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Podcast episode 077: the dirty little secret of business
Recently I spoke with author, speaker, and executive coach Andy Kaufman. What I was interested in getting from Andy was what is behind what Andy calls “The Dirty Little Secret of Business” – you know, that one thing that can really make you or break you in your career as a project manager.
Eliyahu Goldratt March 31, 1948 – June 11, 2011
I was saddened to hear that one of the greatest minds and teachers in Project Management, Eli Goldratt, has died.
Podcast episode 068: the schedule killers presentation (part 1)
This is the introduction of a video presentation I gave on The Schedule Killers last summer. The other parts will be presented in the next few episodes.
Podcast episode 067: stop playing games!
Do you ever get tired of playing games? No. I’m not talking about Scrabble or poker or even Dungeons and Dragons Online in which incidentally, I am a current fourth level paladin. No, rather I’m speaking about the games that we get to play every day as project managers. What games you ask? Oh,...
Podcast episode 064: 9 steps to work less and do more
I recently talked with Stever Robbins of the Get-It-Done Guy Podcast about his book Nine Steps to Work Less and Do More. Stever is a successful entrepreneur who loves productivity in the service of personal fulfillment. A veteran of nine startups, including FTP Software, Intuit, and HEAR Music, Stever is a graduate of...
Podcast episode 063: the lazy project manager
Recently I spoke with Peter Taylor about his book The Lazy Project Manager and what it means to be Productively Lazy.
Podcast episode 060: rats, snakes, and complex projects with Geoff Crane
I once described Geoff Crane's Papercut Edge blog like this: "Imagine if Project Management rode the scary rollercoaster and then threw up... That's what Geoff Crane's blog is like." And Geoff just so happens to also an expert on complex projects. Especially those projects where the exterminator needs to be called in....
Podcast episode 058: virtual team tips with the cranky middle manager
Recently I spoke with the very smart, funny, and dare I say, Cranky, Wayne Turmel about virtual teams. Wayne Turmel is the president of Greatwebmeetings.com, as well as the host of one of the world's most successful business podcasts, The Cranky Middle Manager Show. The BBC, ABC and BusinessWeek Online have called...
Podcast episode 057: Tom Peters Speaks Out about Toyota Recalls
I was recently joined by best selling author and Management guru Tom Peters to discuss his perspective on the Toyota recalls. Tom and I also talked about where other major companies such as Dell, Starbucks, Nike, Apple, Google, GM, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, and Honda fall on that elusive spectra known as "Excellence"....
Podcast episode 055: the complete pmo (part 2 of 2)
In this episode, I continue my discussion on the Project Management Office with one of the world’s leading experts on PMOs, Mr. Gerard Hill, PMP. If you have not listened to Part 1 of our discussion, you will definitely want to go back and listen to Episode 054 before continuing to listen to part...
Podcast episode 054: the complete pmo (part 1 of 2)
Because the Project Management Office is such an important topic, today we are digging deeper into what a PMO is with one of the world’s leading experts in PMOs, Mr. Gerard Hill, PMP. Gerard “Jerry” Hill is an internationally-recognized consultant, author and speaker with professional expertise in the discipline of project management. He brings emerging project...
The PM Podcast PMO Roundtable
Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, host of The PM Podcast, once again invited Shawn Futterer, PMP, of The ICPM website, and myself to a roundtable project management podcast discussion. In this roundtable discussion we focus on the Project Management Office (PMO).
Project Management in the Real World: available in the US
BCS Books has signed a deal to distribute its titles in the US and Canada, making it even easier for project managers to get their hands on Elizabeth Harrin’s practical guide to project management, Project Management in the Real World. “I’m really pleased that it’s now easier for US and Canadian project managers to...
Podcast episode 028: Project management in the real world with Elizabeth Harrin
Get the pm411.org Project Management Podcast delivered by email for free! – Your email address and personal information are confidential and will never be sold or rented. I recently had the opportunity to speak with author and blogger, Elizabeth Harrin, of London, England. Elizabeth is the author of the book Project Management in the...
Podcast episode 018: leadership and teamwork in the face of danger (part 2)
In episode 018, we bring you part 2 of Pete Goss’ story on various leadership and teamwork principles that he learned from some of his most life-harrowing adventures. In today’s show, Pete Goss concludes his presentation with the outcome of his heroic rescue of Frenchman Raphael Dinelli during the 1996/97 Vendee Globe and his subsequent race with...
Podcast episode 017: leadership and teamwork in the face of danger (part 1)
Last week I attended the Planview User Conference in Austin, Texas which featured Pete Goss as the keynote speaker. Pete is a world adventurer and author of the book, Close to the Wind. More astronauts have circled the Earth than the number of people who have sailed single-handed non-stop around the world without assistance. The most...
Standish Group giveaway winners
Michal Beben of Wroclaw, Poland was selected on September 15th as the winner of a free copy of the book My Life is Failure by Jim Johnson and Cyril Arnaud of Montreal, Quebec was selected as the winner of a free copy of the book The Public Execution of Miss Scarlett, also by Jim Johnson. ...
Free project management giveaways!
Just a reminder that we have a couple of free giveaway drawings coming up very soon, so be sure to enter: Cornelius Fichtner of the Project Management PrepCast has graciously offered a free subscription to a single lucky pm411.org listener! To enter, email us at show@pm411.org with your name, email address, and “PM PrepCast...
