The Podcast

Below you will find all of the PM Happy Hour podcast episodes and updates. Each episode, we will cover a problem faced in project management today, and share practical advice, real-life examples and the occasional project horror story. Make sure to take the tests and quizzes to get your PDU’s.

087 – Creative decision making: do you have the right 4 voices in the room? with Teresa Lawrence

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

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

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

083 – The 30 Minute Executive Meeting: Make it count

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

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

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

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

078 – Recommending Change: Pitching Process Improvement Without Getting Chased Out the Door

077 – Behavioral PM: the Feakonomics approach to project delivery with Dr. Josh Ramirez

076 – Imposter Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment

075 – Top Tips from a Project Management Coach, with Heather Gates

074 – The Project Behind a Movie

073 – A 12 Pack of Alignment Hacks with Tim Creasey – Part 2

072 – A 12 Pack of Alignment Hacks with Tim Creasey – Part 1

The Project Behind an Ironman Triathlon with Paul Huddle, Senior Regional Director for the Ironman Group

070 – Change Management Mic Drops with Tim Creasey

069 – Project Management in an Alien Environment

068 – Interviewing PMs: Inside the Mind of a Hiring Manager with Matt Henderson

067 – What the heck is ITSM? And how is it like Improv?

066 – How to be a consultant: Dealing with customers without having a nervous breakdown

065 – Can you keep a secret? Managing confidential information

064 – Getting into – or out of – Project Management, with Ben Aston of The Digital Project Manager podcast

062 – Do I really need a PMO? (Part 2 of 2)

063 – Candid Conversations with a Project Management Recruiter, with Norma Gutierrez

061 – Do I really need a PMO? (Part 1 of 2)

060 – Say-Do-Say: Fundamentals of Project Communication

059 – Crying Happens

058 – Shut-in but not Shut-down: Managing Projects and Teams from Home

057 – ADKAR: It’s not a trap! Change Management can save your mission

056 – Don’t buy the bias! Managing bias in project management

055 – A slice of Thankfulness from Kate and Kim

054 – How to be a Project Manager: Kate and Kim get interviewed by a PM student about breaking into the field

053 – What if I told you that you were a PM all along?

052 – Who owns this baby when I’m done? Planning for deliverables handover

051 – They told me I’m “Too Nice?!” Dealing with inactionable feedback

050 – Project Financials 101: A quick and dirty overview of how money affects projects

049 – How to Call BS without getting Sh#t upon

048 – Brand Yourself with Sonia Mundra

047 – Project Management at Burning Man: Managing Volunteers, with Kayla Glenn

046 – Process, Data & Maturity: is it BS or does it really matter?

045 – Entrepreneurial Project Management with Rolondo Talbott

Pilot Program – Member 1:1’s

044 – Dear Project Diary: Project (b)logging to keep your head straight

043 – How to be “The Wolf” – Taking over broken projects

042 – The Closer: Avoiding Project Acceptance Exceptions

041 – Witness me! Justifying Project Management

040 – I’m a WHAT?! What’s the point of personality assessments?

039 – Burning Questions: A Trick or treat bag of listener mail

038 – Charter? Huh! What is it good for? (absolutely every project)

037 – Transform from Project Manager to Project Leader – with Naomi Caietti

036 – PMO – What is it really? And how do I run one?

035 – Kickass Martial Arts Lessons for Project Managers

034 – PM Superhero Smackdown! Kate and Kim share lessons from their favorite movie PMs

033 – Lessons from Interviewing 50 Women PMs in 50 days – a chat with Elise Stevens

032 – Project Management Thunderdome! Internal versus External Project Managers

031 – Crucial Conversations part 3 – Stepping in and taking the lead

030 – Crucial Conversations part 2: Oh, man it just got difficult!

029 – Stop the Scope Creep! Using Change Control to keep the monsters at bay

028 – Embracing the Escalation: raising visibility without raising your blood pressure

027 – Crucial Conversations: Part 1 – Oh, man it just got crucial

PM WoW for Week 30 of 2018: ESCALATE

PM WoW for Week 29 of 2018: Identify when a Conversation gets Crucial

PM WoW for Week 28 of 2018: Get to know the business

026 – Mastering the Mastermind: facilitating small groups for big results

025 – The Last Move – a little bit of game theory for your projects

024 – How to Run a Meeting – and not waste everyone’s time

023 – Learning to Swim: Getting oriented in a new organization without going under

022-Getting to Yes: Negotiation for non-negotiators (part 2 of 2)

021-Getting to Yes: Negotiation for non-negotiators (part 1 of 2)

020-An Influence Toolkit: Getting stuff done without authority

019-Stage Direction in the Boardroom

018-What I wish I had known when I started Project Management

A05-PM Appetizer: Weekly Roll-up Scheduling

017-Working with Creatives

Announcement – Our PM Happy Hour Membership is live!

August 2019 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

February 2019 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

March 2019 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

October 2018 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

August 2018 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

July 2018 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

June 2018 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

May 2018 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

March 2018 Member Only Q&A Webinar Recording

A04-PM Appetizer – Be the CEO of your Project

016-Story Time! Better communication through narrative

015-Meet your Mentor! Learn about Mentorship with PMO Joe

A03-PM Appetizer-Building Trust with “Trust Bricks”

014-Condition RED! Breaking bad news to your stakeholders

013-Don’t guess! Plan your project with SCIENCE using Monte Carlo analysis

012-Sassy or Assertive? Women in Project Management

011-A love letter to my RAID log

010-The Sweet Irony of Failed MS Project Server Implementations

A02-PM Appetizer: Dealing with Project “Yellow Lights”

A01-PM Appetizer: Saying “no” by “yes”

009-5 Things your technical architect secretly wants to yell at you

008-5 Things that only your Communications BFF will tell you

It’s Happy Hour in 23 countries now!

007-How to respond to “stupid” executive asks

006-The First 5 questions to ask whenever you start a new project (BONUS!)

005-The First 5 questions to ask whenever you start a new project (part 5 of 5)

004-The First 5 questions to ask whenever you start a new project (part 4 of 5)

003-The First 5 questions to ask whenever you start a new project (part 3/5)

002-The First 5 questions to ask whenever you start a new project (part 2/5)

The Fundamental 5 Dimensions of a Project, Part 1: Defining Success

001-The First 5 questions to ask whenever you start a new project (part 1/5)