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 156 | The Messy Project Manager, with author Tim Harford
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 organiz…
PPP 155 | How to Keep Your Project Stakeholders Engaged, with Dr. Lynda Bourne
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 …
PPP 154 | What Project Managers Need to Know About Office Politics, with Dan Rust, author of Workplace Poker
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 …
PPP 153 | The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Project Leader, with Best-Selling Author Jim Kouzes
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 par…
PPP 152 | How Scrum Helps You Do Twice the Work in Half the Time, with Scrum inventor and co-creator Jeff Sutherland
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 …
PPP 151 | How to Deal With Bullies on Project Teams, with Paul Pelletier, LL.B., PMP
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, &…
PPP 150 | Why Project Managers Need to Say Less and Ask More To Be Better Leaders, with Michael Bungay Stanier
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 …
PPP 149 | (Video) Project Management is a Performance--And Why That Idea Matters, with author Cathy Salit
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 Ap…
PPP 148 | Negotiating the Conflicts That Suck the Life Out of You, with Harvard's Daniel Shapiro
In this episode, I welcome Harvard's Daniel Shapiro to talk about his new book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Co…
PPP 147 | Why Your Technical Project Management Skills Aren't Enough, with guest Dave Wakeman
In this episode, I welcome Dave Wakeman from Wakeman Consulting Group to talk about Strategic and Business Management. This is a leg of PMI's Talent Triangle™ th…
PPP 146 | How to Tell Someone They Have Body Odor (and Other Tricky Culture Situations), with Dr. Tom Verghese
In this episode, I welcome Dr. Tom Verghese from Cultural Synergies to talk about the importance of raising our cultural intelligence (what he calls CQ). Check out…
PPP 145 | Career Success Hacks for Project Managers, with Bruce Harpham
In this episode, I welcome Bruce Harpham from ProjectManagementHacks.com. Bruce is a regular blogger on topics related to career advancement for project managers. Check out …
PPP 144 | 4 Rules to Help Project Managers Focus in a Distracted World, with Cal Newport
Project managers are constantly tasked with juggling priorities and managing interruptions. We live in the shallows, so to speak, not the deep. Getting time for focused work seems…
PPP 143 | How to Deal With the Irrational and Impossible People on Your Projects, with Mark Goulston
Spend enough time in the workplace and eventually, you have to deal with the stakeholder who drives you crazy. Whether full-time or just under certain circumstances, their irrational…
PPP 142 | How to Confidently Rise to the Most Daunting Challenges, with Amy Cuddy
Project managers regularly face daunting situations. In Amy Cuddy's new book Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, you'll find evidence-based strategies to…
PPP 141 | How Project Managers Can Make Better Decisions: Year-End Episode
In this video episode, I share a recent Google Hangout on Air that was held with listeners of The People and Projects Podcast. I review a challenge from Tom Peters about trying new stuff…
PPP 140 | Tom Rath Goes to the Movies (and Why You Should Too!)
Total Duration 27:31
Business Book at the MoviesYou may recall our previous discussions with Tom Rath about his book Eat Move Sleep (episode 106) and Are You Fully Charged (…
PPP 139 | The Real Reason Why Project Managers and Their Teams Win, with author Fred Kiel
There’s something inside us that wants to believe that the good guys win in the end, right? We want to believe that if you treat people well, keep your promises, and work hard, …
PPP 138 | Eating Frogs and Throwing Skunks on the Table: The People Side of Project Management
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Total Duration 56:19
The People Side of Project ManagementIn this video episode, I share a discussion with three colleagues who are experts in t…
PPP 137 | How Project Managers Can Invest Their Time Like Money, with Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Can you relate to the feeling of being overwhelmed, with more commitments at work and home than you have time to handle? Many project managers tell me that's a rather normal…