EPISODE · Aug 4, 2025 · 31 MIN
The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership with Yasmina Khelifi
from The Everyday PM: Project Management Principles for Your Everyday Life · host Ann Campea
In this insightful episode, we explore the powerful connection between volunteering and leadership development with Yasmina Khelifi, author of "The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership."Yasmina shares her personal journey of how volunteering shaped her approach to project management throughout her 20-year career in the telecom industry. As a French telecom engineer with three PMI certifications, she offers unique perspectives on using volunteer work as a safe space for professional experimentation.How volunteering creates a low-risk environment to test new project management techniquesStrategic approaches to building meaningful professional connections through volunteer workA practical walkthrough of "My Volunteering Canvas" - a tool designed to help project managers maximize their volunteering experienceTransferring skills and insights from volunteer roles to professional settingsYasmina Khelifi is the founder and host of "Global Leaders Talk with Yasmina Khelifi," a volunteer blogger on projectmanagement.com, and an international correspondent at PMWorld Journal. She is also the author of "How To Become a Culturally-Aware Project Manager" and contributes to Harvard Business Review Early Career. With an MSc in Mobile Telecommunications and fluency in six languages, Yasmina brings a truly global perspective to leadership development.Connect with Yasmina on LinkedIn and discover more about her work at yasminakhelifi.com.Ready to transform your leadership skills through volunteering? Order "The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership" today at https://volunteer2leader.my.canva.site/#volunteer2leader
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In this insightful episode, we explore the powerful connection between volunteering and leadership development with Yasmina Khelifi, author of "The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership."Yasmina shares her personal journey of how volunteering shaped her approach to project management throughout her 20-year career in the telecom industry. As a French telecom engineer with three PMI certifications, she offers unique perspectives on using volunteer work as a safe space for professional experimentation.How volunteering creates a low-risk environment to test new project management techniquesStrategic approaches to building meaningful professional connections through volunteer workA practical walkthrough of "My Volunteering Canvas" - a tool designed to help project managers maximize their volunteering experienceTransferring skills and insights from volunteer roles to professional settingsYasmina Khelifi is the founder and host of "Global Leaders Talk with Yasmina Khelifi," a volunteer blogger on projectmanagement.com, and an international correspondent at PMWorld Journal. She is also the author of "How To Become a Culturally-Aware Project Manager" and contributes to Harvard Business Review Early Career. With an MSc in Mobile Telecommunications and fluency in six languages, Yasmina brings a truly global perspective to leadership development.Connect with Yasmina on LinkedIn and discover more about her work at yasminakhelifi.com.Ready to transform your leadership skills through volunteering? Order "The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership" today at https://volunteer2leader.my.canva.site/#volunteer2leader
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