On a regular basis, we invite listeners of The People and Projects Podcast to gather for a follow-up webinar. These webinars allow us to go into more detail on the content from one or more...
The ‘Me Monster’ We live in an age of relentless self-promotion. Some people in the workplace remind me of comedian Brian Regan’s sketch entitled I Walked On The Moon (see below). Ever worked with the...
Pulling Back the Curtain on Management Consultants Our guest in this episode is Karen Phelan, author of an entertaining book entitled I’m Sorry I Broke Your Company: When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution....
“Feedback is a Gift?” Our guest for this episode is Doug Stone. Doug and his co-author Sheila Heen teach negotiation and conflict negotiation at Harvard Law School and they’ve written a terrific new book entitled...
Happy New Year! I love new things! I love the start of a new project. Working with a new team or new client. Trying out a new tool or a new gadget. I love new…....
The Year Without Pants Scott Berkun has written one of my favorite books in recent months. Despite the provocative title, The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and The Future of Work offers some refreshing insights...
How to Succeed In Business Without Even Trying That makes for the name of a funny movie but success in business is not quite that simple. If you’re familiar with the play or movie, the...
Episode Duration 20:29 Introducing Mike Durbin, PMP We continue our In the Trenches series with this discussion with Mike Durbin, PMP. Mike shares insights and lessons he’s learned in his years of leading teams and...
The Project Named You A key project management lesson is that we need to define success. What does success look like for a project? That’s a question we need to ask far more often than...
Does Your Work Suck? So how would you describe your excitement level about your job? Would you say, “It’s awesome Andy! I love my job!” Or would you be more on the side of… “Work...