If you’ve followed this podcast or attended one of my keynotes on project management or leadership, you’ve likely caught onto my bias that the biggest successes, the biggest joys, the biggest failures, and the biggest...
We previously had a Premium Podcast stream only available to subscribers. We’ve now removed that restriction. Over time we are releasing those former episodes, including this one. Attached you will find a file you can...
I can easily recall the days before I became a manager. I started my career as a software developer, which by nature of how software gets created, usually meant work being done in teams. When...
It’s so easy to get into a rut. Whether it’s on a personal basis, a project team, or even an organization, it’s easy to keep doing things the way we’ve always done them. Actually, the brain...
I’m in Las Vegas this week, speaking to leaders from hundreds of companies from around the world. Las Vegas is certainly an intriguing place on many levels. It’s an economy that thrives on tourism and...
What comes to mind when you think of empathy? Do you think of someone who is highly sensitive and compassionate–maybe even too much? Or does that description sound more like sympathy, where empathy isn’t quite...
It’s one thing to know there’s a model for influencing without authority. But how do we implement that model, as leaders and project managers? That’s what we tackle in this second part of my interview...
Episode Duration 29:53 One of my leadership heroes is Ken Blanchard, who is on record of saying, “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” I wholeheartedly agree with Ken, that developing your...
We all can benefit from developing our influence skills. One of my favorite influence books in the last couple years is entitled Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive. I had the opportunity recently...
I got a call this morning from a former coaching client. Two years ago when I was working with Jerry he expressed interest in writing a book, which I enthusiastically encouraged him to pursue. Two...