Project Management Happy Hour
125 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 256 ratingsPM Happy Hour is the place for frank and honest discussion about real world issues in project management. We do it in a way that’s not too dry, though it may get a bit salty from time to time.
Each episode, your hosts Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson we will cover a problem faced in project management today, and share practical advice, real-life examples and the occasional project horror story.
Not only that, but every podcast is also an online class! Our host is a PMI Registered Education Provider, who has structured each podcast as an easy-to-listen-to lesson. To get credit, go to our web site at PMHappyHour.com, purchase your class, take the test (based on the content from our podcast) and you get your PDU certificate instantly!
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092 - Goblins in the room! Managing meeting misbehaviors, with Rich Maltzman
February 16, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBMeetings. Love them or hate them, they are core to what we do as project leaders. We need to pull people together (real or virtually) to discuss, plan, check-in, and get things done. But as we know, when we get people together, sometimes their misbehaviors - “goblins” - tag along, too! Being able to manage effective meetings can make or break us as PMs. And learning how to manage these misbehaviors in meetings can make or break each meeting. Fortunately, we have help! This episode we are j...
091 - The Perfect Status Report: How to measure percent complete
December 26, 2023 17:19 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MB“What percent done are you?” Status reporting is a core skill (and responsibility) of project managers. It is an opportunity for you to check in with your team, and to build rapport and engagement with stakeholders. But it’s also something we often take for granted. In this episode, Kate and Kim talk about how to approach status reporting whether your project is big or small, and how to leverage this key communication point to help with overall project success. Why Status Reporting? ...
090 - How to tell other people what to do
September 19, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBBeing a project manager is tough. You are assigned a team of people who may never have with each other (or you) before, and you need to lead them to accomplish a task, solve a problem, or create a new deliverable. And by definition, this is a unique task - so it hasn’t been done before, at least not in this way, for these stakeholders. In among these challenges is perhaps the toughest one: you have to lead this group of people. As project managers, these people almost never report to us -...
089 - Reorgs and Restructurings: sailing the waves of organizational change chaos
August 10, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBIt can be hard getting a project started correctly: getting the right executive and stakeholder sponsorship and support, getting them all to agree on the scope and approach, getting funding, approvals, and all the other things required to get a project off the ground. You negotiate with other departments and get committed resource assignments and timelines. You finally get your amazing project off the ground, you’re humming along then, BOOM! The organization changes. Your stakeholders c...
088 - The CHAOS Report: Measuring project failure
July 06, 2023 17:32 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBProjects are hard. And a lot of them - maybe most of them - fail to live up to their expectations. Missed timelines, quality issues, budget overages, customer dissatisfaction - it seems sometimes like projects miss the mark more often than they hit it. But why is that? What can we learn from all those past projects that can help us make future projects more successful? This is the question Jim Johnson set out to understand. In his years with the Standish Group, he and his team set the ben...
087 - Creative decision making: do you have the right 4 voices in the room? with Teresa Lawrence
May 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBCreative decision making is key to what we do in all our projects. According to FourSight, there are 4 distinct voices in the decision making process. Do you have these voices in the room when you make decisions? Do you know when you need all 4 voices - or only a couple specific ones? We are joined today by Teresa Lawrence who gave one of the most fun and engaging talks at this past year’s PMI Global Summit in Las Vegas. She talks us through the FourSight approach to creative problem solv...
086 - The project behind a Disaster Response, with the ITDRC
April 07, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB“I know the world is ending, but do you have wifi here?” Sounds funny, but it’s deadly serious. Natural disasters impact critical infrastructure that we depend on every day: shelter, fresh water, food distribution, and power. These are the ones we think about. But what about communication? How do relief agencies, police, fire, and government coordinate a disaster response when there is no power, no cell signal, no wifi? How do community members communicate with each other, find out w...
085 - Deciding on how to make good Decisions, with Kandis Porter
February 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBDecisions make or break your project - starting with the decision of whether or not to even do your project. Beyond that, we have planned decisions / phase gates and ad-hoc decisions that happen throughout the entire life of our project. And if you’ve been around long enough, you know that one bad decision can sink your whole project - or at least have it taking on water, fast. So, how should we approach decision making in a logical way which helps ensure that: The right decisions get ma...
084 - OH, We Forgot About Change Management! What to do when you get caught with your ADKAR down, with Tim Creasey
January 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBYeah! One of our favorite guests, Tim Creasey, returns! This time we are talking about what happens if you realize, too late in the game, that you really didn’t consider Change Management enough in your planning cycle. It’s such a universal experience of a project manager to not have change management, and so many of us end up in these situations where we struggle to see the real benefits of a change we’ve implemented. We figured: why not start where most of us end up: in trouble! Join...
083 - The 30 Minute Executive Meeting: Make it count
December 22, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBAs a project manager, the time you get with an executive sponsor is critical: you don’t get much of it and you cannot blow it! For many of our listeners, you may be new to executive meetings. But, how do you get the most out of these meetings and give a good impression so you can get the confidence of your executive sponsors? It’s something we ALL struggle with and can all get better with. On today’s show, Kate and Kim talk through how to win with these meetings. Jokingly the 30/60/90 min...
082 - The Project Behind a Tech Startup, with Pete Bernardo from Punchlist
September 29, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes - 77.2 MBTech startups drive the technology around us, and a good bit of the economy. They use creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to solve problems and build the world of tomorrow. But how do they do that? Is it really like the “Shark Tank” or “Dragon’s Den” tv shows? Today we are joined by a real-life tech founder who has successfully built his company and introduced a new tool to the market - a PM tool, no less! Pete Bernardo, founder of Punchlist tells us about the project behind f...
081 - The Project Behind an Emergency Covid Vaccination Site, with Aaron Bellinger, PMP
August 30, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MBWhen the first Covid vaccinations were released, massive vaccination sites were launched, seemingly overnight, to vaccinate millions of people. If you volunteered or were vaccinated at one of these sites, you may have witnessed how huge, sophisticated and well run these sites were. But how did they do that? How (and who) planned, organized, stood up and ran these massive sites vaccinating thousands of people a day - at a time when you couldn’t even hardly hold an in-person meeting? Kim vo...
080 - First PM on the Beach: How to succeed when you are the first Project Manager in your organization
July 19, 2022 10:30 - 42 minutes - 58 MBThis episode is based on feedback we’ve had from our member 1:1 coaching sessions, one of the benefits we provide our PM Happy Hour members. Many PM’s find themselves in a position where they are the first project manager in their organization. Whether you are a newbie or an experienced pro, this will be a challenge. The organization probably has a low (or no) level of project management maturity, no organizational concept of what project management is or how to make projects succeed, and ...
079 - Welcome to the Dungeon! Kate and Kim do Project Management RPG (D&D)
June 14, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBOK, originally this was going to be an April Fool’s goof podcast, but it turned out to be a lot of fun and maybe a bit educational. But, nope, it’s not your usual PMHH episode, and DEFINITELY not your typical PM podcast. So, if you are looking for something serious and academic, this episode is not the one for you. Kate will be your dungeon master in this fun (and, yeah, weird) episode! Kate walks Kim through building his PM character, then takes him through a tabletop RPG (role playing ga...
078 - Recommending Change Without Getting Chased out the Door
May 24, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBPMs are accountable for project success. As such, we are keenly aware when things are failing! And because most PM’s are process and goal oriented, we can think of a lot of ways to improve an organization. But how do you propose a change in a way that gets support - instead of damnation? If you don’t do it right, pitching a change can sound a lot like giving a bunch of other people more work to do, or telling everyone else that they’ve been doing it ‘wrong’ for the last 10 years, and you a...
077 - Behavioral PM: the Feakonomics approach to project delivery with Dr. Josh Ramirez
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBWouldn’t it be cool if everyone followed all the processes we built? If everyone on our team followed the PMBOK or SCRUM methodologies perfectly every single time and every estimate we ever received was perfectly accurate? Of course that doesn’t happen. But did you ever stop to think - why? Well, our guest today has. Dr. Josh Ramirez has combed the scientific literature on human behavior and combined that with his love of project management to help explain why people do the things they do...
076 - Imposter Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment
March 02, 2022 22:01 - 47 minutes - 65.5 MB“I am in way over my head.” “I have no business doing this job” “I am totally not worthy of this role” “There is no way I’m qualified to do this” Have you ever told this to yourself? You may be infected with Imposter Syndrome! That’s OK - all highly capable people, especially project managers, find themselves with this affliction at one time or another - and again and again :-) Not only can Imposter Syndrome take the fun and motivation out of your job, we see it holding many pro...
075 - Top Tips from a Project Management Coach, with Heather Gates
February 04, 2022 20:08 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBThe same way sports teams have coaches to help optimize their performance, organizations can engage PM coaches to help their project management team win. In this episode, we are joined by Heather Gates, a PM coach who has worked to help develop project managers across many organizations. In this episode, Heather shares a few of her top coaching tips in some key areas: Self Awareness Communication Time Management Stakeholder Management Cross functional Collaboration About our am...
074 - The Project Behind a Movie
January 12, 2022 17:02 - 1 hour - 107 MBDid you ever watch the credits at the end of a movie and think, “wow, that’s a lot of people?” You’re right. Hundreds or thousands of people engaged to deliver a massive, multi-million dollar project that is a feature film. How do they do that? Our guest today walks us through the project behind a feature film: how do they plan a movie? How do they get funding? Who is really the PM in charge of pulling this thing off? (hint: it’s not the director) This episode is a trial of a new format...
073 - A 12 Pack of Alignment Hacks with Tim Creasey - Part 2
December 01, 2021 14:27 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBWe are joined again by one of our favorite guests, Tim Creasey, Organizational Change Wizard. This time he shares 12 different methods for creating better alignment with your team and your stakeholders. In this first part of a 2 part episode, we share the first 6 of these hacks to help get two people on the same page. 7- Marathon Measures 8- Context and Contrast 9- Zoom 10- Top of Mind Not Top Priority 11- Progress Over Perfection 12- Time and Place If you missed part 1, ...
072 - A 12 Pack of Alignment Hacks with Tim Creasey - Part 1
November 23, 2021 16:01 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBWe are joined again by one of our favorite guests, Tim Creasey, Organizational Change Wizard. This time he shares 12 different methods for creating better alignment with your team and your stakeholders. In this first part of a 2 part episode, we share the first 6 of these hacks to help get two people on the same page. Pivot around Purpose “To What End?” To _____ By_____ statement Name it to tame it Matching Matters Solution Laps About our amazing guest, Tim Creasey An author,...
The Project Behind an Ironman Triathlon with Paul Huddle, Senior Regional Director for the Ironman Group
September 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 96.9 MBThe Ironman Triathlon. Without exaggeration, it is truly one of the most epic endurance events that a mortal human can participate in: 140.6 miles covered in a single day by swimming, biking and running. As epic as it is to participate in an Ironman, it may be even more daunting to plan and manage one. 140+ miles of race course. 3 totally different disciplines (Swim, Bike, Run). As many as 2,000 - 3,000 participants. Literally tons of food and drink to get out across the course. Thousand...
070 - Change Management Mic Drops with Tim Creasey
August 16, 2021 16:22 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBProject Managers are agents of change. Whether your project changes organizations, technologies, infrastructure or processes, the success of your project likely depends on *people* actually using your deliverables. But how much of your project is really focused on those people and helping them understand and make those changes? Spoiler: Kate *totally* nerds out on this one :-) After we recorded this, Kate and Kim quoted Tim to just about everyone they met. Mic drops! In this podcast we...
069 - Project Management in an Alien Environment
June 22, 2021 15:55 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBYou’re a PM and you have landed on a strange new world where you don’t know the industry, the organization the people or the subject matter. How do you get oriented enough to intelligently deliver a project? How do you succeed in this alien environment? In this episode, Kate and Kim talk about how to approach getting up to speed when you are faced with leading a project in a new department, new company, new domain or totally new industry where you don’t know the subject matter. In summ...
068 - Interviewing PM’s: Inside the Mind of a Hiring Manager with Matt Henderson
May 17, 2021 16:30 - 52 minutes - 71.4 MBWhether you are hiring project managers or hope to get hired, do you know what hiring managers should be looking for? What’s going on in a hiring managers mind when they look at your resume and when they interview you? In this episode we are joined by Matt Henderson - a long time PMO manager who has hired hundreds of project managers. In fact, at one point he managed both Kate and Kim. How on earth did he manage two such unruly PMs?! We’ll maybe cover that in another episode. In this epis...
067 - What the heck is ITSM? And how is it like Improv?
April 06, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 89 MBIf you are a PM working in or with a large enterprise, you may have heard of ITSM, or the ITIL framework. And you may well have been asked to create additional deliverables and go through some processes to support ITSM. But what is it? How does it work? Why is it good for organizations? And as a PM, what do I typically need to do to support it? And, what's the difference between ITSM and ITIL? To help us better understand ITIL and ITSM, we are joined today by one of the most respected exp...
066 - How to be a consultant: Dealing with customers without having a nervous breakdown
March 09, 2021 21:51 - 38 minutes - 52.2 MBIf your project customers are external to your organization, you have a lot more to worry about than the success of your project. You also have the carry the weight of building and maintaining a relationship with your organization's customer. And if you do it wrong... you are toast! In this episode, Kim shares some points from training that he gives to new Project Managers that are transitioning from "internal" facing projects to "external," customer facing projects. Follow along and lear...
065 - Can you keep a secret? Managing confidential information
January 12, 2021 14:52 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBAs PM’s we are often privy to confidential information. How do you manage that info, even when you know it will impact your friends and colleagues? This week Kate and Kim share some of their experience managing confidential information - how to do it, and how to react when you or someone else inadvertently lets the cat out of the bag JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! htt...
065 - Can you keep a secret? Managing confidential information
January 12, 2021 14:52 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBAs PM’s we are often privy to confidential information. How do you manage that info, even when you know it will impact your friends and colleagues? This week Kate and Kim share some of their experience managing confidential information - how to do it, and how to react when you or someone else inadvertently lets the cat out of the bag JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! htt...
064 - Getting into - or out of - Project Management, with Ben Aston of The Digital Project Manager podcast
December 01, 2020 15:49 - 1 hour - 119 MBAre you trying to get into the field of Project Management? Or, are you ready for the next step and to move out of the PM field? This week Kate and Kim have a very special guest, Ben Aston, the host of The Digital Project Manager podcast - one of our favorite PM podcasts. Kate, Kim and Ben talk about how to break into the field of Project Management, and talk about what may lay beyond project management. In either case, we share our experience and some examples to help you with your trans...
064 - Getting into - or out of - Project Management, with Ben Aston of The Digital Project Manager podcast
December 01, 2020 15:49 - 1 hour - 119 MBAre you trying to get into the field of Project Management? Or, are you ready for the next step and to move out of the PM field? This week Kate and Kim have a very special guest, Ben Aston, the host of The Digital Project Manager podcast - one of our favorite PM podcasts. Kate, Kim and Ben talk about how to break into the field of Project Management, and talk about what may lay beyond project management. In either case, we share our experience and some examples to help you with your trans...
063 - Candid Conversations with a Project Management Recruiter, with Norma Gutierrez
October 09, 2020 00:53 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBAre you looking for a PM job? If not now, one day you may be. So, why not talk to a pro who knows the market and help you find the right job? A Project Management Recruiter! Building a relationship with a recruiter can be a gateway to a great PM career, or to your next step in that career. In this episode we speak with Norma Gutierrez, an experienced Project Management recruiter who shares with ous what you can expect from a recruiter, how they can help you, and what they look for. ...
062 - Do I really need a PMO? (Part 2 of 2)
August 18, 2020 17:31 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBDo I need a Project Management Office (PMO)? Does anyone REALY need a PMO? Why, aren’t those all going away because of Agile? What value can a PMO give to an organization? And when does it not make sense to have a PMO? We go through all this and more on this 2 part podcast - check it out! JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! https://pmhappyhour.com/membership STUMP THE PM’S! ...
061 - Do I really need a PMO? (Part 1 of 2)
July 31, 2020 22:09 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBDo I need a Project Management Office (PMO)? Does anyone REALY need a PMO? Why, aren’t those all going away because of Agile? What value can a PMO give to an organization? And when does it not make sense to have a PMO? We go through all this and more on this 2 part podcast - check it out! JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! https://pmhappyhour.com/membership STUMP THE PM’S! ...
061 - Do I really need a PMO? (Part 1 of 2)
July 31, 2020 22:09 - 53 minutes - 73.3 MBDo I need a Project Management Office (PMO)? Does anyone REALY need a PMO? Why, aren’t those all going away because of Agile? What value can a PMO give to an organization? And when does it not make sense to have a PMO? We go through all this and more on this 2 part podcast - check it out! JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! https://pmhappyhour.com/membership STUMP THE PM’S! ...
060 - Say-Do-Say: Fundamentals of Project Communication
June 22, 2020 23:54 - 26 minutes - 39.9 MBWe get asked a lot about what project management is about, what it’s like to get into the profession, and what are the most important things to do as you get into the field. There are so many things to think about, so many considerations that it can be hard to think of a simple answer to ‘what is project management like?’ But one answer we fall back on often is that Project Management is about: Saying what you are going to do Do what you said you did, Say what you did We of cours...
059 - Crying Happens
May 12, 2020 20:39 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBProject Management can be tough - full of stress, emotion, passion and… more stress. You, your team and your stakeholders are trying to make big changes happen in the intense pressure cooker that is a project. And if you’ve been around long enough you will know that tears sometimes happen in the workplace. But how do we handle that - if we work with someone and they shed tears, or if it’s us? In this episode, we get real and honest about tears in the workplace - that it’s not a sign of wea...
058 - Shut-in but not Shut-down: Managing Projects and Teams from Home
March 25, 2020 15:43 - 1 hour - 105 MBMany of us are suddenly finding that we - and our teams - are working remotely from home. While this is normal for a lot of our workforce, it can represent a very big change for a lot of teams. How do we stay focused and stay productive - and help our team stay focused as well? And how do we do that in a way that keeps us all sane? In this webinar, Kate and Kim talk through this process from how to setup a productive workspace from home, what tools you can use to optimize collaboration to...
057 - ADKAR: It’s not a trap! Change Management can save your mission
February 25, 2020 15:41 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBProjects are about change - but what are you doing to manage that change in your project? Fortunately, there’s an entire field of practice to make changes stick - Organizational Change Management Today our guest walks us through the Prosci ADKAR model for implementing change - one of the most well known and popular methodologies for managing change. OUR AMAZING GUEST AND PM HAPPY HOUR MEMBER Kornelia Homewood, Kori for short, is passionate about all things project management. She is a...
056 Don't buy the bias! Managing bias in project management
January 21, 2020 20:15 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBWhether we realize it or not, we all have bias in the way we think about things. Maybe you have a bias to be overly optimistic in your estimates, or under estimate the impact of risks. Planning fallacy, illusion of control, confirmation bias - the list goes on of different ways bias can mis-shape our perceptions and our decisions This week’s amazing guest, Jennifer Chandler, brings her depth of experience as a project manager and expertise in organizational leadership to help us under...
055 - A slice of Thankfulness from Kate and Kim
December 08, 2019 00:18 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBHiya listeners, in this episode we share what we’ve been up to and why we’ve been a bit quiet, some amazing PDU stats and share some things that we’re thankful for. Cheers! And thanks to our amazing listeners JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! https://pmhappyhour.com/membership STUMP THE PM’S! We love to hear about your tough PM issues, so please hit us up at podcast@...
054 - How to be a Project Manager: Kate and Kim get interviewed by a PM student about breaking into the field
September 16, 2019 22:08 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBFor this episode the tables are turned - Kate and Kim get interviewed! Arizona State University student Krystal Ebadi contacted us and asked if she could interview us for her PM class about the realities of studying PM and getting a job. Of course we said yes! And Krystal let us share that interview with our listeners. Thanks Krystal! Join us as we talk about studying project management in a University, how to prepare to get a PM job, and how to break into the field. This episode covers so...
054 - How to be a Project Manager: Kate and Kim get interviewed by a PM student about breaking into the field
September 16, 2019 22:08 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBFor this episode the tables are turned - Kate and Kim get interviewed! Arizona State University student Krystal Ebadi contacted us and asked if she could interview us for her PM class about the realities of studying PM and getting a job. Of course we said yes! And Krystal let us share that interview with our listeners. Thanks Krystal! Join us as we talk about studying project management in a University, how to prepare to get a PM job, and how to break into the field. This episode covers so...
053 - What if I told you that you were a PM all along?
August 04, 2019 19:42 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBThis episode we talk with one of our amazing listeners, Josh Mildren, who shares his story about how he became a project manager - or rather, how he realized he was a project manager all along. Like a lot of our Happy Hour listeners, Josh was looking for new ways to address challenges his organization was struggling with, and found that a pragmatic approach using Project Management principles has a huge impact - so much so, that it propelled him to employee of the year! Congrats Josh! Joi...
053 - What if I told you that you were a PM all along?
August 04, 2019 19:42 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBThis episode we talk with one of our amazing listeners, Josh Mildren, who shares his story about how he became a project manager - or rather, how he realized he was a project manager all along. Like a lot of our Happy Hour listeners, Josh was looking for new ways to address challenges his organization was struggling with, and found that a pragmatic approach using Project Management principles has a huge impact - so much so, that it propelled him to employee of the year! Congrats Josh! Joi...
052 - Who owns this baby when I’m done? Planning for deliverables handover
July 07, 2019 17:43 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBThis episode we talk about that make-or-break moment in project closing: handing over your project deliverables. If you plan your project right, this can be a moment of victory for your team, your stakeholders, and for yourself. But if you don’t plan for it, handover can become a never ending death march to nowhere. Kate and Kim talk about how to setup this key transition for success, and talk about some pitfalls you are going to want to avoid! JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podc...
051 - They told me I'm "Too Nice?!" Dealing with inactionable feedback
June 24, 2019 17:50 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBWe love our listeners, and we love to answer your questions! In fact, this episode comes straight from a call for help we received from one of our listeners. She shared with us that her manager told her that she was “too nice” with her project team, and asked us for help in how to deal with this ambiguous feedback. Most of us have received ambiguous feedback like this. “You need to be tougher,” “you are too abrupt,” “You need to present better to executives,” or something else like that...
050 - Project Financials 101: A quick and dirty overview of how money affects projects
May 30, 2019 14:31 - 57 minutes - 79 MBEver have a project that costs money? Well, this podcast is for you! In this episode, Kate and Kim give you the quick and dirty rundown of basic project financials - not just within your project, but how money gets to your project, and how your finance team may view those financials. In a study Kim’s company did at PMO symposium, they found that tracking project financials correlated with success by every measure of project success - scope, schedule budget (obviously), resource management,...
049 - How to Call BS without getting Sh#t upon
May 20, 2019 14:58 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBCommunication is a critical part of a Project Manager’s job, and perhaps no aspect of comms is more important than ensuring that what is communicated is correct and truthful. But when someone is not being truthful - to themselves or others - how do you call that out? Or, as we say, how do you “call bullsh!t” on someone without it wrecking your relationship or the support you need from that stakeholder? This episode Kate and Kim get really, really real about calling out BS when you see it -...
048 - Brand Yourself with Sonia Mundra
May 01, 2019 17:20 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBMany Project Managers are on a trajectory that takes them from a more technical or tactical focus to a more leadership focus in their career, possibly transitioning from Project Management eventually to the Board Room. But how do you do that? How do you make the transition from being known for technical execution to strategic leadership? Well, one of the main things to consider is how you brand yourself. To help us learn about personal branding and growing from a tactical role to a strat...