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 196 | The Most Important Talent Project Managers Need to Succeed, with author Ulrich Boser
Learning to learn is what experts call the ultimate survival tool, one of the most important talents of the modern era, the skill that precedes all other skills. The idea is that o…
PPP 195 | How to Have a Conversation With That Stakeholder Who Drives You Crazy (And Anyone Else), with NPR Host Celeste Headlee
George Bernard Shaw once said "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." As leaders of teams and projects, that's a serious pr…
PPP 194 | How to Get to Yes Without Manipulating, with author and influence expert Tim David
For those of us responsible for leading teams and projects, there are a core set of skills we need to develop. We need to manage our time. Deal with conflict. Develop r…
PPP 193 | How To Improve Relationships in the Workplace, with Todd Davis, Chief People Officer at FranklinCovey
It's the dirty little secret of business. Your career will be boosted or restrained by how well you build and maintain relationships. In this episode, FranklinC…
PPP 192 | (Video) Learning About the Business and the Power of Rapport: What Susanne Madsen Learned This Week
We continue our series of short videos talking about an idea or observation that was learned this week. This week I invite my friend and highly esteemed colleague Susan…
PPP 191 | (Video) Blend In and Play It Safe? Or Take the Risk of Standing Out? What I Learned This Week
We continue our series of short videos talking about an idea or observation that was learned this week. This week I share some thoughts during a bike ride about the tradeoffs…
PPP 190 | (Video) Two Lessons About Where to Focus and Gaining Buy-in: What I Learned This Week
We continue our series of short videos talking about an idea or observation that was learned this week. This week I share some thoughts from two quotes that I came across thi…
PPP 189 | How to Tame Your Nerves Before the Big Meeting, Presentation, or Exam, with Harvard Business Review Senior Editor Dan McGinn
What is something in your near future that's causing you to feel nervous? For example:
- A certification exam that you'll be taking soon
- A presentation you need to make to you…
PPP 188 | 10 Principles for Leaders of Any Age to Stay Vital, Happy, and Sharp, with Brain Rules author Dr. John Medina
Since the first Brain Rules book came out in 2009, I've been a big fan of Dr. John Medina. John is one of the clearest voices on how we can leverage our brain to achieve peak perfo…
PPP 187 | (Video) What You Need to Know About PMOs: Today and In The Future, with Peter Taylor, Bill Dow, and Hussain Bandukwala
In this video episode, I invite Peter Taylor, Bill Dow, and Hussain Bandukwala to a roundtable discussion about project management offices (PMOs). We have a great interaction abo…
PPP 186 | (Video) Two Words You Need to Say This Week. What I Learned This Week
We continue our series of short videos talking about an idea or observation that was learned this week. This week I share a lesson from a conversation with Howard Silver at a…
PPP 185 | Leadership and Self-Deception, with Mitch Warner from The Arbinger Institute
You know that boss that's driving you crazy? Or that stakeholder? We all have them--people who most charitably could be referred to as challenges. If only we could get them to change…
PPP 184 | How Leaders Can Get Their Head Above Water When Drowning in Email and Commitments, with Steve Kahle
I'm regularly challenged by the Henry Cloud quote that "You get what you tolerate." Too often we tolerate overwhelm as normal. My guest in this episode is out to …
PPP 183 | (Video) Everything's a Project and Every Project Is a Story. What I Learned This Week
We continue our series of short videos talking about an idea or observation that was learned this week. This week I share lessons from finishing an MBA course and a 162 mile …
PPP 182 | Project Management Expert Interview with Dr. Mike Clayton
One of the true joys I have in my role is the opportunity to meet and interact with people from all over the world. And when I have the opportunity to…
PPP 181 | (Video) On Ending Well and Self-Deception. What I Learned This Week
We continue our series of short videos talking about an idea or observation that was learned this week. This week I share lessons from a son moving out of the home and a book…
PPP 180 | The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything Project Managers Know About Success is (Mostly) Wrong
Common wisdom tells us that we will be successful if we work hard. Be nice. Show up. It all makes sense, right? The project manager who reliably shows up each day and delive…
PPP 179 | Tough Conversations, Uncomfortable Challenges, Delivering Bad News: How Successful Leaders Reach Outside Their Comfort Zones
It can be uncomfortable to confront a team member or a peer. We can face demanding challenges, wondering if we have what it takes, hesitating to go "all in" because of the risk of…
PPP 178 | How to Find and Work With a Mentor, with Ken Blanchard
Talk to enough highly successful leaders and project managers and eventually you'll hear them mention the value that one or more mentors have provided over their c…
PPP 177 | Why We Can't Look Away From Our Devices, with author Adam Alter
Most leaders these days know the answer to that question. Of course we know where our mobile devices are! And if we didn't, we might be at risk of nomophobia! But the…