Project Managers Influencing Without Authority Increasingly, project managers need to influence, but do so without authority. Often, without much, if any positional power, we need to get a sponsor or team member or other stakeholders...
What Good is a Mess? As a profession, project managers have a tendency toward the tidy. Would you agree? I’m not talking about tidy in terms of cleanliness. I’m talking about tidy in terms of...
Playing the Game or Just Getting Played? In this episode, I welcome Dan Rust, author of Workplace Poker: Are You Playing the Game or Just Getting Played? If you get sick of office politics, join the...
How to Become a Better Leader In this episode, I welcome back leadership researcher and author Jim Kouzes. Jim joined us back in episode 62 to talk about the book Credibility. Jim and his writing...
Tough Boss or Bully? In this episode, I welcome workplace bullying expert Paul Pelletier. He’s a lawyer, a PMP, and author of Workplace Bullying: It’s Just Bad for Business: Prevention, Management, & Elimination Strategies for...
Ask More, Talk Less In this episode, I welcome Michael Bungay Stanier, founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons. Michael is the author of a new book that details how project managers...
All the World’s a Stage Could it be that everything we do is a performance? Every interaction, at work and at home? That’s the premise of Cathy Salit’s new book Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach...
Negotiating Emotionally Charged Conflicts In this episode, I welcome Harvard’s Daniel Shapiro to talk about his new book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts. If you lead projects and teams,...
How Culturally Intelligent Are You? In this episode I welcome Dr. Tom Verghese from Cultural Synergies to talk about the importance of raising our cultural intelligence (what he calls CQ). Check out his website for...
Introducing Bruce Harpham In this episode I welcome Bruce Harpham from ProjectManagementHacks.com. Bruce is a regular blogger on topics related to career advancement for project managers. Check out his website and sign-up for a free...