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PPP 044 | Think Small! An interview with Phil Simon, author of The New Small

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Published: Monday, 31 January 2011 16:04
Written by Andy Kaufman

I have to tell you: I love running a small company.

In today's interview I'll tell the story of a small company that doesn't act small. You may work for yourself, for a small company, or for a huge multinational organization. I'm convinced that your ability to act like a small company is more about how you look at things than it is the number of employees.

And that's just one of the themes of my friend and colleague Phil Simon, who recently released his latest book entitled The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses Is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. For years I've found Phil's insights to be fresh, on target, and actionable. Enjoy the interview

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Duration: 22:15

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PPP 043 | The Way We're Working Isn't Working, Part 2

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Published: Monday, 24 January 2011 22:25
Written by Andy Kaufman

Episode Duration 16:55

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Hopefully you've already had a chance to listen to the first part of my interview with Tony Schwartz. In this second part, Tony talks about the concept of pulsing, and gets very transparent about his struggle to implement these ideas.

Thank you for joining us for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week!

PPP 042 | The Way We're Working Isn't Working, Part 1

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Published: Monday, 24 January 2011 22:19
Written by Andy Kaufman

Episode Duration 20:30

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Let me take a guess... You don't have time to listen to this podcast episode. Oh, you're listening to it, but perhaps you're driving or trying to do e-mail--hopefully not both--while you do it!

We're so busy, and the overall toll on us and our productivity can be overwhelming, which made me think of Tony Schwartz's book The Way We're Working Isn't Working. Tony is a gifted writer and speaker and an expert on helping us perform at our best. I had the opportunity to spend some time talking with Tony and have divided the interview into two podcast episodes.

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PPP 041 | New Year's Resolutions for Project Managers

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Published: Monday, 03 January 2011 00:26
Written by Andy Kaufman

Happy New Year! I don't know about you, but I love when a new year comes around! I love the opportunity to look and consider the previous year: accomplishments, challenges, blessings, mistakes, and lessons. It's an opportunity to take a renewed look at the year ahead and set goals.

Yet there's the problem with New Year's resolutions. Ask the average person--and I do in this video podcast with some "man on the streets" interviews--and they'll tell you resolutions don't work. Or at least they don't last.

In this brief video podcast I share some key lessons to help project managers and leaders set better goals, just in time for the new year!

NOTE: In this episode I mentioned Stickk.com. Make sure to check them out! Also, you can listen to my interview with the CEO of Stickk.com in this previous episode of The People and Projects Podcast.

Here's to a very prosperous and successful year ahead for you! Thank you for subscribing to The People and Projects Podcast!

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PPP 039 | Networking for People Who Hate Networking: An interview with author Devora Zack

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Published: Saturday, 11 December 2010 15:33
Written by Andy Kaufman

What do you think of when I say the term "networking"? If your first response was TCP/IP or Ethernet, you have even more work than I expected! But kidding aside, when you think of networking in terms of developing relationships, what comes to mind?

Frankly, for many years I knew I should be networking more but I tended to see it as a rather sleazy endeavor--an activity that people did just to get stuff from other people. Yet in a struggling and unpredictable economy, there are more reasons than ever to actively develop relationships.

The problem is that most relationship-building books seem to be written for extroverts. But what about the rest of us?

Well, to help you come up with a relationship building strategy for the year ahead I'm excited to introduce you to Devora Zack, author of a recently published book entitled Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed and the Underconnected.

Learn more about Devora and Only Connect Consulting at http://www.onlyconnectconsulting.com.

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Total Duration: 26:19

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  11. PPP 028 | Influence Without Authority Scenarios, Part 2
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