What Good is a Mess? As a profession, project managers have a tendency toward the tidy. Would you agree? I’m not talking about tidy in terms of cleanliness. I’m talking about tidy in terms of...
You Have More Stakeholders Than You Realize One of the primary reasons so much of our emphasis on The People and Projects Podcast is on the people side of our profession is because that is...
Playing the Game or Just Getting Played? In this episode, I welcome Dan Rust, author of Workplace Poker: Are You Playing the Game or Just Getting Played? If you get sick of office politics, join the...
How to Become a Better Leader In this episode, I welcome back leadership researcher and author Jim Kouzes. Jim joined us back in episode 62 to talk about the book Credibility. Jim and his writing...
Too Good to Be True? In this episode, I welcome Scrum inventor and co-creator Jeff Sutherland. He’s the author of Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. Does getting twice the...
Tough Boss or Bully? In this episode, I welcome workplace bullying expert Paul Pelletier. He’s a lawyer, a PMP, and author of Workplace Bullying: It’s Just Bad for Business: Prevention, Management, & Elimination Strategies for...
Ask More, Talk Less In this episode, I welcome Michael Bungay Stanier, founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons. Michael is the author of a new book that details how project managers...
All the World’s a Stage Could it be that everything we do is a performance? Every interaction, at work and at home? That’s the premise of Cathy Salit’s new book Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach...
Negotiating Emotionally Charged Conflicts In this episode, I welcome Harvard’s Daniel Shapiro to talk about his new book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. If you lead projects and teams,...
Beyond Gantt Charts and Critical Path In this episode, I welcome Dave Wakeman from Wakeman Consulting Group to talk about Strategic and Business Management. This is a leg of PMI’s Talent Triangle™ that often doesn’t...