People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

Gotta Love Millennials When the topic of millennials comes up in my workshops, it's sure to evoke strong opinions, from older leaders who complain millennials are entitled, to the millennials who resent being stereotyped. In this episode, Lee Caraher joins us to talk about both sides of the issue. Lee is the author of the book entitled Millennials & Management: The Essential Guide to Making it Work at Work. You can learn more about Lee at her website http://LeeCaraher.com/.   Have Andy Speak at Your Company! I spend most of my weekdays delivering project management and leadership workshops and keynotes at companies and conferences. Visit https://www.i-leadonline.com/keynotes to learn more about how we can help you and your teams learn how to lead and deliver. Also, learn more about our conflict management e-learning by visiting http://courses.i-leadonline.com. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Merry Christmas! MARTY GOTS A PLAN and CHRISTMAS RAP by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE MILLENNIALS by Micah Tyler available on YouTube   A Little Millennial Fun {youtube}hLpE1Pa8vvI{/youtube}

Project Managers Influencing Without Authority Increasingly, project managers need to influence but do so without authority. Often, without much, if any positional power, we need to get a sponsor or team member or other stakeholders to say "Yes". There's no shortage of books on influence, but there's a new one I have been so excited to tell you about. If you've participated in any of our project management or leadership keynotes, workshops, or e-learning, you've heard me talk about Dr. Robert Cialdini, the acclaimed influence expert and author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. In this episode, Dr. Cialdini joins us to talk about his newest book entitled Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade. You can learn more about Bob and his company at http://www.influenceatwork.com/.   Have Andy Speak at Your Company! I spend most of my weekdays delivering project management and leadership workshops and keynotes at companies and conferences. Visit https://www.i-leadonline.com/workshops to learn more about how we can help you and your teams learn how to lead and deliver. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! YES by Hecuba is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. THE BEAT INFLUENCE by Cullah is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License

What Good is a Mess? As a profession, project managers have a tendency toward the tidy. Would you agree? I'm not talking about tidy in terms of cleanliness. I'm talking about tidy in terms of organized. Buttoned up. In control. In this episode, Tim Harford joins us to argue for the value of messiness. Tim is the author of the new book entitled Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives. You can learn more about Tim at his website http://timharford.com/.   Have Andy Speak at Your Company! I spend most of my weekdays delivering project management and leadership workshops and keynotes at companies and conferences. Visit https://www.i-leadonline.com/workshops or https://www.i-leadonline.com/keynotes to learn more about how we can help you and your teams learn how to lead and deliver. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! Here's Tim's TED Talk on the subject: {youtube}N7wF2AdVy2Q{/youtube} MESS and ZERO by Steve Combs are licensed under a Attribution License. THE CAMPAIGN by Warner Brothers available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2eC0NTa

You Have More Stakeholders Than You Realize One of the primary reasons so much of our emphasis on The People and Projects Podcast is on the people side of our profession is because that is often the biggest struggle. In many ways, project management is really people management, and learning how to navigate the people side of our projects is critical for sustained success. In today's episode, we focus on the topic of stakeholder management. We're joined by Dr. Lynda Bourne, author of Making Projects Work: Effective Stakeholder and Communication Management. You can learn more about Lynda, including information about the Stakeholder Circle® at http://www.stakeholdermapping.com/.   Get Your PDUs Want to get your PDUs for listening to The People and Projects Podcast? Click here to learn everything you need to know. Also, contact me to get a coupon code that takes $100 USD off the price of our Advanced Project Management e-learning (worth 20 PDUs). You can contact me at show [AT] peopleandprojectspodcast [DOT] com. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! FUNKORAMA by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. STAKEHOLDER by Tofubeats available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/23yvo8t

Playing the Game or Just Getting Played? In this episode, I welcome Dan Rust, author of Workplace Poker: Are You Playing the Game or Just Getting Played? If you get sick of office politics, join the crowd. But the reality for project managers is we need to be effective with a wide range of stakeholders, and there are complex human dynamics that must be navigated. This is one of the best books I've read on the topic in a while. Learn more about Dan and his book at WorkplacePoker.com. Special thanks to TeenPact Leadership Schools for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about TeenPact at http://TeenPact.com Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! THE COMPLEX by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. CHIPPER DOODLE V2 by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. HOW TO from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2bYRpLO

How to Become a Better Leader In this episode, I welcome back leadership researcher and author Jim Kouzes. Jim joined us back in episode 62 to talk about the book Credibility. Jim and his writing partner Barry Posner have published a new book entitled Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader. If you truly want to accelerate your ability to lead, I highly recommend you get a copy.   Helping You Lead In this episode I mention the Leadership Practices Inventory® (LPI®). It's a powerful tool for receiving the feedback you and your leaders need to raise the bar in your effectiveness. Learn more about our LPI 360 at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/LPI. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! WHISKEY ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. CHILLIN HARD by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License.

Too Good to Be True? In this episode, I welcome Scrum inventor and co-creator Jeff Sutherland. He's the author of Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. Does getting twice the work done in half the time sound like a promise that's too good to be true? Well, read Jeff's book and you'll find this isn't just conjecture. There's evidence that Scrum could radically help you and your team more reliably deliver your projects. Learn more about Jeff and his company at http://ScrumInc.com. Also, you can find the Scrum Guides at http://ScrumGuides.org.   Join me for a Free Webinar Want to learn more about how to deliver successfully when you're faced with uncertainty? I'm leading a free webinar for listeners of The People and Projects Podcast. Join me on Thursday, 4 August, 2016 at 11:00am Central (GMT-5). Register for free at https://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/Webinar. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! {youtube}s4thQcgLCqk{/youtube} DEADLY ROULETTE by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. DISTRICT FOUR by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. TOO GOOD IS TRUE by Rascal Flatts available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2acevzE

Tough Boss or Bully? In this episode, I welcome workplace bullying expert Paul Pelletier. He's a lawyer, a PMP, and author of Workplace Bullying: It's Just Bad for Business: Prevention, Management, & Elimination Strategies for Organizations & Everyone Else. Paul shares helpful insights about what bullying is and isn't, and strategies to help you deal with the bullies on your project team. Learn more about Paul and his organization at http://www.paulpelletierconsulting.com/. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! THE INNER CONFLICT by The New Geometry is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. L&H by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License. MEAN by Taylor Swift available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/1UpLXwJ

Ask More, Talk Less In this episode, I welcome Michael Bungay Stanier, founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons. Michael is the author of a new book that details how project managers can be more effective coaches. In The Coaching Habit, Michael proposes that coaching is not a formal event, such as a one-on-one meeting. Rather, it's something we can do regularly, informally, in 10 minutes or less.   Improve Your Ability to Deal with Conflict Conflict comes with the role of leading people and projects. Our e-learning program entitled Beyond the Rock and the Hard Place is designed to help you learn how to negotiate conflicts in more productive ways. Learn more at http://courses.i-leadonline.com/courses/beyond-the-rock-and-the-hard-place. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week! {vimeo}270426392{/vimeo} QUESTIONS ANSWERED by Track Jackit is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. TELL ME WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND by Allah-Las is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

All the World's a Stage Could it be that everything we do is a performance? Every interaction, at work and at home? That's the premise of Cathy Salit's new book Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work. In this episode, we'll talk with Cathy why this performance idea can make all the difference in your ability to learn and grow. To learn more about Cathy, please visit her website at: http://PerformanceOfALifetime.com/. Thank you for joining me for this video episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Have a great week!   ROYAL BANANA by Kevin Macleod Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License. IMPROVE YOURSELF by Marcos H. Bolanos Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike License.