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!
We’re talking about humor today and I'm joined by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas. They’re the authors of a new book entitled Humor, Seriously. It’s a great re…
After working with hundreds of coaching clients from around the world through our Leadership Fast Track Program, I can confidently say that I proba…
Project management is a fantastic career path for us all, and especially women. As much progress as women have made in the workplace, there remain many ba…
My guest in this episode is the former Chief Futurist of Intel: Brian David Johnson. Brian joins us to talk about his book The Future You: Break Through the Fear and B…
In this brief episode, I share a lesson from a recent assignment for my project management MBA students.
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Picking my favorite episodes from this last year was not easy, but if you're looking for the top 5, check out this episode!
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My guest in this episode is Jeff Gothelf. He woke up on his 35th birthday in a cold sweat about his career. He hadn't been laid off (yet), but he realized that t…
A common theme I hear from listeners is how overwhelmed many of us feel. Between the demands of your projects and stakeholders, demands at home, the stress of all that’s going o…
Perhaps more than ever, we need to find ways to reflect. Yet how do we do that in the hectic pace we're living? Harvard professor Joe Badaracco joins us in episode 308 to tal…
The good news? You're getting opportunities for more responsibility. The bad news? It might just be more painful than you think. Ron Carucci joins us for episode 307 to talk about his…
So, what does it take to get ahead at work? If you’ve ever worked for a corporation of almost any size, you’ve had a front-row seat to the life-sucking waste that ha…
It's been a jam-packed speaking season, but in this short video, I share a quick lesson we need to hear.
Let's Stay In Touch!I hear from listeners almost every day and I love…
Something we all need to wrestle with is this: how are we preparing ourselves for the future? With the continuing advancements in AI and automation, how can you continue t…
I'm excited to share this conversation with my friend Elise Stevens. Her work advocating for women in project management is an inspiration to me personally, a…
Chances are, you have a reputation as a good problem-solver. That reputation very well could be one of the factors that has led to your success thus far.
But here’s …
We often think about honesty as "don’t tell lies", and that’s certainly part of it. But in today's episode, Peter Kozodoy helps us see that a big part of brutal honesty is…
There are so many reasons why I want to say thanks to you. This is a special month for me and my team. We’re celebrating 19 years in business, for which we’re immensely thankful. And, with…
If you lead teams and projects, one of the challenges we eventually face is scale. Inevitably, we’re faced with bigger challenges, larger teams, more complexity, and--as…
Being the go-to person has a lot of career value, and in times of uncertainty, being the go-to person can seem like it brings a lot of job security. But as our guest Bruce T…
Glain Roberts-McCabe joins us for episode 297 to talk about her new book The Grassroots Leadership Revolution: Build a Peer Coaching Community and Own Your Career.
Learn more about Glain and her book…