Project Management Podcast: Project Management For The Masses With Cesar Abeid, Pmp

It’s July of 2014 and we just watched the largest party on Earth take place in my birth country of Brazil. As a Brazilian I had mixed feelings about this World Cup because there was a lot of controversy as Brazil prepared for the event, and it seemed like the problems were a combination of […]

There are so many project management applications out there that sometimes it is difficult to choose the right one for your project. Today I’d like to bring you a conversation I had with the CEO of LiquidPlanner, a company that has created and developed a fantastic project management application. Besides being a great tool, LiquidPlanner […]

This episode marks one year of the PM for the Masses Podcast. I can’t believe how far we have come with the show.  Just a year ago I did not know many of my guests and most of you who listen to the show and visit the website.  I think it’s fair to say I […]

On today’s episode of the Project Management for the Masses I talk with Roy Gatling. Roy is a former Dell employee who witnessed the company’s journey in embracing and implementing project management to become the giant that it is today. Listen in this fascinating conversation and learn how Dell went from a team of just […]

On today’s episode of the PM for the Masses Podcast I bring you the dynamic Dorie Clark to talk about reinventing ourselves. Whether you are changing industries, or trying to find a new job, or trying to stay relevant in the marketplace, Dorie will share with us why and how to constantly reinvent yourself as […]

Hello all and welcome to episode 40 of the Project Management for the Masses Podcast! What The Heck Is Agile? Today I bring you a great introduction to Agile and Scrum.  I pretended to forget the little I know about it and ask Cornelius Fichtner to give us an introduction to Agile project management.  Cornelius […]

Today I bring you two conversations I had recently about the job market and the job seeker. First, I will share with you my conversation with Dr. Noel Radley, a project management researcher with Software Advice.  They analyzed 300 project management job listings and came up with some very interesting results. To listen to today’s episode, […]

Sometimes all you need is to get people to work together. My guest today will share with us how that ability can truly turn you into a fantastic project manager. He will also share with us: Techniques that he has used to get teams to work together The first thing a new project manager can do to […]

  Last week we talked about writing.  It was a great chat with Mr. Jeff Goins and we talked about the human touch, the philosophy of writing, creating the habit of writing, and how writing is still powerful in this age of new media. Today we talk business. My guests and I always talk about […]

Hello all and welcome to this exciting episode of the Project Management for the Masses Podcast! This is a new chapter on my journey into becoming a writer.  As some of you may know, I have been toying around with the idea of writing a book for a while now. As it turns out, I […]

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 35 of the PM for the Masses Podcast! Today I bring you some of the message I shared last Friday at the PMI Southwestern Ontario Chapter symposium, on using the internet to help build your image, reputation, and career.  I also bring you some of my thoughts after this […]

Are you ready to be energized? After last week’s episode in which I talked about being in a funk, today I bring the energizing Patrick Snow to talk about managing work, family, and doing work that we love. Be ready to take notes and be inspired! Click the “play” button on top of this post […]

Hello everyone! On today’s episode I share with you my experience as I returned from a great vacation to find myself paralyzed by the amount of work waiting for me. Have you ever felt like you Had no energy? Were overwhelmed? Had too many priorities? Were frozen, or paralyzed? I felt all of the above. […]

It’s hard enough to lead and influence people when we are the boss. Now, how do we do that when we have no authority over our team? This is a very common situation that project managers encounter. To talk about this important topic, today I bring you the resourceful and always spotlessly professional Dave Stachowiak. […]

Leadership.  This was the topic of my last episode with Susanne Madsen, and I will be covering this topic frequently here on the PM for the Masses Podcast. This week I speak with the ubiquitous Mark Phillipy, the Sensible Project Manager.  We talk about his professional journey and his very personal take on leadership and […]

One of the top qualities that a good project manager should have is being an effective leader. This poses us project managers with a challenge. How can we be better leaders?  Is leadership something one can learn?  Is there a ceiling to how good a leader we can be?  Can we be good project managers […]

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 29 of the PM for the Masses Podcast! Did you know that every month, employees attend 62 meetings for an average of 31 hours? Every month! Following last week’s conversation with David Sparks when we talked about taming email, today we talk about another major time-waster for project managers (and […]

Imagine all the things us project managers could do with the time we spend in our email inboxes every day. Why so much email?  Why do we spend so much time dealing with email? My guest this week, David Sparks, literally wrote the book on email.  We will talk about his book, try to figure […]

On the PM for the Masses Podcast I often talk about the benefits of having a mentor or coach.  While it is a wonderful thing, sometimes it is hard to find one. What I have learned is that the next best thing is to read books. On this episode of the PM for the Masses […]

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 26 of the PM for the Masses Podcast! Today we talk about the absolutely stunning Øresund Bridge, which connects Sweden and Denmark.  This project is specially unique because it involves a bridge, an island, and a tunnel.  For this episode of the PM for the Masses podcast, I speak […]