People And Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

Thank You! There are so many reasons why I want to say thanks to you. This is a special month for me and my team. We’re celebrating 19 years in business, for which we’re immensely thankful. And, with this, we’re celebrating episode 300 today! That's not something that could happen without your support! In this episode, I share five things I've learned from the first 300 episodes.   Help Make The Next 300 Episodes Even Better We’ve created a short survey--it will take just a few minutes. And to add a little incentive, we’re doing a drawing for a $50 USD gift card to Starbucks or Amazon. Just go to PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/300 and share your insights.  The drawing is on 28 August 2020 so do it today! Check out the instructions at the end of the survey to be entered into the drawing. Thank you so much!   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and click "Follow". Thank you for joini

Learning to Scale as a Leader If you lead teams and projects, one of the challenges we eventually face is scale. Inevitably, we’re faced with bigger challenges, larger teams, more complexity, and--as we do that--we start to get in our own way. We become the bottlenecks ourselves, or we allow an insidious swamp of policies and procedures to grow to the point that everything takes longer. And in the process, we start to suck the life out of our people. In this episode, we're joined by Ron Lovett to talk about his book Outrageous Empowerment. Learn more about Ron and his book at RonLovett.ca/book.   You Are Earning Free PDU's If you hold a certification from Project Management Institute, you are earning free PDUs! Learn more how to report them at PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/FreePDUs. Thanks!   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our other worksho

Becoming The Go-To Person Being the go-to person has a lot of career value, and in times of uncertainty, being the go-to person can seem like it brings a lot of job security. But as our guest Bruce Tulgan says in the opening clip, the problem with becoming a go-to person is that you become the go-to person! It can turn into becoming a Yes person, which can lead to over-commitment, stress, and eventually dropping enough balls, so to speak, that we’re no longer the go-to person! Bruce makes his third appearance with us here on episode 298 of the People and Projects Podcast. He joined us way back in episode 38 to talk about managing our bosses and even earlier in episode 10 to talk about managing Generation Y. 10 years later he joins us to talk about his new book The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. Learn more about Bruce and his book at RainmakerThinking.com.   Increase Your Ability to Influence We teach leaders at the UN and other global organizations how to increase their influence. I'd love to have you jo

Glain Roberts-McCabe joins us for episode 297 to talk about her new book The Grassroots Leadership Revolution: Build a Peer Coaching Community and Own Your Career. Learn more about Glain and her book at GoRoundTable.com.   Join me for our Virtual Project Management Training Program! Learn how to improve your ability to lead and deliver! Join us for the same project management program we deliver in-house at organizations around the world! Learn more at PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/learning. Use a coupon code of VirtualPM20 to save $150 USD on the entire program!   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our other workshops and keynotes are available in a virtual format. Whether you have a live or virtual event, we can help you invest in your team. Learn more at https://i-leadonline.com/keynotes. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of T

Stop Being a Bystander Veteran economist and corporate leader Sylvia Ann Hewlett joins us to talk about her book #MeToo in the Corporate World: Power, Privilege, and the Path Forward. Learn more about Sylvia and her book at SylviaAnnHewlett.com/. Listen to earn half a free leadership PDU while being challenged to stop being a bystander to inappropriate behavior.   Join me for our Virtual Project Management Training Program! Learn how to improve your ability to lead and deliver! Join us for the same project management program we deliver in-house at organizations around the world! Learn more at PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/learning. Use a coupon code of VirtualPM20 to save $150 USD on the entire program!   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our other workshops and keynotes are available in a virtual format. Whether you have a live or virtual eve

Author Don Moore joins Andy for episode 295 to talk about his new book Perfectly Confident: How to Calibrate Your Decisions Wisely. Learn more about Don and his book at PerfectlyConfident.com. Earn a free leadership PDU while learning practical tips on making better decisions.   Join me for our Virtual Project Management Training Program! Learn how to improve your ability to lead and deliver! Join us for the same project management program we deliver in-house at organizations around the world! Learn more at PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/learning. Use a coupon code of VirtualPM20 to save $150 USD on the entire program! This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over half a century. UC Irvine has a Project Management Certification Program that is available to you, regardless of whether you’re in their neighborhood or around the world. Visit ce.uci.edu/PeopleAndProjects to learn more and reserve your seat. Thanks!   Let's Stay In T

Leadership Is Not About You Harvard Professor Frances Frei joins us for episode 294 to talk about her new book Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You. Learn more about Frances at https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6587/.   Join me for our Virtual Project Management Training Program! Learn how to improve your ability to lead and deliver! Join us for the same project management program we deliver in-house at organizations around the world! Learn more at PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/learning. Use a coupon code of VirtualPM20 to save $150 USD on the entire program!   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our other workshops and keynotes are available in a virtual format. Concerned about travel with the coronavirus pandemic? We can help you invest in your team without requiring travel. Learn more

The global pause created by COVID-19 will eventually be over, and it will be easy to go back to the same habits that were exhausting you before it. Celeste Headlee joins us to talk about her new book Do Nothing. Special thanks to University of California Irvine (UCI) Continuing Education for sponsoring episode 293. Check out their Project Management Certificate Program at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/uci

Check Out the Project Management Certificate Program at UC Irvine This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over half a century. UC Irvine has a Project Management Certificate Program that is available to you, regardless of whether you’re in their neighborhood or around the world. UC Irvine’s program aligns with standards set out by Project Management Institute and satisfies the education requirements for the Project Management Professional certification. Summer registration is now open! Visit https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/uci to learn more and reserve your seat. Thanks!   Become The Leader You Would Follow FranklinCovey Executive Vice President Scott Jeffrey Miller joins us for episode 292 to talk about his book Management Mess to Leadership Success. Learn more about Scott at https://ManagementMess.com.

A Leader's Guide to Walking in Fog Trying to lead and deliver in the midst of stress can feel like walking in the fog. Carole Osterweil joins us to talk about her book entitled Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience. Learn more about Carole and her book at visibledynamics.co.uk.   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our workshops and keynotes are available in a virtual format. Concerned about travel with the coronavirus pandemic? We can help you invest in your team without requiring travel. Learn more at https://i-leadonline.com/keynotes. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Talent Triangle: Leadership   Magic Drops by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5685-magic-drops- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Tribal Joy by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic

The Leadership Journey Part of the journey for all of us is learning how to become better at leading teams and projects. I like to think of leading a bit like cooking or playing golf--it’s not something most of us will ever master--we’re just trying to burn less dishes or to improve our scores, so to speak, as we continue this wonderful journey of leadership. In this episode, I'm excited to introduce you to Alain Hunkins. He's the author of a new book entitled Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders. Learn more about Alain and his book at CrackingTheLeadershipCode.com.   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our workshops and keynotes are available in a virtual format. Concerned about travel with the coronavirus pandemic? We can help you invest in your team without requiring travel. Learn more at https://i-leadonlin

Check Out the Project Management Certificate Program at UC Irvine This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over half a century. UC Irvine has a Project Management Certificate Program that is available to you, regardless of whether you’re in their neighborhood or around the world. UC Irvine’s program aligns with standards set out by Project Management Institute and satisfies the education requirements for the Project Management Professional certification. Spring registration is now open! Visit ce.uci.edu/PeopleAndProjects to learn more and reserve your seat. Thanks!   Lead Like a Child Being childlike is not exactly typical advice you hear dished out for leaders, but before this episode is done, I trust you’ll see exactly what my guest John O'Leary is talking about. John is the author of a new book entitled In Awe. It's a book I highly recommend, and look forward to hearing from you after you listen to this episode. Learn mor

Total Duration 2:19 Download episode 288 What's Holding You Back? We often miss the fact that we hold back our own progress. Let's use this time well for reflection, learning, and growth. Let's Stay In Touch! What are some things you've seen block people's career progress? What is something that you've personally done during the COVID-19 lockdown that has enhanced your skills? Improved your opportunities? I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, if you know of a group at your organization that has an upcoming large group gathering and uses outside speakers, let them know about the podcast! I'd love to work with them to help improve their ability to lead and deliver. Learn more at https://i-leadonline.com/keynotes. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Talent Triangle: Leadership

A Job Transition is a Project Job risk and change is not something just reserved for global pandemics. People listening to this episode years from now will still face the same reality: going through the process of looking for a new job is challenging, especially if you’re looking to transition from one industry to another. But hey, we’re project managers! So how about we look at job transition as a project? That’s the mindset shared by my guest today. Herb Thompson is the author of The Transition Mission: A Green Beret’s approach to transition from the military. Though Herb’s mission is focused on helping veterans, you’ll find today’s discussion relevant regardless of whether you have a military background. Learn more about Herb and his non-profit at www.sf2biz.com.   Let's Stay In Touch! I hear from listeners almost every day and I love it! How about you and I connect on LinkedIn? Go to https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LinkedIn and send me an invite! Also, all of our workshops and keynotes are available

Check Out the Project Management Certificate Program at UC Irvine This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over half a century. UC Irvine has a Project Management Certification Program that is available to you anywhere around the world. UC Irvine’s program aligns with standards set out by Project Management Institute and satisfies the education requirements for the Project Management Professional certification. Spring registration is now open! Visit ce.uci.edu/PeopleAndProjects to learn more and reserve your seat. Thanks!   The Power of Character Strengths The idea of strengths-based leadership is not new to you, right? You’ve likely been taught that you should focus on your strengths, and lead that way with your team members. We’ve talked about strengths from multiple angles, but today I want to share yet another. Ruth Pearce is a friend--someone I dearly respect as a colleague. She’s a strong advocate not only for strength

Check Out the 120VC Project Leadership Program (PLP) This episode is sponsored by the 120VC Project Leadership Program, led by my friend J. Scott from 120VC. You may recall my discussion with J back in episode 274 about his book The Irreverent Guide to Project Management. There are so many things I appreciate about J, but one is his passion for the people side of our profession. 120VC has been driving large global transformational Projects successfully for the last 20 years for fortune 500 clients like Trader Joes, Sony Pictures, T-Mobile, & AT&T. J's Project Leadership Program is a practical 14-week virtual & instructor-led learning opportunity. It qualifies for 30 PDUs while teaching you techniques that get proven results. J's next cohort starts up on April 22 and he's offering $200 USD off for listeners of the podcast. Register at 120vc.com/plp and use the coupon code People-0422. I highly recommend it!   Agile: Not Just for Software Projects We often think of agile approaches being used for s

Check Out the 120VC Project Leadership Program (PLP) This episode is sponsored by the 120VC Project Leadership Program, led by my friend J. Scott, founder of 120VC. You may recall my discussion with J back in episode 274 about his book The Irreverent Guide to Project Management. There are so many things I appreciate about J, but one is his passion for the people side of our profession. 120VC has been driving large global transformational Projects successfully for the last 20 years for fortune 500 clients like Trader Joes, Sony Pictures, T-Mobile, & AT&T. J's Project Leadership Program is a practical 14-week virtual & instructor-led learning opportunity. It qualifies for 30 PDUs while teaching you techniques that get proven results. J's next cohort starts up on April 22 and he's offering $200 USD off for listeners of the podcast. Register at 120vc.com/plp and use the coupon code People-0422. I highly recommend it!   Impossible Conversations Globally, we’re at a challenging time with the coronaviru

Check Out the Project Management Certificate Program at UC Irvine This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over half a century. UC Irvine has a Project Management Certification Program that is available to you, regardless of whether you’re in their neighborhood or around the world. UC Irvine’s program aligns with standards set out by Project Management Institute and satisfies the education requirements for the Project Management Professional certification. Spring registration is now open! Visit ce.uci.edu/PeopleAndProjects to learn more and reserve your seat. Thanks!   Life's Great Question Tom Rath joins us for episode 283 to talk about his newest book entitled Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute to the World. At a time filled with great uncertainty, Tom's book is a helpful read, reminding us to look outward--how we can contribute. In this episode, you can earn free PDUs while getting practical insights from

Check Out the Project Management Certificate Program at UC Irvine This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over half a century. UC Irvine has a Project Management Certification Program that is available to you, regardless of whether you’re in their neighborhood or around the world. UC Irvine’s program aligns with standards set out by Project Management Institute and satisfies the education requirements for the Project Management Professional certification. Spring registration is now open! Visit ce.uci.edu/PeopleAndProjects to learn more and reserve your seat. Thanks!   Leaders Have to Influence An ongoing theme over our now 282 episodes is about influence. How can we influence those around us, especially when we’re doing that without a position of authority? In this episode, you can earn free PDUs while getting evidence-based insights from Jonah Berger. Jonah joins us again, this time to talk about his new book The Catalyst:

I just wrapped up the first day of our 2-day Essentials of Project Management workshop at one of my favorite biotech clients. A topic that came up today is how to deal with team members that suffer from bad morale. Of course there are no easy answers, but in this brief video, I share a story and some research that was reported in Bob Sutton's Wall Street Journal article (subscription may be required to read) years ago. Could it be that just one slacker or jerk could drop team performance by 30-40 percent? Let Me Hear From You! I'd love to hear from you! What advice do you have for dealing with withholders of effort and violators of interpersonal norms? Let's connect on LinkedIn and discuss! I'd love to hear your thoughts! Also, what have you been learning lately? What are you reading? Please e-mail me (show [AT] PeopleAndProjectsPodcast [DOT] com) or leave a message on our Listener Feedback Line (847-550-3747). I look forward to hearing from you! Interested in helping your teams get better at successfully del