September 28 2026 at 07:39AM
Track Spotlight: Accelerate Your Career
Delivery gets you noticed, but it doesn't carry a career forward. In this track, four speakers explore the less official skills that do: reading the political game, catching drift before it becomes a crisis, building influence without relying on title, and turning motivation into a strategic capability.
Joachim Dehais - Realpolitik: The Strategies of Office Political Success.
Every project runs on two systems at once: the official one, and the political one. Joachim unpacks the second, moving from the interests and incentives at play to group dynamics and personality tactics, equipping participants to recognize manipulation, build alliances, and protect the value they're delivering.
Cornelius Greyling - Why Programs Drift Before Milestones Slip.
Few programs collapse in a single visible moment. Drawing on his Program Drift framework, Cornelius shows participants how to spot early warning signals hiding in decision logs, RAID logs, status reports, and readiness reviews, before quiet misalignment shows up as a missed milestone.
Raquel Horta - From Delivery to Legacy: Becoming the Project Leader Who Shapes the Future and Makes Real Impact.
Drawing on 25 years across projects, programs, and executive teams, Raquel unpacks why deeply qualified professionals so often hit an invisible ceiling, introducing a framework for building credibility and what she calls an "Influential Identity" without relying on title or authority.
Bart Ghysels - Steering the future of growth.
What if better project performance starts not with tighter control, but with motivation? In this practical and interactive session, Bart Ghysels explores how project leaders can build ownership, momentum, and psychological safety, even without formal authority. Expect real project cases, practical techniques and a hands-on challenge to turn motivation into a driver for growth, both for your team and yourself.
Together, these four sessions cover the full picture of career acceleration: from reading the room and the risk, to building influence, to energizing the teams you lead.
Join the Accelerate Your Career track at the PMI NL Summit to see it in practice.
