Talking To Crazy Spend enough time in the workplace and eventually you have to deal with the stakeholder who drives you crazy. Whether full-time or just under certain circumstances, their irrational behavior becomes a thorn...
Super Hero Poise Project managers regularly face daunting situations. In Amy Cuddy’s new book Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, you’ll find evidence-based strategies to help you rise to your challenging situations....
:05 Looking Back In this video episode, I share a recent Google Hangout on Air that was held with listeners of The People and Projects Podcast. I review a challenge from Tom Peters about trying...
Business Book at the Movies You may recall our previous discussions with Tom Rath about his book Eat Move Sleep (episode 106) and Are You Fully Charged (episode 132). In this episode, we talk with...
Do The Good Guys Win? There’s something inside us that wants to believe that the good guys win in the end, right? We want to believe that if you treat people well, keep your promises,...
The People Side of Project Management In this video episode, I share a discussion with three colleagues who are experts in the people side of project management. To learn more about my guests, please visit their...
Aspire to be Time Wealthy Can you relate to the feeling of being overwhelmed, with more commitments at work and home than you have time to handle? Many project managers tell me that’s a rather...
The Happy Project Manager Most people who know me would say I’m generally a happy guy–rather optimistic by nature. By I’ve always been a bit skeptical about books on the subject of happiness. My concern...
Habits for Project Managers Could it be that the habits you develop today determine the life you live tomorrow? As project managers, we make endless choices throughout the day–how to use our time, how to...
Make it Matter In this episode we welcome Scott Mautz to discuss his new book Make It Matter: How Managers Can Motivate by Creating Meaning. To learn more about Scott and the book, visit his...