People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

Being Allies for Women in Project Management Project management is a fantastic career path for us all, and especially women. As much progress as women have made in the workplace, there remain many barriers that, quite frankly, many men are blind to. In this episode, we're going to focus on this in a way that I hope you will find empowering, encouraging, and actionable. It's not a discussion that i...

Project Managers Are Futurists My guest in this episode is the former Chief Futurist of Intel: Brian David Johnson. Brian joins us to talk about his book The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want . Brian is going to help you see that project managers are perfectly positioned to benefit from thinking like a futurist. Learn more about Brian at threatcasting.asu.edu/ .   Have...

Lessons About Delays In this brief episode, I share a lesson from a recent assignment for my project management MBA students. Episodes that I refer to are: Episode 249, with Aaron Dignan about his book Brave New Work Episode 306, with Gary Hamel about his book Humanocracy I strongly recommend you add those episodes and books to your learning plan for the new year!   Have Andy Speak at Your Company...

Picking my favorite episodes from this last year was not easy, but if you're looking for the top 5, check out this episode! Episodes that I refer to are: Episode 284, with Peter Boghossian about his book How to Have Impossible Conversations Episode 294, with Frances Frei about her book Unleashed Episode 301, with Peter Kozodoy about his book Honest to Greatness Episode 302, with Thomas Wedell-Wede...

What If Your Next Job Could Find You? My guest in this episode is Jeff Gothelf. He woke up on his 35th birthday in a cold sweat about his career. He hadn't been laid off (yet), but he realized that the future wasn't as bright as it might seem. Jeff joins us to talk about his book Forever Employable: How to Stop Looking for Work and Let Your Next Job Find You . Whether you're currently looking for...

Help for Busy Leaders A common theme I hear from listeners is how overwhelmed many of us feel. Between the demands of your projects and stakeholders, demands at home, the stress of all that's going on in culture, it's just an overwhelming time for so many people. That's why I invited Harvard professor Ashley Whillans to join us in episode 309 to talk about her new book Time Smart: How to Reclaim Y...

Stepping Back to Reflect Perhaps more than ever, we need to find ways to reflect. Yet how do we do that in the hectic pace we're living? Harvard professor Joe Badaracco joins us in episode 308 to talk about his insightful book Step Back: How to Bring the Art of Reflection into Your Busy Life . Joe shares practical insights that make reflection possible (and you don't have to book a meditation retr...

Rising to Power The good news? You're getting opportunities for more responsibility. The bad news? It might just be more painful than you think. Ron Carucci joins us for episode 307 to talk about his insightful book Rising to Power: The Journey of Exceptional Executives . Ron shares insights to help you prepare for increasing levels of responsibility that will both inspire and challenge you. And h...

Fighting Back Against Bureaucracy So, what does it take to get ahead at work? If you've ever worked for a corporation of almost any size, you've had a front-row seat to the life-sucking waste that happens because of bureaucracy. It's certainly an issue as organizations get larger, but I've seen it bog down small companies as well. Gary Hamel joins us for episode 306 to talk about his new book Huma...

We Too Often Self-Limit It's been a jam-packed speaking season, but in this short video, I share a quick lesson we need to hear. 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 Follow me (I've maxed out the connections but if you Follow me, I'll Follow you back!) Thank you fo...

Future-Prepping Your Career Something we all need to wrestle with is this: how are we preparing ourselves for the future? With the continuing advancements in AI and automation, how can you continue to set yourself up to be relevant in the future of disruptions? Michael Solomon joins us to talk about his new book Game Changer: How to be 10x in the Talent Economy . Michael shares his perspectives on...

Advocate for Women in Project Management I'm excited to share this conversation with my friend Elise Stevens. Her work advocating for women in project management is an inspiration to me personally, and the insights she shares today are helpful to both men and women. Learn more about Elise at elisestevens.co .   Join Us for our Virtual Project Management Training Program! Learn how to improve your...

Becoming an Expert Problem-Finder Chances are, you have a reputation as a good problem-solver. That reputation very well could be one of the factors that has led to your success thus far. But here's the problem--and perhaps you're already seeing it. The higher you get up in an organization, the larger the scale of your projects and responsibilities, the more difficult the problems you face. I'm jo...

The Truth Will Set You Free We often think about honesty as "don't tell lies", and that's certainly part of it. But in today's episode, Peter Kozodoy helps us see that a big part of brutal honesty is seeing things honestly . Peter has just released an intriguing book released just this month. It's entitled Honest to Greatness: How Today's Greatest Leaders Use Brutal Honesty to Achieve Massive Succ...

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 N...

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...

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 even...

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 delive...

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 Projec...

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! Jo...

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! Joi...

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://PeopleAndProjects...

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 s...

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 Li...

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 introd...