Sitting in the corner looking pretty
A short informal podcast on the management of projects, project management and how you and your company can manage projects better, leadership and how business, business management and projects can integrate to get better value for your business from your projects …… while walking the dog.
It’s here to help, hopefully entertain but not to tell you how to do your job, just give you the ideas, thoughts, tips.
For more details or help with your projects and management of project get in touch, see www.cowshedprojects.com
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
S2 ep23 go with the slow not the flow to be quicker
This week I talk about the slowest hiker on your project and in your business. What is it, How to deal with it and how the slowest hiker element can make your projects go quicker.
AN EV…
S2 ep22 why does no one do things how you want
As a business leader and a project leader there always seems to be a conflict between what you want and what you get.
Why?
This episode delves into 2 factors that make a business and proj…
S2 ep21 One of the most powerful tools to give you less to do
This week is all about giving you less to do. It’s possibly a brave step that will be hard to take but once you do you’ll see the benefits both for your projects, your business and mos…
S2 ep20 - helplessness, the foundation to all greatness
The default setting when something happens or needs to happen is helplessness. It maybe only a passing feeling or it maybe a longer term trough. The key is to recognise it and use it.…
S2 ep19 every business has its own personality - how to use it to make your projects and business slightly better
We all have personalities, even if it’s not that easy to always get on with. But so do a business, maybe not quite in the same way but they do.
This episode’s delves into how that man…
S2 ep 18 - why you should celebrate failure for better projects and businesses
Failure, no one wants this but it happens. Mistakes gets made and things don’t go as planned. It’s part of being human.
This week is about why it’s so important to get slightly more ex…
S2 ep 17 - Unwelcomeness breeds Unwelcomeness - smile
This week a very simple thing to make your projects and businesses better - smile!
Yes simple but not something that always gets done!
So make yourself welcoming and gets better results. …
S2 ep16 empathy why is it so important not just for a better business but better projects
People make projects and businesses better. If we can get the best out of people we can get the best out of a project and for a business. Understanding and working with people needs e…
S2 ep15 let’s give negativity a good name
Negativity is inevitable, there are always at least 2 sides to a story, ways of doing things, unknowns, risk and fear especially in the project process. Let’s work with it and make our…
S2 esp14 - try, but how and what when you hit project paralysis
We all try right? But sometimes it feels like we are stuck. Especially in projects when you seem to be all going round in circles.
This episodes focuses on getting out of that cycle an…
S2 esp 13 complexity - the nightmare you never knew you had and how to solve it
This week complexity. It’s a nightmare that will haunt you without you knowing.
Find out what it it is, where it manifests itself and how using some of the 9 rules to exceptional manag…
S2 esp 12 - the 9 rules to exceptional management of projects for the business and the project. Why?
This week a summary of the last 9 weeks of the 9 rules to exceptional management of projects for the projects and the business. An overview of why these 9 rules and why they work.
This …
S2 esp 11 - rule 9 don’t do it if you don’t need to
The last of the 9 rules to exceptional management of projects for your business and the project is don’t do it if you don’t need to! Sounds obvious maybe but how often do you ask yourse…
S2 esp10 - rule 8 - be honest, competent and consistent
This week rule 8 of how to get exceptional results for your project and business. - be honest, competent and consistent.
Trust is so important with dealing with people and projects are a…
S2 esp09 - rule 7 - respect responsibility
This week rule 7 of the rules to exceptional management of projects for the business and the project. Respect responsibility!
To make the work as efficient as it can, keep communication…
S2 esp08 - rule 6 - enable and trust the right people - the 9 rules to make your management of projects better
This week a three sided rule. Trust, enable and get right. These three things if done well together will get you great projects and business results.
AN EVEN BETTER WAY - COWSHED PROJEC…
S2 esp07 - rule 5 understand - communicate effectively - the 9 rules to make your management of projects better
Rule 5 - understand . For better manager of projects for the project and the business.
This episode explains why making sure you focus on understanding benefits your project and busines…
S2 esp 06 - rule 4 - communicate effectively - the 9 rules to make your management of projects better
This week rule 4 of the 9 rules to project success for your project and your business
Communicate effectively
The management of projects is essentially about the management of informatio…
S2 esp 05 - rule 3 - look forward - the 9 rules to make your management of projects better
This week rule 3 of the 9 rules to project success for your project and your business
Look forward
Projects move quick, or they should! If you have a backwards looking mentality then the…
S2 esp 04 - Rule 2 - every project is different - the 9 rules to make your management of projects better
This week rule 2 of the 9 rules to project success for your project and your business
Every project is different
If you don’t recognise that due to the nature of a project even the ones t…