Sure, it’s great to have the technology available to support you in capturing ideas and providing information to your team, but don’t forget the value of the personal factor. Connecting with your team members in a meeting, celebration, for coffee or lu…
Episode 97 –Food Well Alliance: Growing Together
The podcast for project managers by project managers. Project Managing Community Gardens. Hear all about an innovative project to increase access to locally grown food and build healthier communities, by empowering local growers, prioritizing local food, and saving food-producing land in a fast-growing city. Table of Contents 01:37 … Meet Britni 02:22 … Food Well […]
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Why Rush Projects?
There is no legitimate reason to rush a project. There may be reasons for needing a specific timeframe, and this still needs to be clear.
The more ‘rushing’ that occurs the more problems a project is likely to face. Don’t put that added pressure on you…
Why Empathy is the Most Important Part of Emotional Intelligence
Have you ever seen a 3-year-old child laughing hard at another crying with distress or pain? If you haven’t, can you visualize a scene like that? How about two grown-ups in a similar scene, a grown-up laughing at another grown-up in pain or sorrow, at least do you remember any movie scenes? As I became […]
Episode 96 – Stump the PM!
“Project management is my favorite process, project managers are my favorite people, and there is not much I’d rather do than talk with project managers about project management!” Margo Love Table of Contents 01:26 … Meet Margo 04:31 … The One Process Margo has Not Performed 06:45 … The Customer on Internal and External Projects […]
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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Professionals
With the end of a year (sorry, D-E-C-A-D-E!! How did that feel?) quickly approaching, it’s that time when millions of people stop to reflect on the past, and surrounded by the hype, find motivation to set goals for the future. Unfortunately, these resolutions are often made without thorough planning, resulting in resolution burnout and ultimately […]
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Episode 95 – Making Sense of Agile, Shu Ha Ri, and Disciplined Agile
Hear how to support your team’s success when transitioning to Agile. The adaptation of the Aikido principle of Shu Ha Ri, as well as more info on Disciplined Agile. Table of Contents 00:58 … Meet Alan 02:07 … Defining Agile 04:20 … Shu Ha Ri 08:26 … Non Traditional and Non Profit uses of Agile. […]
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Using Technology To Manage Your Project Isn’t Enough
Sure, it’s great to have the technology available to support you in capturing ideas and providing information to your team, but don’t forget the value of the personal factor. Connecting with your team members in a meeting, celebration, for coffee or lu…
Using Technology To Manage Your Project Isn’t Enough
Sure, it’s great to have the technology available to support you in capturing ideas and providing information to your team, but don’t forget the value of the personal factor. Connecting with your team members in a meeting, celebration, for coffee or lu…
Episode 94 – Hiring the Best
The podcast for project managers by project managers. Hiring the best is a significant undertaking. Our guests Don Lang and Laura Butcher offer excellent advice on how to approach filling a critical position, and choosing a candidate who is a right fit for your organization. Table of Contents 00:48 … Meet Don and Laura 02:03 […]
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How Committed Are You and Your Team To Your Project
I know it’s a crazy question and yet I’m going to guess that at least some of your project team aren’t fully committed to the project. How do I know that? They aren’t performing, they aren’t even really bought into what it is that you’re doing on…
Episode 93 – The American Chestnut Tree Project
The Podcast for Project Managers by Project Managers. In the 1900’s, a fungal pathogen which causes chestnut tree blight destroyed 90% of nearly 4 billion American chestnut trees. In this episode Dr. Bill Powell shares his vision and research processes which bring hope to this majestic tree. Table of Contents 01:10 … Meet Dr. Powell […]
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Does Culture Affect Project Team Performance? [PM Insights Episode 132]
The answer is ABSOLUTELY because the culture is the way that a TEAM engages and interacts with each other. Unless there are strong open, honest and trusting relationships built then it will definitely impact team output.
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Do You Have A Positive Team Culture?
Let’s talk about team culture. Is your culture combative? I will share my ideas on how to deal with that. Maybe it is cohesive. Then it’s important to keep it that way. And what about if you have a culture of silos. I talk to you about how to change th…
Why Being Too Focused Is Not Valuable
Being too focused is a detriment. I say that because you become so narrow in the way you see things that you are not able to see there are others on the TEAM. “There is no ‘I’ in Team’ remember. So consider if you are being too narrow-minded in your ap…
Why Being Too Focused Is Not Valuable
Being too focused is a detriment. I say that because you become so narrow in the way you see things that you are not able to see there are others on the TEAM. “There is no ‘I’ in Team’ remember. So consider if you are being too narrow-minded in your ap…
5 Ways To Get Team Members On Side
What you want on any project team is all of the team members onside. Why? So everyone is working towards the same end goal; successful delivery of your project. Here are five simple ways to make that happen, so you have the team working as a T.E.A.M (T…
5 Ways To Get Team Members On Side
What you want on any project team is all of the team members onside. Why? So everyone is working towards the same end goal; successful delivery of your project. Here are five simple ways to make that happen, so you have the team working as a T.E.A.M (T…
3 Reasons Why People Don’t Act
And no, I’m not talking about Grammy Award acting. I am talking about taking action to do what is needed for the successful delivery of your project. Have you ever noticed there are often members of your team who don’t deliver, deliver late? &nbs…
Busting The Myth – You Need To Be In Control Of Everything
We all know that Project Managers are more often than not control freaks, right? Perhaps not all of them, yet there is a myth that as the Project Manager managing a project, you need to be in control of everything. Let’s bust that myth because it…
7 Ways To Upset Someone On Your Team
A crazy topic I know and yet we often find that people get upset easily. Have you stopped to think why? Here are 7 different things that you might be doing that are likely to trigger someone’s anger. When they are upset with you they are less likely to…