Podcast Episodes

Leading Teams, with Harvard Professor Dr. J. Richard Hackman

I can easily recall the days before I became a manager.

I started my career as a software developer, which by nature of how software gets created, us…

16 years, 2 months ago

Become a More Effective Leader Using the Latest Brain Science

It's so easy to get into a rut. Whether it's on a personal basis, a project team, or even an organization, it's easy to keep doing things the way we…

16 years, 3 months ago

PPP 031 | Leading Teams with Meaning, with Dr. Adam Grant

I'm in Las Vegas this week, speaking to leaders from hundreds of companies from around the world. Las Vegas is certainly an intriguing place on many …

16 years, 4 months ago

Wired to Care, with author Dev Patnaik

What comes to mind when you think of empathy?

Do you think of someone who is highly sensitive and compassionate--maybe even too much? Or does that de…

16 years, 4 months ago

The Project Success Method, with author Clint Padgett

So when it comes right down to it... what can you do to better ensure that you successfully deliver the projects you're managing?

It's a question I …

16 years, 5 months ago

Influence Without Authority Scenarios, Part 2

It's one thing to know there's a model for influencing without authority. But how do we implement that model, as leaders and project managers? That's…

16 years, 5 months ago

How to Influence Without Authority, an interview with author Dr. Allan Cohen

One of my leadership heroes is Ken Blanchard, who is on record of saying, "The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority."

I who…

16 years, 5 months ago

How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help. Part 2 of an Interview with Dr. Ed Schein

In our last episode I started an interview with Dr. Ed Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT and author of fourteen business …

16 years, 6 months ago

Corporate Culture Survival, with Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus, Dr. Ed Schein

It happens regularly... my phone rings, I pick it up, and on the other end I'm talking with someone who's inquiring about bringing us in to deliver a…

16 years, 6 months ago

PDUs for PMPs, with guest Cornelius Fichtner, PMP

I love helping project managers get their PMP certification. For those of you who have completed that journey, you know it's a lot of work! There ar…

16 years, 7 months ago