Evening Webinar - From Firefighting to Foresight: Why Every Project Feels Harder Than It Should
Leadership = Power Skills
Many project managers find themselves constantly firefighting... resolving issues, managing escalations, and absorbing pressure, yet still wondering why projects feel harder than they should.
The reality is that most projects don’t fail because of poor execution. They struggle because critical risks go unidentified, unmanaged, or unspoken until it’s too late.
In this webinar, participants will explore the real risks that quietly derail projects across industries and learn how to shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive risk leadership. Attendees will gain practical insight into recognizing early warning signs, prioritizing risk effectively, and leading clearer risk conversations that protect timelines, budgets, teams, and stakeholder trust.
This session is designed for project managers, program leaders, and PMO professionals who want to move beyond constant firefighting and lead projects with greater clarity, confidence, and foresight.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to
- Analyze the root causes of increasing project complexity and how unmanaged risk contributes to delivery challenges
- Identify and categorize common hidden project risks that impact scope, timelines, resources, and outcomes
- Evaluate early warning indicators that signal rising project risk before issues and escalations occur
- Apply proactive risk management techniques to reduce reactive firefighting and improve project predictability
- Apply a practical, repeatable risk management framework to assess, prioritize, mitigate, and monitor risks
- Lead clear, constructive risk conversations with stakeholders and leadership to support informed decision-making
Speakers
Loren West
Strategic Systems Management for Beauty Founders and Executives
Loren West is a project management and execution strategy expert with 20+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced, regulated environments. She specializes in helping organizations move from reactive to proactive, scalable execution by strengthening project structure and governance, risk management, and operational clarity.
Loren has worked across brand, vendor, and consulting environments, partnering with leadership teams to improve delivery outcomes, mitigate risk, and drive alignment across stakeholders. Her work focuses on identifying hidden risks early, simplifying execution frameworks, and enabling project managers to lead with greater confidence and foresight.
Through her consulting practice, CPG Beauty & Beyond, Loren supports organizations in building execution systems that protect timelines, budgets, and trust, so projects don’t just launch, but succeed.
Loren Taylor West
Strategic Systems Management for Beauty Founders and Executives
Product, Project & Process Management Consulting
Bringing Products to Life
CPG Beauty and Beyond
Business Hours: Monday - Thursday
Urgent and outside business hours: please text (818) 261-2386
New inquiries: Please anticipate response within 2 business days
T: (818) 261-2386
E: loren@cpgbeautyandbeyond.com
A: Los Angeles, CA
W: cpgbeautyandbeyond.com
Photo Disclaimer
Upon participating in any PMI event, you are agreeing to allow PMI to use your likeness for use in its promotional material including their websites.
Postponement / Cancellation
Please refer to the Cancellation Policy section of the FAQ page
This event may be canceled or postponed by the Chapter, though all efforts will be made to avoid doing so. If canceled or postponed, notification will be made to all registrants via email.
