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Business Acumen

Someone can have strong technical project management skills. But they also need business acumen–understanding the influences in their organization and industry as well as function and domain knowledge to make good decisions. Examples of topics that would fall under the “Business Acumen” segment of the Project Management Institute (PMI)® Talent Triangle® include:

Finance
Operational functions (e.g. marketing, legal)
Strategic planning/alignment
Contract management
Complexity management

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PPP 361 | Leading Virtual Teams Across Cultures—In the Trenches with Yasmina Khelifi

  • July 4, 2022
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
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In The Trenches With Yasmina Khelifi If you’re a long-time listener of the People and Projects Podcast, you may recall that every once in a while we have a type of episode that we call...

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PPP 334 | Beyond the Pandemic: Preparing for the Next Rogue Wave, with futurist Jonathan Brill

  • August 24, 2021
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
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Preparing for the Next Rogue Wave we’re continuing a series of episodes on the topic of the future. It’s hard to imagine that we can be effective at leading others if we’re not forward thinking....

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PPP 327 | What is Sustainable Project Management? A Conversation with Rich Maltzman

  • July 6, 2021
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/peopleandprojectspodcast/327-GreenProjectManagement.mp3
Sustainable Project Management Insights One of my favorite voices on how to lead projects is Rich Maltzman. Rich contributed to A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) Seventh Edition in the...

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PPP 322 | New Rules for the Digital Age, with Ram Charan

  • May 25, 2021
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
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The Rules Have Changed World-renowned CEO coach and business thinker Ram Charan joins us to talk about new rules for the digital age from his book Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age....

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PPP 319 | What You Need to Know About the PMP® Exam, with PMI’s Sierra Hampton-Simmons

  • April 13, 2021
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/peopleandprojectspodcast/319-PMPUpdatesWithSierra.mp3
The Head of Certification from PMI Joins Us Sierra Hampton-Simmons joins us in this episode to talk about the recent changes to the PMP exam. In addition, she gives us a glimpse at what to...

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PPP 313 | How to Prepare for the Future Like a Project Manager, with futurist Brian David Johnson

  • January 14, 2021
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/peopleandprojectspodcast/313-TheFutureYou.mp3
Project Managers Are Futurists My guest in this episode is the former Chief Futurist of Intel: Brian David Johnson. Brian joins us to talk about his book The Future You: Break Through the Fear and...

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PPP 303 | Project Management Career Advice for Women–and Men–with Elise Stevens

  • September 19, 2020
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/peopleandprojectspodcast/303-EliseStevens.mp3
Advocate for Women in Project Management I’m excited to share this conversation with my friend Elise Stevens. Her work advocating for women in project management is an inspiration to me personally, and the insights she...

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PPP 287 | A Green Beret’s Advice About Job Transition, with author Herb Thompson

  • April 22, 2020
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/287-TransitionMissionHerbThompson.mp3
A Job Transition is a Project Job risk and change is not something just reserved for global pandemics. People listening to this episode years from now will still face the same reality: going through the...

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PPP 267 | (Video) How Do You Reduce The Waste Around You?

  • September 26, 2019
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/267-Waste-Small.mp4

Wasted time. Wasted energy. Wasted stress. In our project and organizational environments, we’re surrounded by waste. In this < 3-minute video, I share some thoughts from a recent keynote to a group of global leaders…

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PPP 184 | How Leaders Can Get Their Head Above Water When Drowning in Email and Commitments, with Steve Kahle

  • August 10, 2017
  • Tagged as: Business Acumen
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/184-SteveKahleOnManagingTime.mp3
Overwhelm Does Not Have to Be Normal I’m regularly challenged by the Henry Cloud quote that “You get what you tolerate.” Too often we tolerate overwhelm as normal. My guest in this episode is out...

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