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Power Skills

Power Skills are related to the interpersonal skills needed to be successful at leading and directing projects. Examples of topics that would fall under the “Power Skills” area of the Project Management Institute (PMI)® Talent Triangle® include:

Negotiation
Conflict management
Motivation
Giving/receiving feedback
Influencing
Problem-solving
Team building
Emotional intelligence

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PPP 223 | (Video) What’s Worse? Indecision or A Wrong Decision?

  • September 9, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/223-WITT-Indecision-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. In this 3-minute video, I share two lessons from a conversation with a pilot, including how you…

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PPP 222 | (Video) Collect Wins and Avoid the Bad Beat Stories

  • September 6, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/222-WITT-NoBadBeatStories-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. In this < 2-minute video, I share a lesson from a couple pilots talking about landings, with…

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PPP 221 | (Video) When You Can’t Unfriend That Stakeholder

  • August 28, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/221-WITT-DontUnfriend-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. In this 4 and half minute video, I share some lessons for dealing with stakeholders that drive…

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PPP 220 | (Video) Look for This When Hiring People

  • August 25, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/220-WITT-Adversity-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. I’m preparing to interview Scott Belsky about his upcoming book The Messy Middle. It’s a book filled…

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PPP 219 | (Video) You Need to Make Time for This

  • August 22, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/219-WITT-Friends-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. Jeffrey Pfeffer joined us back in episode 200 to talk about his book Dying for a Paycheck….

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PPP 217 | (Video) Set Smaller Goals to Get Bigger Results

  • August 18, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/217-WITTT-WhiskerGoals-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. In this 2-minute video, I share an idea I use to up my game just a little…

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PPP 216 | (Video) Don’t Be Easily Offended

  • August 17, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/216-WITTT-EasilyOffended-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. In this 90-second video, I share a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson and a mission that I’d…

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PPP 215 | (Video) Got a Tough Hill to Climb? Do This.

  • August 14, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/215-WITT-KeepPedaling-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. In this 99 second video, I share a lesson that helps me up the biggest hills I…

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PPP 214 | (Video) 3 Words to Help You Make Better Choices for You, Your Team, and Your Projects

  • August 13, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/214-WITT-WidenYourOptions-Small.mp4

What I Taught Today We continue our series of brief videos about something I’ve recently taught or learned. Earlier today I was interviewed by Laura Barnard about her upcoming PMO Impact Summit. In this 2-minute…

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PPP 213 | How to Help You and Your Team Stop Blaming and Start Taking Responsibility, with author Christopher Avery

  • August 8, 2018
  • Tagged as: Power Skills
https://traffic.libsyn.com/peopleandprojectspodcast/213-TakeResponsibility.mp3
Taking Responsibility Think back over the last week or so, when something went wrong. Maybe you had a team member or other stakeholder who dropped the ball. They were supposed to deliver and they didn’t...

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