People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast
Welcome to the People and Projects Podcast, where we provide interviews and insights to help you lead people and deliver projects. Since 2009, this show is brought to you by speaker, author, and executive coach Andy Kaufman. If you're looking for insights on project management, leadership, and how AI influences both of those, you've come to the right place! And if you hold a project management certification, you can even earn free PDUs for listening!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 491
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
PPP 296 | Power, Privilege, and the Path Forward for Leaders, with author Sylvia Ann Hewlett
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 abou…
PPP 295 | Author Don Moore Says You Can Make Better Decisions. Wanna Bet?
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…
PPP 294 | The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You, with Harvard's Frances Frei
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.
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PPP 293 | How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, with author Celeste Headlee
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…
PPP 292 | How to Become the Leader You Would Follow, with FranklinCovey’s Scott Jeffrey Miller
This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over ha…
PPP 291 | It’s a Stressful Time. Here’s What You Can Do for You and Your Team, with author Carole Osterweil
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, Unce…
PPP 290 | Cracking the Leadership Code for Project Managers, with author Alain Hunkins
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 someth…
PPP 289 | Learning to Lead and Deliver--Like a Child, with In Awe author John O’Leary
This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over h…
PPP 288 | (Video) What's Your Dam Problem?
Total Duration 2:19
What's Holding You Back?We often miss the fact that we hold back our own progress. Let's use this time well for reflection, learning, and growth.
Let's Stay…
PPP 287 | A Green Beret’s Advice About Job Transition, with author Herb Thompson
Job risk and change is not something just reserved for global pandemics. People listening to this episode years from now will still face the same reality: going through …
PPP 286 | The Power of Character Strengths for Leading Teams and Projects, with Ruth Pearce
This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over h…
PPP 285 | Agile for Non-Software Teams, with Gil Broza
This episode is sponsored by the 120VC Project Leadership Program, led by my friend J. Scott from 120VC. You may recall my discussion with J back…
PPP 284 | How to Have Conversations With Even The Most Difficult People, with author Peter Boghossian
This episode is sponsored by the 120VC Project Leadership Program, led by my friend J. Scott, founder of 120VC. You may recall my discussion with…
PPP 283 | The Question The StrengthsFinder Author Wants You To Ask
This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over h…
PPP 282 | What Gets In The Way of Agreement (And What To Do About It), with author Jonah Berger
This episode is sponsored by University of California Irvine Continuing Education, who has been developing adult learners for over h…
PPP 281 | (Video) What To Do With Your Slackers and Jerks
I just wrapped up the first day of our 2-day Essentials of Project Management workshop at one of my favorite biotech clients. A topic that came up today is how to deal with team members that suffer f…
PPP 280 | (Video) Is This Influence or Manipulation?
I just wrapped up another week of workshops and keynotes. In this 3-minute snippet, I share a thought from our keynote entitled Developing Your Ability to Influence (Even When You Don't Have Authorit…
PPP 279 | (Video) How to Help Them Understand What's In Scope
Getting a shared understanding of what's in (and out) of scope is critical for successfully delivering our projects. In this 2-minute snippet, I share some thoughts from an exam prep class I taught t…
PPP 278 | All You Have To Do Is Make The Ask, with author Wayne Baker
What is one thing that, if you did it more often, and encouraged your team to do it more often as well, would make a significant difference in your …
PPP 277 | What That Argument Is Really About
Total Duration 2:30
We Often Aren't Clear What the Argument Is About"Though many arguments seem to be about matters of substance, they're often just disagreements about the mea…