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Project Management Happy Hour

Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson

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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 137

PM Happy Hour is the place for frank and honest discussion about real world issues in project management. We do it in a way that's not too dry, though it may get a bit salty from time to time. Each episode, your hosts Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson cover a problem faced in project management today, and share practical advice, real-life examples and the occasional project horror story. Not only that, but every podcast is also an online class! Our host is a PMI Registered Education Provider, who has structured each podcast as an easy-to-listen-to lesson. To get credit, go to our web site at PMHappyHour.com, purchase your class, take the test (based on the content from our podcast) and you get your PDU certificate instantly!

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096 - Design thinking: don't take things at face value or you will face plant, with guest Erik Rueter

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 • Duration 01:03:22

In this episode, Kat and Kim talk to Erik Rueter about design thinking in our projects.

What's design thinking, you may be thinking? Design thinking is a methodology that focuses on the end users of a system when we are problem solving. Erik will share 5 different design thinking methods for understanding user needs in a way that not only helps your project provide better deliverables but can also help build a better project team.

About our amazing guest, Erik Rueter

Erik K. Rueter, PMP, PMI-ACP, has over 20 years of experience in diverse industries, including tech startups, academia, healthcare, and entertainment. Currently, he serves as a senior project manager at the American Marketing Association and has held multiple senior staff positions at various organizations. Erik holds a BA in neuroscience from Wesleyan University, with further education in digital design, Irish studies, and MicroMasters in Design Thinking and Project Management from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also certified in diversity and inclusion by Cornell.

Erik's contributions to the field include co-authoring papers on health inequity, lecturing at Boston and Emerson Colleges, and advocating for diversity and inclusion with organizations like Medtronic, VSP, and the San Antonio Spurs. He has spoken, in person and virtually, at PMI Greece, PMI Michiana, and PMI Western Michigan, among others. He has appeared on podcasts such as "Confessions of a Higher Education CMO"; and "I Wanna Work There!" and contributed to "The Evolution of the PMO", a key resource for project managers. He founded Human-Centered Success LLC to promote inclusive leadership which is National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce certified as an LGBTQIA+-owned business.

Residing outside Pittsburgh with his husband and two dachshunds, Erik enjoys marathons, gaming, and sharing his insights. Contact: erik@humancenteredsuccess.com.

To learn more about the amazing things Erik is up to:

Check out his website at: www.humancenteredsuccess.com

Learn about solution delivery: Mastering Solution Delivery

Erik's Upcoming Speaking Engagement:

PMI Global Summit 2024

Rock Lobster Leadership: Lessons from The B-52s

Resilience and Relatability: A New Paradigm for Project Leadership (With Jake McGaffin and Olivia Montgomery)

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095 - The 5 Foundational Behaviors for Developing Informal Authority, with Kory Kogon of Franklin Covey

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 • Duration 01:11:56

Although an essential part of our project-driven world, most project leaders didn't set out to be one. For many of us, our first steps into project leadership won't come with an official title. So, if we are not 'officially' project managers, how are we supposed to lead the project?

There are a lot of answers to this question, but one approach all project leaders need to master is the art of managing with informal authority. Without being people's 'boss,' we need to pull a team of seemingly random people, give them common purpose, build a team and help them successfully deliver a project.

But, seriously, what really is 'informal authority?' What's involved and how can I master this mystical art? To help us understand this superpower, we are joined on this episode by Kory Kogon, author of the book, "Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager." Kory takes us through the 5 pillars of informal authority which include:

Demonstrate respect
Listen first
Clarify expectations
Extend trust
Practice accountability

About our amazing guest, Kory Kogon

Kory is FranklinCovey's Vice President, Content Development, and a Senior Leadership Consultant. She is a co-author of the #4 Wall Street Journal bestseller, The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity, in addition to Project Management Essentials for the Unofficial Project Manager, and Presentation Advantage. Kory

has been featured on Inc.com and in its Productivity Playbook online series, on Fast Company.com, Forbes.com, and in Investor's Business Daily. She has also appeared on NBC's TODAY with Hoda Kotb.

Kory has over 25 years of business expertise from frontline positions to serving as an executive team member for a global franchise organization. This provides her a unique perspective on the application of FranklinCovey's world-renowned content within organizations. Kory not only understands the strategy

086 - The project behind a Disaster Response, with the ITDRC

Friday, April 7, 2023 • Duration 46:12

"I know the world is ending, but do you have wifi here?"

Sounds funny, but it's deadly serious. Natural disasters impact critical infrastructure that we depend on every day: shelter, fresh water, food distribution, and power. These are the ones we think about.

But what about communication?

How do relief agencies, police, fire, and government coordinate a disaster response when there is no power, no cell signal, no wifi? How do community members communicate with each other, find out where to get aid, or reach out to loved ones who are worrying about them if there is no functioning communication infrastructure - or even a place to charge your phone?

Enter the ITDRC! The Information Technology Disaster Resource Center is a non-profit organization that sends teams and equipment to disaster areas to provide communication and technology services. The PM's involved are truly project management heroes, and we get to hear from one of them today, Charis Mayhorn.

About our amazing guest, Charis Mayhorn

Charis Mayhorn is a Network Architect. In her day job, she designs IP networks, advises leadership and boards on infrastructure best practices, and guides cross-team collaboration. In her free time, she volunteers with ITDRC.

Find out more about the ITDRC here:

Volunteer and read more about the ITDRC on their website, https://itdrc.org/
Check out this video of a 2 day ride along during Hurricane Ian response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbzRiqHnvE

Read about the ITDRC's other activities at https://medium.com/@ITDRC

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085 - Deciding on how to make good Decisions, with Kandis Porter

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 • Duration 01:05:40

Decisions make or break your project - starting with the decision of whether or not to even do your project. Beyond that, we have planned decisions / phase gates and ad-hoc decisions that happen throughout the entire life of our project. And if you've been around long enough, you know that one bad decision can sink your whole project - or at least have it taking on water, fast.

So, how should we approach decision making in a logical way which helps ensure that:

The right decisions get made
Decisions get made by the right people
Decisions are not revisited any more than they absolutely have to

To help answer these questions, this episode we are joined by Project Management mentor, consultant and YouTube PM star Kandis Porter! If you don't know Kandis, you must check out her extensive youtube channel covering a lot of great Project Management topics.

In today's episode, Kandis will help us understand:

Why should we care so much about project decisions?
How should you approach decision making?
Kandis shares her "D.I.D.I." framework for decision making
How do you ensure your decisions stick?
What are some "worst practices" for decision making that we should avoid

And along the way, we may throw in some horror stories about bad decision making that we can hopefully learn from

About our amazing guest, Kandis Porter

Kandis Porter is the Founder and Managing Director of Effective Flow Connections (EFC), a management consulting company that helps transform organizations through project management, process improvement, change management, facilitation of key meetings, and training. Kandis also works one-on-one with clients, focusing on Leadership development and growth. EFC enables organizations to do what they do, even better!

Kandis Porter has more than 18 years of experience managing people and large projects in both the government and private sectors. She has supported clients in various industries, to include the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, utilities, medical device, health care, non-profit, and learning & development.

084 - OH, We Forgot About Change Management! What to do when you get caught with your ADKAR down, with Tim Creasey

Tuesday, January 10, 2023 • Duration 01:00:15

Yeah! One of our favorite guests, Tim Creasey, returns! This time we are talking about what happens if you realize, too late in the game, that you really didn't consider Change Management enough in your planning cycle.

It's such a universal experience of a project manager to not have change management, and so many of us end up in these situations where we struggle to see the real benefits of a change we've implemented. We figured: why not start where most of us end up: in trouble!

Join Kate and Kim as we talk with Tim about how to recover.

About our amazing guest, Tim Creasey

An author, researcher, change expert and human, Tim focuses on the people-side of change with process, wit and vigor. Tim's work forms the foundation of the world's largest body of knowledge on change management. His role as Chief Innovation Officer at Prosci gives him unparalleled insight into change management challenges, trends and futures. Having spoken to hundreds of thousands of people around the globe, Tim is authentic, knowledgeable and unassumingly funny. He enables audiences with valuable data and actionable information.

And here are some links to some of Tim's other amazing content:

8 Alignment Hacks That Enhance Change Management Today

While formal approaches to Change Management are a must for people-dependent projects and complex transformations, sometimes simple adjustments can help teams and colleagues remove roadblocks and enable rapid change during uncertain times.

Why Change Management

People are the common denominator for achieving project success and business outcomes and the research is clear: Initiatives with excellent change management are six times more likely to succeed.

083 - The 30 Minute Executive Meeting: Make it count

Thursday, December 22, 2022 • Duration 01:00:42

As a project manager, the time you get with an executive sponsor is critical: you don't get much of it and you cannot blow it! For many of our listeners, you may be new to executive meetings. But, how do you get the most out of these meetings and give a good impression so you can get the confidence of your executive sponsors? It's something we ALL struggle with and can all get better with.

On today's show, Kate and Kim talk through how to win with these meetings. Jokingly the 30/60/90 minute plan (30 minute meeting after 60 hours of preparation and 90 pounds of stress eating), we talk you through:

Knowing your audience
How to present to execs
How to tell your story

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082 - The Project Behind a Tech Startup, with Pete Bernardo from Punchlist

Thursday, September 29, 2022 • Duration 56:13

Tech startups drive the technology around us, and a good bit of the economy. They use creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit to solve problems and build the world of tomorrow. But how do they do that? Is it really like the "Shark Tank" or "Dragon's Den" tv shows?

Today we are joined by a real-life tech founder who has successfully built his company and introduced a new tool to the market - a PM tool, no less! Pete Bernardo, founder of Punchlist tells us about the project behind founding a startup and bringing his product to market. And, no, it's not quite like the TV show :-)

AND you can get your first month free & 10% off the price of Punchlist by signing up here and using the coupon code: PMHAPPYHOUR

OUR AMAZING GUEST: Pete Bernardo, Founder of Punchlist

Pete Bernardo is the Founder & CEO of Punchlist, the #1 client feedback layer over your creative work. Pete is also a TechStars Atlanta Mentor, a father of two, and an occasional pizza maker.

Former EVP of Product & Growth at Three Five Two, Pete has 20 years of design & development experience across clients like CNN, Porsche, American Express, and Microsoft.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petebernardo/

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081 - The Project Behind an Emergency Covid Vaccination Site, with Aaron Bellinger, PMP

Tuesday, August 30, 2022 • Duration 46:06

When the first Covid vaccinations were released, massive vaccination sites were launched, seemingly overnight, to vaccinate millions of people. If you volunteered or were vaccinated at one of these sites, you may have witnessed how huge, sophisticated and well run these sites were. But how did they do that? How (and who) planned, organized, stood up and ran these massive sites vaccinating thousands of people a day - at a time when you couldn't even hardly hold an in-person meeting?

Kim volunteered at one of these early sites at a football stadium parking lot with dozens of lanes of people getting vaccinated, thousands and thousands a day. Since then, we've been trying to find someone to come on the show and talk about how these were organized so well, so quickly. And he had no luck doing so - until now!

Our guest, Aaron Bellinger, was project manager for one of these emergency Covid vaccination sites and walks us through how the whole process went down, from conception to execution, operation and tear-down. It's an impressive, once-in-a-lifetime project that affected the lives of thousands.

OUR AMAZING GUEST: Aaron Bellinger, PMP

Aaron Bellinger was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ where he lives with his beautiful wife Tanya and their sweet dog Ollie. Aaron has an extensive background in project management where most of his experience was gained "on the job". His first job was roofing houses with his dad where he learned you can survive 110 degree days outdoors. Aaron also helped business users with technical computer hardware support which gave him great insight into the "customer".

Most recently Aaron has been a project manager in a healthcare environment where he is helping improve end user experiences and serving his community for impact.

It didn't take Aaron long to realize that by asking "do you want it good, fast or cheap, pick two", he could turn anyone's plan into action ensuring he executed for impact and mitigated risk with a purpose.

Aaron is a certified Project Management Professional who believes that a defined scope will set you up for success.

080 - First PM on the Beach: How to succeed when you are the first Project Manager in your organization

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 • Duration 42:15

This episode is based on feedback we've had from our member 1:1 coaching sessions, one of the benefits we provide our PM Happy Hour members.

Many PM's find themselves in a position where they are the first project manager in their organization. Whether you are a newbie or an experienced pro, this will be a challenge. The organization probably has a low (or no) level of project management maturity, no organizational concept of what project management is or how to make projects succeed, and probably as many different expectations of what a PM should and shouldn't do as there are people in the organization. Where do you even start?!

Before you whip out your PMBOK or Agile Practice guide and start reading it to your team, let's step back a moment and talk about how to approach this situation pragmatically. And let's do it with one of our favorite PMO mentors Joe Pusz, "PMO Joe!"

In this episode, we talk with PMO Joe about how to approach you new role as the pioneer project manager in your organization and how to set yourself, your team and your organization up for success - in the short and long term.

OUR AMAZING GUEST: JOE PUSZ, "PMO JOE"

Joe Pusz, PMO Joe is an internationally recognized leader in the Project Management and PMO community. He is a frequent Keynote Speaker, Author, Project Management Innovator and was recently named one of the Top 8 PMO Influencers in the World by the PMO Global Alliance. He is the Founder and President of THE PMO SQUAD, a Phoenix based PMO and Project Management Consulting firm serving clients across the United States.

He is host of the Project Management Office Hours Radio Show and Podcast providing Project Management Leaders a voice within our community. Now in the 5th season the show has over 40 million plays and downloads featuring guests from around the world. Joe is also Co-Founder of , the Veteran Project Manager Mentor Alliance which is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization assisting Veterans seeking to transition into civilian Project Management careers.

079 - Welcome to the Dungeon! Kate and Kim do Project Management RPG (D&D)

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 • Duration 56:37

OK, originally this was going to be an April Fool's goof podcast, but it turned out to be a lot of fun and maybe a bit educational. But, nope, it's not your usual PMHH episode, and DEFINITELY not your typical PM podcast. So, if you are looking for something serious and academic, this episode is not the one for you.

Kate will be your dungeon master in this fun (and, yeah, weird) episode! Kate walks Kim through building his PM character, then takes him through a tabletop RPG (role playing game) of managing a project. Is it as dorky as it sounds? YES!!

"Roll your negotiation check."

Will Kim be able to complete his quest? Or will the Dragons, Facilities Managers and other monsters stop his party in their tracks?

I don't know about you, but I think Kate needs to start hosting public versions of these! Talk about a fun way to PDU! Give us a shout if you think so too!

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