Germany - and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras, India. He is based in Heidelberg, Germany.

Registration mandatory to . Any queries about the event or registration, please contact: matthias.koll@pmi-gc.de