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Projetez-Vous fête ses 2 ans ! Dans cet épisode spécial, je vous annonce deux séries inédites pour l'été, pensées pour vous – auditeurs, coachés, chefs de projet et futurs certifiés PMP.

Your next big career move won't happen by accident. Want insider strategies top performers use to dominate their fields, click here fields. https://www.5minutecareerhack.com/careerpowerplay1In this episode, I sat down with project management expert Tamara Macklemore (Xavier University Alum!) to uncover the secrets to career pivots, increased confidence, and significant compensation boosts.Tamara dives deep into the PMP (Project Management Professional) certification, revealing why it's NOT just for IT or government professionals but for EVERYONE looking to level up their career – from educators and healthcare workers to HR and finance experts.We explore:↳ What is the PMP certification really, and who does it benefit?↳ How this certification can help you pivot to new industries and land higher-paying roles.↳ The surprisingly short timeframe (30 days or less!) to achieve PMP certification.↳ The critical soft skills you already possess that make you a strong candidate.↳ Why the PMP is especially impactful for women seeking to close the wage gap.↳ The mindset shift needed to pursue and achieve career growth.↳ The truth about the PMP exam focusing heavily on people skills (43%).↳ The value of volunteer work in meeting PMP application requirements!Ready to make a life-changing career move? Tune in to learn how the PMP certification can be your secret weapon!Connect with Tamara McLemore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamaramclemorepmp

PMP Certification: Unlock Your Career Potential

Dans cet épisode de Projetez-Vous, nous recevons Isidore Feugaing, co-fondateur d'EXPERTIZ Ltd. et formateur en gestion de projet, pour parler de l'impact que peut avoir la certification PMP (Project Management Professional) sur une carrière. TOP VOICE Linkedin Africa, Isidore partage son expérience et explique comment cette certification reconnue mondialement peut ouvrir de nouvelles portes et transformer la vie professionnelle d'un chef de projet.

I have the pleasure of bringing back to the show Damon Lembi and Kandis Porter, co-authors of "Good Decisions Equal Success: Stop Decision Anxiety and Start Taking Action." If you've ever found yourself paralyzed by indecision, unable to move forward due to fear or uncertainty, this is the book you need in your life. And yes, it is very much a part of my entrepreneurial library. Damon and Kandis have both been here before but separately. Today, I'm excited to have them join us together! Damon Lembi is a business professional and author. He has experience in leadership roles and has written other works, including "The Learn-It-All Leader". Kandis Porter holds an MBA and MSPM (Master of Science in Project Management) and is certified as a PMP (Project Management Professional). Together, they have combined their expertise to create a guide that goes beyond simple advice, offering readers a hands-on manual for improving their decision-making skills and overcoming anxiety associated with making choices. Their book offers a practical framework for decision-making, drawing from experiences in corporate and military leadership, professional baseball, and family matters. It outlines decision-making roles, common pitfalls, and a clear process, providing guidance on researching, implementing, and assessing decisions based on individual personality types.

In this episode, Mary Sullivan, a co-founder of Sweet but Fearless, talks with Mara Cairo, Product Owner of Advanced Technology at Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII), as she shares her insights on her career journey in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and how to be strategic when looking towards your next step in your career. Knowing how easy it is to become pigeonholed as an expert in one area at work, Mara believes that expanding your skills set throughout your career will open up career opportunities and help you broaden your experiences. Asking lots of questions is Mara's number one tip in helping to make any career transition a smooth one. Mara Cairo is passionate about using AI for good. She has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta and holds her P.Eng. and PMP (Project Management Professional) designations. Before joining Amii, she worked in the hardware development space, where she helped clients take their products to market, with a focus on micro and nano-fabrication.   MORE ABOUT MARA CAIRO: LinkedIn: Mara Cairo United.AI/Interview Series: Mara Cairo About Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii): Mara Cairo   ABOUT SWEET BUT FEARLESS: Website - Sweet but Fearless LinkedIn - Sweet but Fearless

This PMP learning session helps an individual to perform an activity to effectively implement a project management with 10 different knowledge from PMBOK.

AI is certainly a hot topic right now, and the focus is primarily on using the tools to save time and increase productivity. However, ethics and privacy concerns apply to any and all uses of AI. In this episode, my guest is Kim Snyder, VP of Data Strategy at RoundTable Technology. She leads us in a discussion of the specifics of ethics and privacy as they relate to generative AI. We will cover essential safety practices for nonprofits using or considering generative AI, which includes the crucial step of developing an AI policy. Kim walks us through her AI Acceptable Use Policy template and how even small nonprofits can get started.About Kim SnyderRoundTable Technology is dedicated to creating a roadmap for companies to succeed through technology. Kim fits right in with over 20 years of experience with data systems, business analysis and change management, not to mention accolades as an Agile Coach, a certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and a ACP (Agile Certified Professional). Kim has recently completed the CIPP/US certification as an Information Privacy Professional.Kim is definitely a people person. Her true passion lies in empowering nonprofit professionals to navigate the complex and ever-changing landscape of data and technology in the workplace. With a keen focus on data governance, privacy, compliance, and security, Kim has recently ventured into introducing the nonprofit sector to the transformative potential of artificial intelligence.Connect with Kim Snyder on LinkedInResources:Dr. Fei Fei Li - Author of The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI and Co-Director of Stanford University's Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)Dr. Joy Buolamwini - Author of Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines and Founder and Artist-in-Chief at the Algorithmic Justice LeagueEthan Mollick - Author of One Useful Thing on SubstackTake my free masterclass: 3 Must-Have Elements of Social Media Content that Converts

“Projects get delivered by people and how we do things in our day to day life and how we make big decisions around our day to day life, whether it's small or big, are actually very relatable on how we make decisions in the business world when funding, approving and delivering projects.”– Dr. Diana Nada Dr. Diana brings over 20 years of experience advising public and private sector clients on strategies and toolkits for best practices in improved capital project delivery and informed decision making. She is a regular industry contributor, a published scholar educator with over 25 speaking engagements. She is the current AAC Canada Region One director, and is a member of the ULI Public Development and Infrastructure Council and the UK APM Project Assurance SIG. Diana is one of the contributing authors to the 2023 first edition for A Guide to Auditing Programmes and Projects, published by APM. She was shortlisted as one of the 2020 A Woman Infrastructure Network, emerging leaders in Canada. Key Takeaways: The importance of qualitative research in major projects, where social sciences intersect with major programmesBasing major project success on a rocky foundation, the deflation of estimates and unrealistic expectationsHow PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) and PMP (Project Management Professional) certification can evolve to encompass broader strategic considerations and better prepare major programme implementersCollaborative contracting and identifying collaboration (regardless of delivery method) as a key component for success in major programmesPerformance measurement and how not aligning incentives can influences decision-making and team relationships Links Mentioned: Dr. Diane Nada's Project Approval Decisions: Exploring Success FactorsCurbing Optimism Bias and Strategic Misrepresentation in Planning: Reference Class Forecasting in Practice by Bent FlyvbjergThinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman  If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. The conversation doesn't stop here—connect and converse with our community via LinkedIn: Navigating Major Programmes on LinkedInFollow Riccardo Cosentino on LinkedInFollow Dr. Diana Nada, PhD on LinkedIn Transcript:Riccardo Cosentino  00:05You're listening to navigate major problems, the podcast that aims to elevate the conversations happening in the infrastructure industry and inspire you to have a more efficient approach within it. I'm your host, Riccardo Cosentino brings over 20 years of major product management experience. Most recently, I graduated from Oxford University's day business school, which shook my belief when it comes to navigating major problems. Now it's time to shake yours. Join me in each episode, as I pressed the industry experts about the complexity of major program management, emerging digital trends and the critical leadership required to approach these multibillion dollar projects. Let's see where the conversation takes us. Dr. Diana nada is a project management expert and advisory mega capital projects, a civil engineer by background with a PhD in project management from the University of Calgary. She brings over 20 years of experience advising public and private sector clients on strategies and toolkits for best practices in improved capital project delivery and informed decision making. She is a regular industry contributor, a published scholar educator with over 25 speaking engagement. She is the current AAC Canada region one director, and is a member of the ULI public development and infrastructure Council and the UK APM project assurance SIG. Diana is one of the contributing over to the 2023 first edition for a guide to auditing problems and project published by APM. She will show listed as one of the 2020 A woman infrastructure network, emerging leaders in Canada. Hello, everyone. Welcome to our new episode on navigating major programs. today. I'm here with Diana nada PhD. Diana did a dissertation a few years ago. And I was very intrigued by her dissertation. And so I asked her to join us today in the on the podcast. How are you doing, Diana? Great. All right.Diana Nada  02:15Thank you, Riccardo for having me.Riccardo Cosentino  02:17Nice to have you. Yeah, I took a lot of joy in reading your dissertation. And it's was quite interesting for me because it was written a few years ago. And some of the topic is still extremely relevant. But you know, maybe you can tell us a little bit more about your dissertation, why you picked it, and what do you learn from it?Diana Nada  02:37Okay, so it's very interesting that we're having this conversation right now. Actually, I did defend the PhD, exactly 10 years ago, around October 1. So if it's been 10 years, and every time I check it, then you've made me go and look into it again. And and remember some of the reasons why I picked this or that. So it's very interesting to reflect after all of those years, maybe a bit about myself. I'm a civil engineer by background, but got very intrigued by project management early on, in my degree. Coming in, as a third culture kid with parents who are engineers, I decided to go into engineering, just probably not by choice, but expectation. My career has been very interesting that I grew up in Dubai. And by the time I graduated and finished my masters, it was very booming in Dubai early 2000s. And I ended up working in a lot of mega projects, a lot of big projects in with a lot of multinationals. In you see how projects get executed get funded. And for me, it was more of I've seen it from the side of delivery and working with a project management consultant. But then I worked also as a developer, and this gave me a bit of like, okay, I've worked on the same project on both sides of the table. And I could see things differently. So I wanted to step back and know more why, why projects go over budget, why there are scheduled delays. And I wanted to explore that and know more about it because project management is a very applied field. I felt that there is a lot in literature and research that actually doesn't get translated into the industry. And that's when I decided to move to Canada and did my PhD at the University of Calgary. Big thanks to my late supervisor, Professor Francis Hartman. I have to say when I started my degree, I presented a specific research interest And then the first day I met him, I said, I don't want to do that. And he was a great mentor. And I don't think I did my research, the outcome of it. And where I was few years later was what I anticipated. It was more of a journey, and a learning experience and a reflection of what I saw in Dubai, what I was seeing in Canada, it was the recession, the financial crisis has just started. By the time I graduated, there was the oil crisis in Calgary. So it's always an opportunity to just reflect on how things around you impact our projects get delivered. So what was your dissertation about? As a research topic, it was called Project Approval decisions exploring success factors, when I mentioned it, the first thing that most people think of is okay, this is about is this is very quantitative, it's about economic analysis, or value for money, etc. But I took a very different perspective, I took it from a qualitative aspect. It's a it's a qualitative research. At that point in time, I didn't know what is qualitative research. As an engineer, you're like thinking about numbers. So it was very intriguing, and I didn't think it applies. So what, as time went by, I learned that qualitative research is very interested in the project management field just because it's an interpretation of why we do specific things, how we solve complex problems. And and I think, in that sense of mega projects, or capital projects, you're dealing with a number of stakeholders, you're dealing with complexity, you're dealing with a timeframe that could be decades. Qualitative research gives you an opportunity to study this from a research base that is based on how people think I had to read a lot of psychology. I've learned a lot of terms like neuro economics, biases. And I remember when I was reading all of this, besides the academic research, part of like, what is qualitative research, I was very intrigued with the psychology and how our brain works. And I remember having conversations that I think it's very applicable to my day to day life, rather than to project management. And this was, for me a very eye opener, because projects get delivered by people, and how we do things in our day to day life and how we make big decisions around our day to day life, whether it's small or big, are actually very relatable on how we make decisions in the business world when funding approving delivering projects.Riccardo Cosentino  07:50Yeah, it's very interesting. Yeah, I, you know, I also learned, when I did my master's degree, in major program management that major programs are treated, the research in major program is treated as a social science. It's very, very interesting, as well as yourself. I'm a civil engineer. And to me, mega projects were always concrete and rebar and, you know, ashphalt and numbers and, and then, you know, when you actually look at the research, you learned that no, it's more about the people. It's more about the biases. I think your your I can't believe how still relevant to your researches in today's world. You know, optimism bias, strategic misrepresentation is still a very relevant topic when it comes to understanding why major programs get delayed and over budget. And it doesn't seem but however, even though that's a well established cause nowadays, it doesn't seem to be a way, especially in the public sector to tackle that issue. You know, I think you mentioned in your research, Bent Flyvbjerg, and you know, is, you know, he's done the most work in translating the Daniel Kahneman research Prospect Theory from the field, the Kahneman and Treviski did into major programs. So they're in you  talk about that. And, you know, I'm new to this academic field. And it's interesting to see that, even after 10 years is still relevant and still not being fully addressed.Diana Nada  09:30Yes, I totally agree with you, even when I was doing it, and I was you read stuff that are 20 years ago, and you're like, oh, this didn't move. We didn't move the needle much in 20 years. And after I was done my PhD and actually before it, I went to the AAC conference and presented it as a pilot to just see how people are gonna react and then presented it few times after that point. When you talk about social sciences, soft skills, trust biases, It was a very different conversation. And people were very skeptical on what that means to project management, to design to construction. And now 10 years later, I think the conversation has shifted, there's more talk about what you've mentioned, like optimism, bias, strategic misrepresentation, the research by Professor Bent. And I remember reading, Thinking Fast and Slow, and was like, wow, really, this is applicable in how amazing or how much we actually need to do this things differently. Because the success rates of projects is really bad. And we all talk about how we should deliver differently and how we should do things in a different way. And only maybe the last few years. I can say maybe for the first time, there is an acceptance of maybe doing but it's it, we're going to see how this movement or how that shift in mindset will will, will take place.Riccardo Cosentino  11:06Yeah, that that's, that's a very, very interesting point, and how, you know, the social science is actually at the core at the core of the success of major projects. And as an engineer, I always wondered, you know, because I know how projects are estimated, and I could not quite rationalize, if you're estimating a project, we're all very smart human beings, we can all determine we have all the statistical tools, we have all the past data, we have all the information, how can you how can we get this so wrong? How can we get the budget so wrong? I mean, we're smarter than that. And so it was refreshing when I learned, you know, the Bent theory about prospect theory about applying to mega project. And that to me was that, to me was the answer. It is like, okay, it's not about not being able to adapt the number to the right budget is just all these biases in these alternative ulterior motive, like strategic misrepresentation in the public sector. In order for in order for project to move forwards politician cannot afford to have the real budget, share publicly, because the sticker shock will stop the project for going forward. So there's always going to be a deflation of the project estimate, even at decision or the point of decision making, or the point of approval, because politicians and the public is not really prepared to accept the true cost of the project. And but then, then you end up in situation where there's there's a big confusion is five years, 10 years after the project was approved? Why is the budget not enough and you know, and then nobody looks backwards to why it was, you know, what happened at the decision making point, they all looked at? Oh, well, you know, the project was mismanaged. And sometimes that's the case in my experience, but it's not always the case. Sometimes you never had a chance to begin with, because if you're not given the proper resources to begin with, you're never going to be on time and on budget.Diana Nada  13:32Yeah, yeah. And I had the same, I'd say a epiphany I was looking as like, yes, we are. How do we get the budget that wrong? And how do we get the schedule as well, because we are building something like we're putting a schedule, that's unrealistic, and a budget, that's not going to be met. A and that was the point in time when I was very curious, is this the environment I am working in? Is this the industry like construction? Is this different teams? And the research was mostly around, okay. It's not related to the industry, the most of the industries that are plagued with the same issues, whether you're looking at infrastructure, healthcare, it oil and gas, any any you name it, and it's not by the location across the world. And that's why the interesting part you mentioned is this critical point and when you make the decision to invest or want or approve the project, and that's what and that was a point when I wasn't very appreciative. Our what could go wrong at this point. And the fact that we actually start on the wrong footing, like right from that point, you approve a budget and a schedule that no one believes If you ask anyone they would know that this number is I would, in an extreme sense, a, an educated guess, the schedule. And later on you are evaluating the success of this project, like you said, by the people by the management of the people, the teams. Other factors, what you're actually not looking back to see, did we approve, did we do this right? Was this business case, fully representative of of all factors that we need, but then later on, I appreciated that you actually cannot predict the future at that point in time. And I think embracing this risk and change is important. Because no matter how much you learn at that point in time, you are trying your best. And it's based on limited or less information that you will know as you actually design and have a project because there is no project at that point in time. It's all numbers. And and I think that's why the qualitative part is important. Because the quantitative part takes the attention as a doc as a business case, and everything. But that qualitative and how we actually go about that decision and deliver on font is what, what actually we need to pay more attention to. And I think even right now, this aspect of the how we approved the project in to get the funding and to get it approved. And to get that signature and to get it sanctioned. I think this is where we will struggle for a bit. Because even though I'm going to speak about the environment in Canada, we are now in a phase where we are considering other models, this number still, we have not went back to see this this number, the right number we start from or not the right schedule or not. And that's even without considering that you're making this approval or this schedule 20 years, and then by the time you're actually on the ground, it's 20 years later, by the time this number is approved by a specific politician. This number probably stays the same for 10 years without inflation and escalation. And then you don't visit it, because you can't at that point in time, and you just keep going. Yeah,Riccardo Cosentino  17:33I mean, they are according to Bent Flydjerg. I mean, part of the problem is, is that yes, I mean, it's correct that these numbers, once he's approved, it doesn't get changed. But I think the reality that the main, the main problem is that sometimes the number is is strategically deflated. Because if you actually calculate the right number and present the right number are gonna get is not going to get approved. And because in you know, there is, you know, there are, you know, Kahneman talks about it and Ben Flybjerg talks about it, you know, you can you can have an outside view. So you can you can do a benchmarking, you know, usually you can do bottom and bottom up estimate, which is not going to be perfect, because you don't know, as you said, you cannot. But, you know, by by also having a bottom up estimate a benchmarking estimate using an outside view, you could triangulate a better number. But so I don't think that predicting the future is the main issue, I think, is that the true cost of a project and the decision making, or the point that the shoe making point is just never something that politician can stomach. So there's always going to be a tendency to deflate it in order to get through.Diana Nada  18:55Yep. Yeah. And, and even the sense of like, you cannot predict the future, but you can get better at it. Yes. And that's why Professor Bent talks about reference class casting and how you can actually look at how you have been delivering projects and making it and, and working out backwards and see how you can make that estimate better. But we're not doing that. We can get better, but we're not thereRiccardo Cosentino  19:20Let me let me take you to another part of your dissertation that I found quite interesting. And hopefully, hopefully you still remember it. But you know, I think is in the original introduction in the literature review, you actually do a critical assessment of the PMBOK Yeah. And and the and the you know, the the PMP and I found a found that is quite interesting. I think I think your your findings were probably the PMBOK is not is not a deep enough tool to help keep project on time and on budget. Can you. Do you remember Can you elaborate?Diana Nada  19:55Yeah, I do. I do. Remember that. I tackle it all the time. So I first learned about the PMBOK. Actually, during my undergrad, there was a course that was on the PMBOK. For me, at that point, it was like, wow, there is a project management, body of knowledge out there. And I think it was maybe second, third addition. And then at that point in time, you're like, you have to get the PMP, you have to get the PMP. This is important. And the PMP, I think, is important because it gives you the basics, the jargon, and I'm talking, I'm now moving into a term that a lot of people would not appreciate. But I don't think so I finished my degree. When I when I, when I finished my literature review, it was 2012 2013. So at that point in time, the PMBOK did not yet touch the PMI, triangle strategy business, it was still very focused on project management. From a technical perspective, the edition in 2013, or 14 has, like, if you look at it 10 years later, there has been a big shift, the PMBOK has changed quite a bit. So my analysis at that point in time was very much based on this is not enough, you're only talking about 10 bodies of knowledge. You're not talking about external factors, you're not talking about the style, which socio political economic factors. You're not talking about the business case and the strategy. And you're also not talking about, you're talking about human resources, even from very, like HR, but not you're talking about that you can't find resources or supplies or challenges around that. So I found that very limiting at that point, and that's why I have that, that view, and I would go even an extra step and say that the PMP on its own, it's like talking about education versus experience versus studying for an exam, it's a mix of things, you can't say that just because someone has this experience, or this degree or this certificate that they know it all, it's a bunch of things. So that's why I addressed it from from this point. But I also then learn that that journey about the APM, the Association of project management in the UK, and and I found that the that there are aspects there and research based aspects that I think is worth. US including in North America, mind you, the jordanelle, the Project Management Journal of the PMI is, is huge. It most of the research is out of the PMI, I think is just how we can embrace some of this research in that the PMI hosts to into the PMBOK And in I think that's that's where the the issue is. Yeah, I have a similar, I have a similar so I used to have a PMP designation, I kinda lead a lapsed, and a you remember? So this was probably around even before 2013 Yeah, and I found it was very, very rigid, very rigid structure. And I agree with you now that I've been exposed to novel theories, like major programs that cause complex adaptive systems, right. And you know, treating major programs or temporary organization and designing designing major programs as organization. So applying, you know, the, what we typically apply to businesses to project a major project. I mean, we talk about major projects, because those are more complex. And so, you know, the same way you apply a porter five forces to, to a corporation, you should be able to also apply, you know, maybe not Porter, but a different framework that, you know, we apply to Galbraith star to a major program, and adopting the PMBOK goes into that level of organization design, and, you know, and as managing external stakeholders, and, you know, applying system thinking to major programs. So, yeah, I don't know if now PMBOK got there. But yeah, at the time, it wasn't there. And it probably is not there today, either. Yeah, there has been a shift and change in the last seven years. There are some aspects I still go and like I'm curious to see how much it has changed. But I don't think it has changed yet. But but the most important thing is that for me that when I did it, it was very, compared to maybe it Two years later, after I defended, there was a change in the PMBOK. But I don't I think there it is critical that the pm Bock embraces some of those factors given that it is the basis of, of how, like, it's basically okay. Do you know project management? Do you have a PMP? which is… I put the question mark.Riccardo Cosentino  25:29is more complex than that? Yeah, yeah. Okay. So, you know, I know, we talked about your, your dissertation and how you defend it, you know, in a few words, how would you how would you characterize the findings of your research?Diana Nada  25:46So I think the biggest finding that I kind of put out there is that the documentation or the approval for funding or the sanctioning that critical point is not documented well? And is is that that what we talked about at the beginning that we start on the wrong fitting, that I think wasn't what a major or a big finding out of it, there were the other ones where I studied how executives make decision making making and how project I called them project implementers, not project managers, basically, the delivery team. And even you can think of it of a context of an organization where there's executive slash staff. So there is the difference in how teams make decisions. And this difference is mostly around, their priorities are different. When you're making a decision, as an executive, you are thinking about specific priorities, and you're thinking about the company interests, you're thinking about profit, you're thinking about shareholder value, you're thinking about different aspects. And then when you're making a decision as a delivery team, you're actually thinking about cost, schedule, budget scope. And these are two different worlds, or two different realities. In a lot of my data collection was around making sense of how those two teams interact, and what are their priorities, and how they share information, or not share information, transparency, trust, communication, and all of these factors that come into play, once you actually start delivering the project. So the findings were around that how we make decisions as teams is very different. There are different priorities and acknowledging that this is a big factor that will continue. But I think, to bridge this gap, is to actually share why we're doing this project. Because we're, why we're doing the project from each team's perspective is very different. And the way I've termed it is like a project intent. Getting alignment on this, from the different stakeholders that are involved is key, so that we're working towards the same success. Outcomes are the same, the definitions of how we want to proceed. And then I take examples of how teams change make a decision around the change in scope, around priorities, etc. Part of this big research was also a big picture of at that point in time, collaborative contracting at that point in time, and that was the big research group. So each one of us had had a specific aspect, in like my contribution at that point in time was around those the teams are different. And how we can make sure that the teams work together from a success outcome, and other team members were taking it from procurement from risk, etc. So that was kind of how sharing information trust communication, and biases impacts how actually projects get delivered. And how do they actually make or break a project and cause delays or overruns.Riccardo Cosentino  29:14Very interesting. So this was 10 years ago. Yeah, already looking at collaborative contracting. We now talking about collaborative contracting in Canada. Yeah. On the largest scale, and we have authority started to exploring I don't want to say embrace because nobody's embrace collaborative contract. That definitely exploring but yeah, it's been it's been out there for a while. And yeah, I've I've had, you know, my dissertation was about that as well. Obviously, not a PhD dissertation, but, and I've had other colleagues coming on the podcast to talk about IPD alliances in different sectors. Yeah, it's, yeah, I mean, I'm I anecdotally I I believe collaboration is a significant player is a key component of success in delivering major programs. I always said that, you know, I think it was my anecdote that lawyers, you know, money that you spend on legal fees don't get to pour concrete faster. So if you are able to remove the litigation from the day to day running of the project, and you focus that those resources on actually moving the project forward, you have a better chance of achieving success and completion on time and on budget.Diana Nada  30:32Yes, yeah. And at the end of the day, a contract, whether it's an IPD, or an alliance, or a P3 or a design build is a contract, you will find issues with the contract. It is how you interpret the contract and how you work together, and collaborate. So even if you change the type of contract, and you're not doing all those things that you need to do from a success, like collaboration and how you share information, you're still gonna might get the same result.Riccardo Cosentino  31:06The contract is I defined a contract myself has, you know, that's, that's, that's the ultimate back stopper, right? Yeah. So ultimately, when when relation breakdown and or the working level contract, you go and look at a contract, right. And so I believe that you can have collaboration within even like, contract with, with litigation built into it. However, you have less room for maneuvering, right. So if you have not enough budget, because you never would never price the correctly or you never had to write rewrite budget at the decision making point. And then you have another adversarial contract, eventually, with all the best will in the world, is going to come to a clash at the working level, and you're going to go back to the contract, and then it is going to become litigious. So I think you can have collaboration, but without without a collaborative contract. But then you need to have the right resources available. Because if when there's scarcity of resources, you go back to the contract, and then you find a way of getting the money that you loosing.Diana Nada  32:25court. Correct? Correct. And that's probably why my my research was very, was not tied to a specific contract as well, because I believe that that collaboration is key, regardless of how you're delivering the project. Some of my recommendations were around, okay. How do you enhance this collaboration regardless of of the contract in, in any project in in, and I think this is applicable, like some of the stuff that I talk about is our rules of engagement, how you would do partnering meetings, that you're not talking about the project that design the cost and schedule, but you're talking about all of us as a team, how we're working together, what behaviors we need to change, what what decisions we need to make, because a lot of the time that you go into litigation or you go to that stage, when actually you have failed in, in having a proper communication or a decision or resolution of a of an issue. So how will you share that bad news and make a decision, because that a lot of the times, even not making a decision is a decision. So how you would have that environment where we are working in a in a in a transparent, relatively transparent environment where you could say this went wrong. Or you could share and, and most of the time, I remember that the best projects that we all remember are the teams and people we worked with. Not that the schedule was over budget, or the schedule was was delayed, or it was an overrun, but you remember your relationships that you've built in that project. And that's why building this relationship, and even how you form a team, you're not gonna start a team and trust each other from day one. If we take like marriage, you're not like or if you meet someone, this this is something you're investing in, and it's the same as a project. So so how you build that, so that you are all working towards the same success outcomes. I also talk about how you can bridge this gap between how teams, executives or project managers think Think or prioritize differently. And I say, well, we need to be in each other's shoes. So I call it correct courier swaps. Give the opportunity for project team members to understand why you are making decisions from a business perspective this way, share with them more information. And vice versa. The project team is not sharing the right budget, or the schedule with your design consultant, or the contractor. So, so try to find opportunities where you would actually learn from each other because your realities are different. And you're also governed like, performance measurement for each one is different. So you're actually going to make decisions differently. So if you are, if your performance is going to be measured by profit, that's different if your performance is going to be measured by meeting a project deadline, and I've seen it firsthand when, when I work then and I usually give this example. I worked on one project where I was part of the project management team. And there was sales there was strategy team. And this sales and marketing team were able to sell the apartments or the or, or the basically go on sale like and meet their priorities in terms of, okay, we sold X number of apartments, and they got their bonus. But the project team was putting a budget and schedule that was not favorable. So they didn't get a bonus. But we're all working on the same project. But we're measured differently. That was for me, an aha moment that if we are measured differently, then there are our outcomes will be different. And that's not even talking about job security, by individual biases, and all of that. So and that's why I talk about company interest, Project interest and individual interest and they are different.Riccardo Cosentino  37:13Yeah, I mean, that's why I mean, I mentioned earlier, the Gerber f star right, aligning processes, people remuneration, strategy, culture, like that's what you do in any organization. However, we don't seem to do it when it comes to project. And this is the perfect example. You know, you've got a sales team, who's focuses on selling the project management team is supposed to construct and build and it's one team, right. And then so you've now by not aligning the the incentives and aligning the compensation, you now created. Diverging interest. Yeah, it'sDiana Nada  37:51point two fingers.Riccardo Cosentino  37:53But it's interesting how there is so common knowledge and common practice in business, right, I've done an MBA. So I mean, that's, you know, you go to MBA, and you study all of this. And in yet, when it comes to project management or major program management, there's not the same level of understanding, but it's it's it's, it's there it's hobbyists, major projects is an organization.Diana Nada  38:18Yeah, I still find it very fascinating. It is, when I see projects, and how team members interact, and how a project or when looking at documents and all of that, it is a very fascinating field.Riccardo Cosentino  38:36So the No, this was a really, really interesting conversation, I think, I think we're coming to an end of the podcast. You know, I think you've, you've now defended your dissertation. 10 years ago, you seen some changes? I just, I've asked this question in the past to our guests, and I'm going to ask you as well was, Do you have any hope for the industry? Do you have any hope for the field of project management?Diana Nada  39:03I do. I do. And then in it's interesting, you asked the question. And I myself went through a learning curve. So the when I got asked, I actually got I got asked that question differently. It 10 years ago when I was like, oh, Diana, then you're saying there is no hope. And at that point in time, you're still fresh from your PhD, you don't you have not tested it again, like you did. You you worked. You did the research, and you want to go back to industry and actually test okay, because the research was mostly testing what you've seen. That's how I saw it. And I think there is there is hope. I think the conversations that we are all having in the interest in the sharing of knowledge across the different borders. Is there as simple as The research by an in, in us having that conversation when we first met about Professor bent and all of all of that, I think there, there's more talk about it. So I think there is hope. And I think there's some how, and appreciation that okay, we need to stand back and see what we're doing wrong. Because we're getting the same results. It's basically I was Einstein scoring six, yeah, Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And we've been doing things over and over again, expecting different results. So I think there is an appreciation that we need to do some something about it. We are trying to do things differently. And I think this is good in that sense. And I think for me, it's more of an appreciation that actually projects are not unique. You can learn from past projects, and you can come up with better schedules and better budgets, you can make decisions at the right time, you should also acknowledge that there will be changes on the project. We had the pandemic, no one expected it. It's a black swan event, things could go sideways. And I think the governance in how the teams work together is what's the hope that we could actually do projects differently and better. And if we study the projects that were successful, they did something that we should learn about.Riccardo Cosentino  41:34No, I could No, I could not agree more. I think you touching upon or very, very relevant topic. You mentioned uniqueness bias. I mean, bent, always says that your project is not unique. So uniqueness bias is a problem. A lesson learned from successful projects. I posted an article a few weeks ago about OPG here in Ontario, learning from from what went wrong in nuclear and changing for the refurbishment of Darlington and now their project is going very well. So yeah, I mean, there is hope. There is hope. It's not all doom and gloom, but I think yeah,Diana Nada  42:12and don't rush into execution. Yes.Riccardo Cosentino  42:15What does Ben say? Glance thing lands? Execute fast.Diana Nada  42:20Yeah, yeah. So plan, you have to plan. And then you have to execute, but don't rush into execution and break ground.Riccardo Cosentino  42:31Well, and on that note, thank you very much they and it was it was a pleasure to have you on the podcast. And I look forward to to meet you again. Some somewhere in Toronto. And maybe we'll have you back for season two to explore other topics.Diana Nada  42:47Thank you, thank you Riccardo for this opportunity and actually giving me the opportunity to reflect on on this in a way that I have not had the chance to actually go back and revisit and read. So thank you for for that and pleasure beings.Riccardo Cosentino  43:04Thank you. Bye now. That's it for this episode on navigating major problems. I hope you found today's conversation as informative and thought provoking as I did. If you enjoyed this conversation, please consider subscribing and leaving a review. I would also like to personally invite you to continue the conversation by joining me on my personal LinkedIn at Riccardo Cosentino. Listening to the next episode, where we will continue to explore the latest trends and challenges in major program management. Our next in depth conversation promises to continue to dive into topics such as leadership risk management, and the impact of emerging technology in infrastructure. It's a conversation you're not going to want to miss. Thanks for listening to navigate the major programs and I look forward to keeping the conversation going Music: "A New Tomorrow" by Chordial Music. Licensed through PremiumBeat.DISCLAIMER: The opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast do not necessarily represent or reflect the official policy, opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of Disenyo.co LLC and its employees.

Serah Sanni, PMP - Lawyer Boss Lady Shares PMP Exam Secrets Join Serah Sanni, a respected experienced lawyer turned project management powerhouse, as she delves deep into her personal journey transitioning from the legal world to earning her PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. In this exclusive video, Serah reveals invaluable secrets and tips for conquering the PMP exam. Whether you're an aspiring project manager or a seasoned professional looking to enhance your credentials, don't miss out on Serah's unique insights and strategies that helped her achieve the coveted PMP status. Dive in and empower your PMP exam preparation with the wisdom of the Lawyer Boss Lady! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pmpradio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pmpradio/support

Today, I am speaking with Ahmed Wasfy, an engineering manager with such giants as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. In addition to his day job, he provides coaching services to help managers become effective leaders through his company, the Thriving EM. Ahmed explains the purpose of a project manager, the skills and qualities needed to be an effective project manager, and how to break into the field. We also discuss the PMP – Project Management Professional – designation, and whether that credential is necessary to enter into project management work. You can find Ahmed via his website: https://www.thethrivingem.comOr via Instagram at a1wasfy Exclusively for our listeners, Ahmed is offering a free 30-minute session to show you how to set up your calendar to save 10 hours each week. Just email Ahmed at ahmed@thethrivingem.com with the subject line: LESA – 10 HOURS BACK      

This week we welcome to the podcast Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO at Radiant Logic. He talks about the very interesting and real reality of what is becoming known as the cyber poverty line and the security vulnerabilities that funding and resource inequities can create in a supply chain and elsewhere. He also shares insights for organizations to assess where they fall on the spectrum and resources available to identify and address security gaps relative to their business. We also dive into the popular topic of Zero Trust – and ponder the philosophical questions if everything is Zero Trust is anything Zero Trust. Other topics we cover in this fun conversation include AI, deepfakes, identity and security, and what sprinkling budget dust around can get you. Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO, Radiant Logic Chad brings more than 20 years' experience building and managing information security programs. Chad has leveraged his security leadership to dozens of organizations across the technology, education and medical sectors. Prior to Radiant Logic, Chad defined security and technical integrations of 5 acquisitions and attained FedRAMP-in-Process status for Digital.ai. While serving as the Executive Director of the Office of the CISO at Optiv, he defined the security strategy for a $70 billion dollar merger between two technology giants. Chad holds a bachelor's degree in information technology from Southern Polytechnic State University, as well as multiple certifications including CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) and PMP (Project Management Professional). For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e243

A Certificação PMP (Project Management Professional) do PMI (Project Management Institute) continua sendo uma das mais demandadas e mais valorizadas no mundo para profissionais que trabalham com Gestão de Projetos. A demanda pela prova continua alta e diversas pesquisas mostram que profissionais que possuem a Certificação PMP têm maior empregabilidade, e melhores salários! Mas muitos profissionais ainda se perguntam: A Certificação é muito difícil? O que preciso fazer para obtê-la? Como é a prova? Para tirar dúvidas e ajudar profissionais que estejam pensando em tirar a Certificação PMP, eu convidei para essa gravação ao vivo do Capital Projects Podcast um dos maiores especialistas sobre o tema: Andriele Ribeiro. Andriele é Bacharel em Ciência da Computação, mestre em Administração de Empresas e tem ampla experiência como Gerente de Projetos, Gerente Funcional, Gerente de PMO e Professor / Consultor em Gerenciamento de Projetos! É o criador da Fórmula da Certificação PMP e atualmente ministra treinamentos preparatórios para as certificações PMP, CAPM, PSM I, PSPO I e PSK. É também mentor na implementação da Gestão Ágil (auxiliando Gerentes de Projeto, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches e líderes em geral). Vem com a gente nesse papo! Esse Podcast tem o apoio de Teams Ideas by Prosperi (https://www.teamsideas.com/). Quer se conectar com o Andriele? O perfil dele no LinkedIn é esse aqui: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrieleribeiro/ E esse é o site com dicas para a prova: ​https://gp.brainss.com.br/questoespmp Tem curtido o nosso conteúdo? Que tal tornar-se membro do Capital Projects Podcast, apoiando o canal? Assim, podemos continuar crescendo e ajudando tantos profissionais da Gestão de Projetos! Acesse o link e confira os planos: https://lnkd.in/d8QQ6twk Acompanhe também as minhas redes: @andre_choma e https://linktr.ee/andrechoma Produção: Voz e Conteúdo – www.vozeconteudo.com.br - @vozeconteudo #capitalprojectspodcast #andrechoma #podcast #capitalprojects #projetos #certificaçãopmp #pmp #projectmanagerprofessional #andrieleribeiro #pmpcertification #pmpcertificationtraining #pmpcertified #projectmanagementinstitute #projectmanagement

La oferta de certificaciones profesionales ofrecidas por el Project Management Institute (PMI) ha crecido sustancialmente en los últimos años. Aunque el PMP (Project Management Professional) sigue siendo la certificación más conocida, PMI ofrece actualmente una variedad de posibilidades que hace a menudo difícil tomar una decisión. En este webinar hablaremos del portafolio de certificaciones de PMI, de los perfiles y etapas de carreras profesionales en que están más indicados, así como de aquellos aspectos que pueden ayudar a los futuros candidatos a elegir la certificación más adecuada a sus necesidades. – Acerca de la ponente, Mercedes Martínez – Licenciada en Ciencias Físicas por la U. Complutense de Madrid y Máster Especialista en Gestión Integral de Operaciones por la U. Politécnica de Madrid. Ha desarrollado su carrera profesional en el sector de TI, acumulado una larga experiencia en la gestión de grandes proyectos de TI, Consultoría, y en PMOs. Ha trabajado en numerosos proyectos en el ámbito financiero, industrial y en la Administración Pública. Es PMP por el Project Management Institute (PMI). Ha colaborado como voluntaria en distintas iniciativas de PMI, entre las que destaca su participación como miembro del Core Committee para la elaboración de la Guía del PMBOK (5ª y 6ª Edición) y ser miembro del PMI Certification Governance Council (CGC).

Countless dollars and hours are invested annually in building and revising strategic plans. Some get placed on a bookshelf only to gather dust until it's time to plan again. Others get started, but far too many projects fail to be fully implemented. Effective leaders understand that it requires more than building a plan. Structure and systems also play a considerable role and often dictate success. Strategic Integration challenges leaders to think beyond strategic planning and focus on essential elements for successfully implementing strategy. Today's guest is Adriana Girdler, President and Chief Efficiency Officer of CornerStone Dynamics. She is one of Canada's foremost business productivity specialists. Adriana is a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt with over 20 years of experience in productivity and process improvement launched her company CornerStone Dynamics in 2008. Adriana has worked in various industries, leading companies to improve what they do, how they do it, and their bottom line. Adriana holds PMP (Project Management Professional) and CET (Certified Engineering. Technologist) designations. Adriana is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, workshop leader, and author of “Efficiency Matters,” the SparkShift book series, and The Visual Vision Statement Workbook. Adriana also created the Slay Project Management Five-Hour Online Course, which teaches you the practical side of project management. She is a TEDx speaker and contributor to the Huffington Post to Thrive Global. Adriana has her own YouTube channel and has appeared on CBS, CBC, CTV, CHCH, Global, 680News Radio, Newstalk 1010, Sirius XM, and The Globe and Mail. Adriana is passionate about improvement and efficiency in both people and organizations. Let's dive in and talk about process management, strategy, and its importance on leadership. My Podcast is AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/roninleadership Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3L1rMYP Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/3ucjxD1 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3KY44MO FOLLOW THE RONIN: Website: MikeHowardAuthor.com Instagram: @Real_MikeHoward Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealMikeHoward/ Linkedin: https://bit.ly/MikeHowardRoninLeadership Youtube: https://bit.ly/RoninLeadership Twitter: https://twitter.com/roninauthor where to find Adriana Girdler YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/AdrianaGirdler -Tips on accelerating your professional career & slay your project Website- www.CornerStoneDynamics.com – Productivity & Project Management Consulting TEDx talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Z3goIox14 SLAY Project Management On-Line Course: https://adrianagirdler.thinkific.com/courses/slaypm Social Media Links: Twitter: AdrianaGirdler LinkedIn: AdrianaGirdler Instagram: theadrianagirdler --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roninleadership/message

Muitos Gerentes de Projetos conhecem as práticas de Gestão de Valor Agregado (GVA ou EVM – Earned Value Management)! Inclusive, é um dos temas comuns na prova para a Certificação PMP (Project Management Professional) do PMI! Apesar do benefício de agregar prazo, escopo e custo em uma mesma base de acompanhamento, quando o tema é a gestão do prazo do projeto, as práticas de GVA / EVM possuem limitações. É aí que entram as práticas de Prazo Agregado (Earned Schedule) e de Gerenciamento da Duração Agregada (GDA / EDM – Earned Duration Management). Para falar dessas técnicas, eu convidei o consultor Paulo André de Andrade. Paulo André graduou-se em Engenharia Eletrônica pelo Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA): possui MBA em Gerenciamento de Projetos pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas e detém certificado de Project Management Professional (PMP) pelo Project Management Institute (PMI). Trabalhou em importantes e complexos projetos pela IBM por 24 anos, e tem experiência internacional em países como Alemanha, Estados Unidos, Japão, Canadá, Inglaterra, Itália, França, México e Bélgica. Paulo é autor de diversos artigos sobre Prazo Agregado e técnicas de gestão e controle de projetos, além de ter traduzido para o português dois dos mais importantes livros sobre prazo agregado. Dê um play e depois me conte: você já usou técnicas de valor agregado, ou de prazo agregado em seus projetos? Se sim, como foi? Se não, quais são as barreiras que estão te impedindo de usar? Para conhecer mais sobre o tema, seguem alguns links úteis: Site do Earned Schedule com artigos, apresentações e planilhas: https://earnedschedule.com/ Site do Operations Research & Scheduling Group da Univerisdade de Ghent na Bélgica: https://www.projectmanagement.ugent.be/?q=research Site do Integrated Program Management Division (IPMD) da National Defense Industrial Association: https://www.ndia.org/Divisions/IPMD/ Site do Defense Acquisition Magazine: https://www.dau.edu/library/defense-atl/ Link para a página do Paulo André no LinkedIn (textos próprios e artigos traduzidos): https://www.linkedin.com/in/pandre/ Esse Podcast tem o apoio de Teams Ideas by Prosperi (https://www.teamsideas.com/), da Technique Engenharia (http://www.technique.eng.br/) e da GSUP / Nexos. Tem curtido o nosso conteúdo? Que tal tornar-se membro do Capital Projects Podcast, apoiando o canal? Assim, podemos continuar crescendo e ajudando tantos profissionais da Gestão de Projetos! Acesse o link e confira os planos: https://lnkd.in/d8QQ6twk Também estamos com canal no YouTube! Confira as novidades: https://lnkd.in/d55qbgGy Acompanhe também as minhas redes: @andre_choma e https://linktr.ee/andrechoma Produção: Voz e Conteúdo – www.vozeconteudo.com.br - @vozeconteudo #capitalprojectspodcast #capitalprojects #projetosdecapital #projectmanagement #podcast #gestao #projetos #gestaodeprojetos #earnedvalue #earnedvaluemanagement #EVM #earnedschedule #earnedduration #valoragregado #análisedovaloragregado #GVA #prazoagregado #duraçãoagregada #frontendloading #metodologiafel

Matt Picheny is a real estate investor, Tony award winner, and author of the #1 best-selling book, Backstage Guide to Real Estate. He is focused on developing passive income streams that enable investors to write their own story and choose how they want to spend their time. Matt has over 15 years of experience revitalizing and elevating communities through real estate investing and has invested in over 8,000 apartments nationwide. He is a licensed real estate agent and has earned both Commercial Real Estate & Real Estate Finance certificates from Boston University. Matt is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, the Fast Company Executive Board, and is an advisor to a PropTech company. This episode talks about: From digital marketing to real estate investing How did Matt acquire his first deal? What is multi-family syndication? Transitioning from LP (Limited Partner) to GP (General Partner) Things to consider before investing as a limited partner Red flags when choosing a sponsor Do you invest with general partners on their first deals? The correlation between PMP (Project Management Professional) guidelines and managing real estate. What are some KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) in real estate? The difference between working with a leasing company/broker versus having a full-time property manager and in-house leasing team. Typical landlord expenses The benefits of multifamily and other asset classes in Texas Some of the potential downfalls of investing in real estate in California Matt's new book “Backstage Guide to Real Estate” To connect with Matt Picheny, please visit:

Projetos de Paradas de Manutenção são naturalmente complexos! São esforços de prazo muito curto, em espaço restrito - às vezes envolvendo até espaços confinados - com uma dificuldade logística, e com a pressão de entregar rapidamente a unidade de volta ao funcionamento, afinal, cada dia de paralisação representa uma perda de faturamento significativa para a empresa! Para falar das características e desafios desse tipo de projeto, conto aqui com Rodolfo Stonner, profissional que já vivenciou e gerenciou inúmeras paradas de manutenção. Stonner é engenheiro mecânico pela UFRJ, trabalhou por 32 anos na Petrobras como gerente de manutenção e de projetos, tendo atuado na REDUC (Rio de Janeiro), PRSI (Pasadena, Texas), Premium I (Maranhão), RPBC (Cubatão) e RNEST (Pernambuco). Após se aposentar, foi por três anos consultor pela Deloitte na ampliação da Refinaria de Talara, norte do Peru. É certificado PMP (Project Management Professional) e RMP (Risk Management Professional) pelo PMI, e CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer) pela ASQ. É palestrante na área de Criatividade e Inovação, Liderança e Gestão de Pessoas, Gestão da Manutenção, Gerenciamento de Paradas, Gerenciamento de Projetos e Gerenciamento de Riscos. Para encontrar o Stonner no LinkedIn e no YouTube: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stonner/ & https://www.youtube.com/c/Blogtek Tem curtido os nossos conteúdos? Que tal tornar-se membro do Capital Projects Podcast, apoiando o canal? Assim, podemos continuar crescendo e ajudando tantos profissionais da Gestão de Projetos! Acesse o link e confira os planos: https://www.catarse.me/capital_projects_podcast_3c1e?ref=project_link Para assinar o canal no YouTube, acesse: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QaiLJZKfex4777-iS-phA?sub_confirmation=1 Acompanhe também as minhas redes: @andre_choma e https://linktr.ee/andrechoma Produção: Voz e Conteúdo – www.vozeconteudo.com.br - @vozeconteudo #capitalprojectspodcast #capitalprojects #projetosdecapital #projectmanagement #podcast #gestao #projetos #gestaodeprojetos #planejamento #cronograma #controle #construcao #shutdown #paradademanutenção

Dr. Vanessa Gipson Hall is an Information Technology (IT) professional who loves every aspect of the technology field. She is Vice President of Technology Project Management PNC Bank and the owner of CrossRoads Information Technology Group (IT Group). Dr. Hall's educational background includes a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology, MBA and PhD in Information Technology Management. Her certifications include (PMP) Project Management Professional and (CSM) Certified Scrum Master. She also serves on the Advisory Board for David W. Carter High School's Academy of Information Technology and the Dallas ISD Industry Leadership Council. Dr. Hall's professional memberships include PMI – Project Management Institute, SCRUM Alliance, National Society of Leadership, and NAFE - National Association of Female Executives. She served as a technology guest speaker for events such as the OHUG National Conference 2015 Women in Technology and Washington State Federal Way School District mentoring students and staff in the area of STEM. She is the author of “The Impact of Global IT Outsourcing on U.S. employee morale” and “The Inner Win – the Guide to Advancing in STEM”.  Her knowledge in the area of technology has afforded her the opportunity to travel to Europe, India, and around the United States leading technology initiatives for financial corporations.  Dr. Hall is married with two children and three beautiful granddaughters. Her personal philosophy is God first, family second, and the remaining components of life will align. She strongly believes faith and endurance are key factors in obtaining goals and exceeding expectations. She loves to read, write, dance, listen to music, and enjoy motorcycle rides. Talking points: Family – let's talk about growing up, what that was like, the environment Journey in technology How do I empower young women in STEM Time spent on Advisory Board for STEM in Dallas Inner Win - Program for women in STEM SheEO Activator

#emobility #nitiaayog #electricvehicles #cleanenergy Randheer Singh is the Dir of Mobility & Senior Team Member for advanced chemistry cells at Niti Aayog, he is laying the foundation to phase out fossil fuels & take us towards electric mobility & a clean energy nation. Randheer is working towards transforming transport/mobility in India. Batteries - Leading ACC Program, EV Policy - Leading State EV Accelerator program, EV Standards - Member of BIS committee on Electric Mobility Infrastructure standards and also Technical Jury member for Battery Swapping standards, Electric Vehicles Infrastructure - Released several reports including the handbook and working on several projects with Industry and state governments (along with MoP), Electric Vehicles Financing - Working on initiatives to remove the hurdles (high finance cost for Electric Mobility) of high finance cost for Electric Mobility manufacturing as well as adoption (retail level) - Projects with World bank and leading finance providers in this country along with the policy push (such as Infrastructure status, PSL, etc.), COP 26 and decarbonization of transport sector - Involved in senior official dialogues for COP 26 and efforts in the direction of decarbonizing the transport (and industry too) sector including the option of Hydrogen in some segments [ Clean Energy]. MBA from IIM Calcutta, B.Tech from NIT-B, PMP (Project Management Professional) certified senior-level Project, Strategy, and finance experience for start-up, turnaround, and high-growth corporations. https://in.linkedin.com/in/randheers https://www.niti.gov.in

In this episode Dale and Val talk to Americo Pinto about all things PMO, from what makes a good PMO to where it will be going in the future. With more organisations adopting PMO's across the globe it is great to see pioneers like Americo building and supporting the PMO community with groups like the PMO value ring and the PMO Global Alliance. Americo Pinto is a PMO expert and researcher, with large experience in complex projects and PMOs in Latina America and Europe. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the PMO Global Alliance, the worldwide community of PMO professionals. In 2011, Americo received in Dallas, USA, at the PMI Global Congress, the "Distinguished Contribution Award" for his contribution to the development of project management practices. He has more than 20 years of experience in PMOs, Portfolio and Project Management. He worked as a Senior Executive and Project Manager in companies such as Arthur Andersen, Deloitte, Dinsmore Associates, Compass International and Noorden Group. Currently, he is Chairman at PMO Global Alliance. Americo Pinto works as a professor at the most prestigious universities in Latin America and Europe. He is also a Doctoral Candidate at ESC Rennes School of Business, in France. For six years he was Vice-President of Programs and Vice-President of Professional Development at PMI Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chapter. In this volunteer position he was in charge of several initiatives on project management development. Currently, Americo is an active volunteer in several international initiatives with PMI. Americo Pinto has published five books about project management and PMOs. He is certified as PMP (Project Management Professional), and he has a Business Administration Degree and also a Masters in Business Administration. Areas of Interest: PMO (Project Management Office), Project Management, Program Management, Portfolio Management, Project Management Maturity. Links to join for free the PMO Global Alliance https://www.pmoga.world PMO Value Ring https://www.pmoga.world/pmovr This episode is proudly brought to you by our sponsors PlanAcademy.com InEight.com JustDo.com  Thanks for listening --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/project-chatter-podcast/message

Avani Patel is the Chief Operating Officer at ESSENCE. In this role, she leads the Technology, Finance, and Human Resources functions. A veteran of the technology & business consulting industry, her career spans product launch, management/operations and consulting across Fortune 500 companies and start-ups. She intends on fulfilling ESSENCE's mission of serving Black Women deeply by a continued focus on the company's digital landscape and business growth. Patel previously led technology at Sundial Brands/Unilever, as well as professional services at Verizon/Totality Corp. Avani is also a PMP (Project Management Professional) and Six Sigma Black Belt. She recently completed the Women in Leadership Program at Oxford University. A true Jersey Girl by heart, Avani was born and raised in Sayreville, NJ and went on to attend Rutgers University. Avani is an award-winning Indian folk-dance choreographer and former television host for a South Asian network. Coming from a large family, Patel learned to be organized and vocal from a young age; these are the skills that became the greatest asset to the launch of her career. She continues to lean on the skills and values inherited from her Gujarati family to help guide her, both personally and professionally. When not strategizing for ESSENCE, Avani travels the world with her children, Lucas, 15 & Lara, 14 with the hope that they will, one day, become model global citizens. Meet My Guest: WEBSITE: AvaniPatel.com INSTAGRAM: @missavani.patel TWITTER: @ FACEBOOK: / LINKEDIN: Avani Patel Mom Haul: MANLUU: Luxurious, unexpected interpretations of Creole culture

MIW Disruptive Podcast Episode 2021-003: Monique Mills, MBA, PMP, Founder & Chief Strategist, TPM Focus Monique Mills received her undergraduate electrical engineering degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her MBA, with a concentration in Management of Technology, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. After many years of corporate industry experience, she took the plunge and stepped out on her own to create and lead the growth of her own technology company as well as a multidisciplinary management consulting company, TPM Focus. TPM Focus provides revenue-focused strategy to startups and small to medium-sized businesses by synchronizing their marketing, sales, technology, and customer success with revenue goals (finances). Monique's earliest entrepreneurial experience began while simultaneously working in her engineering career. As a result of her love of real estate and desire to manage her personal investment transactions, she became a licensed Realtor and launched a real estate sales and consulting business, Focused Realtors, to assist other investors in strategic planning and execution of their real estate ventures. Monique has personal experience and expertise in buying, selling, leasing, and construction management of both residential and commercial properties. She is a Member of the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors. The real estate experience combined with constant curiosity and a love of using technology to solve problems, provided the genesis for her first technology company, ThePartyMatch Technology -– a software(SaaS) application designed to match underutilized commercial properties with those seeking to co-locate temporarily or more permanently. In addition, the technology included artificial intelligence components to provide real-time availability, cost information, customer service, and leasing details-– it was ahead of its time. Monique was requested and honored to pitch ThePartyMatch in a private, invitation-only casting for ABC's Shark Tank, a reality television show for cutting edge entrepreneurs, as well as for Steve Case, an American innovator and Founder of AOL, during his Rise of Rest tour around the nation. She's been a staple in the Atlanta tech scene since the resurgence of the startup activity in 2013 and received a nod of acknowledgement from TechCrunch, the most respected online newspaper focused on high tech and startup companies. As a certified PMP (Project Management Professional) with many years of project management experience across several industries and as Principal of TPM Focus, Monique uses a strategic approach based upon PMI Project Management principles, Blue Ocean Strategies, Design Thinking, and Agile and Lean Startup Methodologies to develop innovative ideas into early-stage startup companies and help mature small businesses upgrade and expand their operations with cutting-edge strategies and technologies to remain competitive in the market. Monique is an Advisory Board Member for Stem to Market, an initiative by the Association for Women in Science, that provides entrepreneurial education and support to STEM women with research or technology they want to commercialize. Monique is a Research Faculty member of Georgia Institute of Technology, serving tech entrepreneurs at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the oldest technology incubator in Georgia. ATDC has an international reputation for fostering technological entrepreneurship by helping tech startups navigate the ambiguous journey of taking an idea from concept, to prototype, launch, and finally, to scale. Participating companies have created hundreds of jobs, millions of tax revenues, and raised over a billion dollars in outside funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Monique served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University in the College of Business as part of the University's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute. She taught students how to apply evidence-based entrepreneurship methods to go from an idea to a sustainable business model. Monique served as a Director for Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator based in Silicon Valley, to help establish an Atlanta chapter of their startup launch program. Monique currently serves as a mentor to several tech startup founders as well as for many small business owners in her role as a volunteer for SCORE, a 50 year-old non-profit association supported by the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow, and achieve goals through education and mentoring. She received SCORE's Outstanding Mentor Award for 2017.

This Podcast Is Episode Number 404, And It's About The Reason Why Some Construction Projects Fail Estimating and submitting bids is one of the most stressful and nerve-wracking sides of your construction business. It is essential to keep in mind that "break-even" in the construction business is challenging to calculate because most projects are one-of-a-kind custom jobs. Proactive contractors have systems and cost libraries with pre-priced assemblies for bidding, which works in conjunction with Strategic Construction Accounting to provide management with progress invoicing, job costing, and job profitability. With poor bookkeeping, misguided judgment, and clerical errors come bad decisions on what projects to bid on and not to bid on until eventually, you'll run out of time and money. This is why some construction projects fail or, worse, construction companies get bankrupt.  Whenever someone decides to have some work done, they get several bids from competing contractors because they heard someone say a long time ago.  There are two things to consider: The Low Bidder Good / Fast / Cheap - Choose Cheap & Fast or Cheap & Slow! Expect the project to be late and over budget! Base costs - Taxes, fuel, cell phones, nails, glue, and small parts are the same for all contractors; no savings here. Labor - Cheap labor makes mistakes and causes damage because they are learning, by experience, on your project! Material - Price is King! So they buy and install cheap material! Tools - Cheap tools take more time, and the finished product may be hard on the eyes, but they have to cut costs! Trucks - Rickety old trucks and vans may break down, which means the job may take longer, but costs have to be cut! Office - They work out of their house or truck; so-called no-overhead Cheap Construction Manager - Biggest, "baddest" construction worker. Also, the bill collector. Also acting as a "Working Project Manager," which means the company is attempting to save money in the short run and lose money in the long term. Assembling parts and building something takes a "Tactile" mindset. Running a project is "Strategic." Put another way, no man can serve two masters as he will hate one and love the other, and the inevitable outcome is the Peter Principle, which leads to a construction train wreck. Invoices - Make no sense, the total cost may exceed the bid, and you will pay the contractor to avoid violence! Warranty - Cheap contractors cannot afford warranty work because they are "One-Hit-Wonders" never to return. The Other Bidders Good / Fast / Cheap - Choose Good & Fast or Good & Slow! Expect the project was done on time and on a budget! Base costs - Taxes, fuel, cell phones, nails, glue, and small hardware are the same for all contractors. Labor - Skilled labor costs more, produces more work faster with fewer mistakes, which means a quality project. Material - Quality and reputation are King! Skilled labor can install quality material faster than cheap material. Tools - Quality tools and equipment cost more and produce a product that is easy on the eyes and lasts longer. Trucks - Reliable trucks and vans mean the job is done quicker and with fewer delivery issues. Office - Skilled staff and office equipment provide for effective communication. Qualified Construction Manager - Has a construction background and formal training in project management. Most professional construction companies with good reputations will have people with credentials like PMP (Project Management Professional) assigned to oversee projects. Invoices - Are Pay Applications that make sense because they show a history of costs and payments made.  Warranty Work - This is a marketing cost because the first project is the beginning of a relationship. Final thoughts Never hire the lowest bidder. The sweetness of low price fades quickly while the bitterness of poor quality lingers on. When hiring a contractor, discard the low bidder because you will get what you pay for and sometimes less than what you paid for. See that you have enough time to review subcontractor pricing and make clarifications from the project manager, architect, or owner if there's anything you are unsure of. This is where writing down a list and checking it twice will come in handy.  About The Author: Sharie DeHart, QPA, is the co-founder of Business Consulting And Accounting in Lynnwood, Washington. She is the leading expert in managing outsourced construction bookkeeping and accounting services companies and cash management accounting for small construction companies across the USA. She encourages Contractors and Construction Company Owners to stay current on their tax obligations and offers insights on how to manage the remaining cash flow to operate and grow their construction company sales and profits so they can put more money in the bank. Call 1-800-361-1770 or sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com

In this episode I'm talking executional excellence, leadership, education, prioritization and purpose with Brian Brogen.Brian is Married to Jennifer Brogen, Father to 4 Children and is a Native 5th Generation Floridian.Brian is the Vice President of Field Operations for Southeastern Construction where he has worked for 25 years.Brian became a Certified General Contractor in 2001 and is now licensed in AL, GA, and FL.He is also a Certified Roofing Contractor in FL. Brian became a PMP / Project Management Professional in March of 2015 implementing Project Management at Southeastern Construction.Brian fulfilled a lifelong dream to become a pilot in March of 2017 and enjoys recreational flying with family and friends.https://pocketmastermind.com 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YUND7IXLlc This week, we discuss goals planning for the new year, in light of the changing circumstances. What are your goals for 2021? (If you’re reading this in a podcast directory/app, please visit https://anythingbutidle.com for clickable links and the full show notes and transcript of this cast.) Enjoy! Give us feedback! And, thanks for listening! If you'd like to continue discussing any news from this episode, please click here to leave a comment down below (this jumps you to the bottom of the post). In this Cast | Goals! Episode—What Are Your Goals? Ray Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud Derek Reinhard Productivity in practice seems to be where everyone looks this time of year. Books are great, tools are great, resolving to actually do what is important is where we fall down so often. Derek has been working personal and organizational productivity practices since the ‘80’s. He spent 20 years in the United States Air Force as a pilot and an operations planner. He is certified in Knowledge Management and a PMP (Project Management Professional). Recently retired from federal service, he has written two brief “how to” books on using GTD with the Bullet Journal and with Goalscape. Frank Buck, EdD Most people are overwhelmed by the amount of paper and digital information in their lives. Frank Buck makes organization easy so you can increase productivity, decrease stress, and enjoy life. Global Gurus ranked Frank #1 in the world in the "Time Management" category for 2019 and 2020. His career path took him from band director to principal to central office administrator and now to productivity coach and speaker. Headlines & Show Notes | Goals! Episode Resources we mention, including links to them, will be provided here. Please listen to the episode for context. This Week's Theme... Goals! Episode—What Are Our/Your Goals? Goal Planning Give up on "becoming a better person" in 2021Self Improvement? Not In This Man’s House Stories of the Week Google brings tab search to Chromebooks with Chrome OS 87How to block out distractions to boost productivity on your Chromebook this yearThis E-Ink Monitor Is a Dream Come True for Coders and Writers Kindle Lending Library to close on January 4th 2021 - Good e-ReaderAmazon Acquires Podcast Startup WonderySamsung officially confirms Galaxy S21 event for January 14thWhy the Hybrid Work Model is the Future of Remote Work?Microsoft hacked Prioritize Your Tasks and Master Productivity Using the Eisenhower Matrix - The Good Men ProjectNew Year resolutions with iPhone: How to acheive your goalsApple loses copyright battle against security start-up CorelliumHow to uninstall Adobe Flash Player from your Mac New Tools of the Week Augusto and I come across many personal productivity tools and services each week. In this segment, New Tools of the Week, we each bring you a tool we think you might like. New Tool 1 (Ray) Subtask New Tool 2 (Augusto) Among Us New Tool 3 (Derek) Evony (for fun) Goalscape New Tool4 (Frank) WeTransfer Announcements 2021 Updates for Emergent Task Planner Almanac – Dave Seah Raw Text Transcript | Goals! Episode Raw, unedited and machine-produced text transcript so there may be substantial errors, but you can search for specific points in the episode to jump to, or to reference back to at a later date and time, by keywords or key phrases. The time coding is mm:ss (e.g., 0:04 starts at 4 seconds into the cast’s audio). Read More Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:00Hello personal productivity enthusiasts and community Welcome to anything but idle. The Productivity news podcast today shows brought to you by W three c web services. And I'm Sidney-Smith Augusto Pinaud 0:10and I'm used to be known, Raymond Sidney-Smith 0:11and we're your hosts for anything but idle. Each week we bring you Oh, I'm sorry, this is Episode 37. The goals episode,

Brian is Married to Jennifer Brogen, Father to 4 Children and is a Native 5th Generation Floridian. Brian is the Vice President of Field Operations for Southeastern Construction where he has worked for 25 years. Brian became a Certified General Contractor in 2001 and is now licensed in AL, GA, and FL. He is also a Certified Roofing Contractor in FL. Brian became a PMP / Project Management Professional in March of 2015 implementing Project Management at Southeastern Construction. Brian fulfilled a lifelong dream to become a pilot in March of 2017 and enjoys recreational flying with family and friends. Brian has served as a director with SCOAR / Southeastern Construction Owners and Associates Roundtable since 2014 with a previous role as Secretary and currently Treasurer. Brian lead the creation of an ACE Mentor Chapter in Polk County in 2013 and is currently serving as a director. In February of 2018 Brian became a certified Coach, Trainer and Speaker with the John Maxwell Team. Brian is the host of The Build Your Success Podcast Brian enjoys adding value to his family, team members and the industry. He is also the author of The 100-Hour Pilot / Fulfilling a Lifelong Dream Connect with Brian https://buildcs.net/ Connect with Nate www.natepeo.com

Join the full discussion inside the Women Of Project Management Membership. Listen to part of our conversation on the Women Of Project Management Podcast. If you're new to our community, Women Of Project Management is the only community created to support & amplify the voices of women & women of color in every specialty of the project management industry worldwide. We support women in every stage of their career, learn more at Women Of Project Management. Are You Prepared For Your PMP® Exam Day? Many of us to study for the exam, but the PMP® Exam day is a totally different scenario. Preparing for everything the PMP® Exam day holds is critical. This week, I’m highlighting Wausheen Mayes of The Mays Consulting Group and his on-demand course inside the Women Of Project Management Membership, ‘PMP® Exam Day: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. Wausheen teaches you what to expect on exam day and how to mentally prepare to make sure you pass the exam before it changes on 01/02/2021! About Wausheen. Wausheen Mayes is a (PMP) Project Management Professional from Dallas, Texas who is passionate about preparing professionals to pass the PMP Exam on their 1st try with his boutique style bootcamp offering both individuals and corporations special access to Exam Coaching & Training. Wausheen’s professional career has spanned Academia, Government Services, AND the Private Sector. PMP® Coaching Wausheen brings a wealth of technical knowledge into the project management environment; both from an operational and consulting perspective. As a PMP coach & trainer, he is passionate about providing tools and guidance to others who are pursuing their PMP certification. Wausheen believes that knowledge sharing is the best way to move the profession forward. Background. Wausheen is a proud member of the National Black MBA Association, the Project Management Institute, & the Scrum Alliance. We Discuss… – Who Is Wausheen Mayes? – Wausheen’s Project Management Journey – Being A Black Man In The Project Management Industry – Representation Matters In The Project Management Industry – What’s Your ‘Why’ For Wanting The PMP Certification – Exam Day: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly – PMP Exam Day: Tips & Tricks: Everything You Need To Know – PMP Exam Day: Be Mentally Prepared – PMP Exam Day: What’s Your Exam Day Game Plan – Get Your PMP Certification! – Connect With Wausheen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wopm/support

Join the full discussion inside the Women Of Project Management Membership. Listen to part of our conversation on the Women Of Project Management Podcast. If you're new to our community, Women Of Project Management is the only community created to support & amplify the voices of women & women of color in every specialty of the project management industry worldwide. We support women in every stage of their career, learn more at Women Of Project Management. This week I get the pleasure of featuring Ordonna Sargeant. Ordonna has a knack for cultivating new project managers and she has mentored & coached many women inside our membership. This week, I’m highlighting her on-demand course inside the Women Of Project Management Membership, ‘The Art Of Cultivating New Project Managers’. About Donna. Donna’s passion for technical project management has led to multiple successfully delivered projects. Donna has led software, infrastructure, and network projects ranging from SharePoint upgrades, disaster recovery, migration initiatives, and data governance for both the public and private sectors. Background. Ordonna's career in project management spans over 10 years supporting clients such as Credit Suisse, Viacom, NBCU, Goldman Sachs, Volkswagen, and General Motors. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Business Management from the illustrious HBCU, Hampton University. Donna earned her MPA degree in Public Administration and Affairs program at Metropolitan College of New York. She also completed a Business Analytics program with Wharton University. In addition to her passion for projects, she is also passionate about ensuring women like herself, do not let fear stop or hold them down from becoming who they desire to be. Certified! Donna understands the importance of continuous education and has multiple certifications as a PMP® (Project Management Professional), Certified Scrum Master, and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. She recently launched Ordonnasgt.com and @ABlackPMP to mentor/coach new aspiring Project managers. We Discuss… – Who Is Ordonna Sargeant? – What Does A Digital Program Manager Do? – What Is Digital Marketing? – SEO, Say What? – Creating Your Digital Imprint – How To Promote Yourself As A Professional Online – What Does Success Look Like For You – Donna’s Advice For New Project Managers – Donna On Being #ABlackPM – Connect With Donna Listen Up! Listen to part of our conversation at Women Of Project Management Podcast everywhere you listen to podcast. Join. Join the full discussion inside the Women Of Project Management Membership. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wopm/support

With over 15 years as a marketing and technology professional, Mallory Hank-Johnson's career is vast and diverse in terms of the roles and opportunities she has served. Within the casino marketing and technology industry, Mallory has worked with renowned companies such as IGT and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Mallory earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and has also earned and maintained her PMP® (Project Management Professional) global certification from the Project Management Institute. Mallory has leveraged her marketing and technology experiences to found and create her own business, Life by MJ, a blog that shares various aspects of her life as a mother, wife, career-professional and entrepreneur as well as her love for fashion, beauty and social media. She has continued to grow her social media business by partnering with world-class brands such as Walmart, Target, Coca-Cola, and Costco. To help others build a life on their own terms by leveraging the tools of social media, Mallory hosts a podcast, A Life by You, where she interviews social media professionals and provides insight into her own business. She is also a member and founder of The Orange Collab, a Las Vegas, NV-based social media community for brown and black women entrepreneurs, bloggers, and influencers. Personal Bio: https://lifebymj.com/about/ Join my tribe to receive exclusive offers and resources straight to your email. Connect with Jacent: At WamalaWellness.com On Instagram On Youtube SUBSCRIBE | The Jacent’s Gems Podcast On Anchor.fm On Apple Podcasts --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jacentsgems/support

Join the full discussion inside the Women Of Project Management Membership. Listen to part of our conversation on the Women Of Project Management Podcast. If you're new to our community, Women Of Project Management is the only community created to support & amplify the voices of women & women of color in every specialty of the project management industry worldwide. We support women in every stage of their career, learn more at Women Of Project Management. Yes, you can be fabulous & suffer from Imposter Syndrome at the same. damn. time! I’m living proof and so is our featured speaker of the week, Haja Tunkara speaking inside the Women Of Project Management Membership with her on-demand course, “Imposter Syndrome & Project Management”. Get ready for good vibes and practical ways to give yourself some grace in the workplace and know that you are deserving! About Haja. Haja's career as a project manager has evolved over the last 16 years. Having started at the ripe age of 24, Haja did not have the confidence (nor education) to thrive in this field - or so her #impostersyndrome told her. Haja did in fact thrive in this field moving into a senior level project manager role in well renowned companies including Progressive Insurance, Vitamix, Farmers Insurance, Dole Foods and PNC Bank. She has also supported the Cleveland GiveCamp annual initiative to provide IT services to Non-Profit organizations during a 72 hour weekend project culminating in the completion of databases, websites and other technical system implementations. Background. Haja obtained a Bachelors degree in Business Administration graduating with honors from Hiram College in Northeast Ohio. She later obtained her PMP (Project Management Professional) a globally recognized certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI). While achievements ran high, Haja still believed she had not earned her place. In an effort to manage her imposter syndrome, Haja became a certified positive psychology practitioner to not only manage her personal imposter thoughts but also to assist her clients and colleagues with managing theirs. Mindset Coaching & PM Training. Haja is working as a project management consultant while also managing her mindset coaching & project management training business for women. Through engagement and mindset practices she helps women address and conquer their #impostersyndrome so they may better serve their families and organizations. She helps women realize they are Deserving! We Discuss… – Who is Haja Tunkara? – Haja’s Project Management Journey – What Was Your 1st Experience In The Project Management Industry? – Imposter Syndrome & How To Find Your Good Vibes! – Are You Getting In Your Own Way? – An Honest Discussion On Being A Black Woman In Project Management – Practical Ways To Navigate Your Career – Haja’s Best Professional Advice For You – Haja’s Definition Of Success In This Industry – Connect With Haja Listen Up! Listen to part of our conversation at Women Of Project Management Podcast everywhere you listen to podcast. Join. Join the full discussion inside the Women Of Project Management Membership. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wopm/support

Join the full discussion inside the Women Of Project Management Membership. Listen to part of our conversation on the Women Of Project Management Podcast. If you're new to our community, Women Of Project Management is the only community created to support & amplify the voices of women & women of color in every specialty of the project management industry worldwide. We support women in every stage of their career, learn more at Women Of Project Management. Another Week. Another Stream Of Income! Every week we feature a brilliant woman or woman of color in the project management industry. This week, we're featuring Mallory (MJ) Hank-Johnson. Mallory is teaching our audience inside the Women Of Project Management Membership how to utilize your project management skills & certification(s) beyond your 9 to 5 to create multiple streams of income. About Mallory. With over 15 years as a marketing and technology professional, Mallory Hank-Johnson's career is vast and diverse in terms of the roles and opportunities she has served. Within the casino marketing & technology industry, Mallory has worked with renowned companies such as IGT and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Mallory earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and has also earned & maintained her PMP® (Project Management Professional) global certification from the Project Management Institute. Boss Project Manager. Mallory has leveraged her marketing and technology experiences to found and create her own business, Life by MJ, a blog that shares various aspects of her life as a mother, a wife, career-professional and entrepreneur as well as her love for fashion, beauty and social media. She has continued to grow her social media business by partnering with world-class brands such as Walmart, Target, Coca-Cola, and Costco. To help others build a life on their own terms by leveraging the tools of social media. Mallory is also an Amazing Podcast Host of A Life by You --where she interviews social media professionals and provides insight into her own business. Mallory is also a Member & Founder of The Orange Collab, a Las Vegas, NV-based social media community for brown & black women entrepreneurs, bloggers, & influencers. We Discuss… – Who is Mallory Hank-Johnson? – Who is MJ? – Mallory’s Project Management Journey – How many times does it take to pass the PMP®? – A Day in the life of a Casino Project Manager – Project Manager by day & Entrepreneur by night – How do you start the process of promoting yourself & your skills on social media? – How to make money on social media with your project management skills? – How to create the best business model for our business? – Are you giving yourself grace while you are building your empire? – Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it – How do you pitch to big brands and get paid? – Connect with Mallory Hank-Johnson Join Today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wopm/support

O 19º convidado do Black Talk é o Mestre e Doutorando em Administração pela Universidade de Brasília Igor Guevara. O acadêmico é professor Adjunto no Centro Universitário de Brasília (UniCEUB) e Membro do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Centro Universitário de Brasília (CEP/UniCEUB). É, ainda, consultor empresarial nos segmentos de gestão de pessoas, estratégia, projetos e processos, além de PMP (Project Management Professional).

Podcast - Como estudar Gerenciamento de Projetos com Camila Carvalho Bacharel em Administração de Empresas, MBA em Finanças e Controladoria e certificada PMP (Project Management Professional) pelo Project Management Institute. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pmi-pernambuco-brazil/message

Today's featured guest is Rick A. Morris, a Human Behaviour Consultant, PMP (Project Management Professional), best-selling author and public speaker. Rick opens up to us today about life, personal and professional losses and gains, being a father, mastering the ego, self-growth + much much more! Today's episode has a lot of gems in it folks, so be ready to take some notes! if there is something specific that you heard on today's episode that sparked a thought, a feeling inside, or if there's something in our conversation with Rick that may have resonated with you, shoot us an email (whohowclub@gmail.com) or DM us (@whohowclub) and let's keep the conversation going.... You can also touch base and get to know Rick at the links below! Rick A. Morris: https://www.rickamorris.com/home-page Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickamorris Enjoy!

Alberto è nato nel 1985, a 14 anni inizia a fare volontariato. L'esperienza è formativa ed entusiasmante, tanto da decidere di approfondire: si iscrive alla facoltà di Scienze Politiche a Torino e continua con il Master in Fundraising a Forlì. Dopo un internship in un'università canadese, torna in Italia e lavora nella raccolti fondi per le università (Johns Hopkins e Bocconi). Poi un'esperienza nel crowdfunding e peer to peer (presso Rete del Dono), un paio di anni nella consulenza per il profit (Aubay) e poi iRaiser. Negli ultimi anni ha approfondito il project management con una certificazione PMP® (Project Management Professional) e una PSM I (Professional Scrum Master). Pensa che il digitale e la tecnologia siano strumenti per migliorare le relazioni umane, ed è per questo che gli piace aiutare le ONP ad utilizzarle al meglio.

Desi Maes As an Army Special Forces Green Beret, Army Ranger, Expert Infantryman and Demolitions Expert, Desi Maes served his country with distinction for over 20 years. As an entrepreneur, he has helped build two successful businesses following his tenure with two Fortune 500 companies.  Born in Ely, Nevada, Desi moved with his family to Colorado and was raised in Grants, New Mexico before settling in Midland, Texas, at the age of 13. His life was profoundly impacted by his experiences in the construction business during the oil field boom, where he worked for his father and lived in an RV on the job site, walking to school each day.  At 16, Desi helped his mom, Elizabeth, run the household and care for his 3 younger siblings after his parents split up. He worked many jobs, to include a cooking at numerous restaurants, doing dry wall work at apartment complexes, and also working for a local mortuary.  At the age of 19, Desi enlisted in the U.S. Army. He applied for the U.S. Army Special Forces and was one of a few dozen soldiers out of nearly 1,000 to successfully be selected to attend the Green Beret School. As a member of the 10th Special Forces Group, Desi trained police SWAT teams in numerous tactics. His unit was deployed to the Middle East during the first Gulf War and Provide Comfort. While in the Special Forces, Desi earned an associate degree and successfully completed Officer Candidate School, earning a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He would subsequently earn a bachelor’s degree and then a Masters of Business (MBA).  During his 201⁄2 years in the military, Desi served in numerous military units and functions to include but not limited to Special Forces, Infantry Platoon Leader, Light Infantry Commander, Assistant Professor of Military Science, and numerous other Operational functions. He rose to the rank of Major, and received several commendations, including two Meritorious Service Awards, five Army Accommodation Awards, three Army Achievement Medals, two National Defense Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Medal. He also earned a Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, Expert Infantry Badge, Airborne Badge, Pathfinder Badge, and the Overseas Ribbon.  Desi traveled extensively both domestically and abroad, moving 16 times in his military career. Desi is trained in three foreign languages, including Polish, German and Spanish.  Committed to giving back to others and sharing his experiences, Desi would go on to teach business, marketing and human resources management courses as an adjunct professor at Park University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University freshman courses).  Following his retirement from the United States Military in 2005, Desi settled in Texas and served as Director of Business Operations for Austin-based Dell, Inc., responsible for numerous cross-functional business operations across North America, Asia, Canada, and Latin America. He later served as Senior Vice President for Brinks, responsible for North American customer operations.  In 2013, Desi became part owner of the Harmony Products Group, while also starting PJEN LLC and (DBA Irving Renovation and Construction). As owner of PJEN, he does high-end home renovations and construction, including rebuilding devastated homes due to fires, custom pools, fireplaces and outdoor living structures. A Six Sigma Green Belt and PMP (Project Management Professional), Desi also consults for numerous companies in the areas of change management, process optimization and call center improvement.  A disabled veteran, Desi also volunteers his time and his company’s services to remodel homes for other disabled veterans and donate dozens of turkeys and gift cards over the holidays for veterans and local store employees. He is the proud father of four children and has been with his wife, Paula Anderson, since 2004. The couple lives in the heart of North Texas in Irving, where Desi serves on the neighborhood homeowner’s association board. Website: http://www.desiforcongress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/desiforcongress Twitter: @desiforcongress Instagram: @desiforcongress

“Project management is my favorite process, project managers are my favorite people, and there is not much I'd rather do than talk with project managers about project management!” Margo Love Table of Contents 01:26 … Meet Margo 04:31 … The One Process Margo has Not Performed 06:45 … The Customer on Internal and External Projects 09:32 … Margo's Pick from the PMBOK Guide's 33 Project Documents 13:33 … Requirements Traceability Matrix 16:43 … RACI Chart 21:19 … Work Breakdown Structure 25:08 … A Project Charter 29:47 … Rolling Wave Planning 33:52 … Lessons Learned 38:10 … Final Words of Wisdom 40:52 … Closing MARGO LOVE: The other thing is get training.  I can't say enough how important I think it is for people who are managing projects to recognize that this is a professional undertaking.  And you would not ask a dentist to go into the dentist's office and just look in your mouth and figure out what to do.  I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out.  You're smart.  You know, you brush your teeth, so go help.  But we ask our project managers to do that all the time. You know, you're a great programmer, you're great with people.  They'll say, “Oh, you're great with people.  We need you to manage this project.”  Well, fine, but being great with people doesn't mean that you know how to manage a project.  And I think training is invaluable in that regard. NICK WALKER:  Welcome to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers.  We're setting aside this time to talk about what's important to you as a professional project manager.  Our guests include some of the best in the field, those who live and breathe project management and want to share their passion. I'm your host, Nick Walker, alongside resident expert Bill Yates.  And Bill, this time around we're talking with someone who really does epitomize that passion. BILL YATES:  Yeah.  Margo is a delight.  She is a wonderful trainer.  She was born for facilitation and training, and so it comes from her heart and passion for project management and for people. Meet Margo NICK WALKER:  Well, let's learn a little bit more about her.  Margo Love became a fellow of the Life Management Institute in 1987, achieved her PMP (Project Management Professional) certification in 2000, and earned her Six Sigma Black Belt in 2001, making her a certified project management and process improvement nerd.  She also has over 30 years' experience managing projects and project managers in information technology for the life insurance and utility industries.  So Margo is Skyping us from a very rainy Greenville, South Carolina today.  Margo, welcome to Manage This. MARGO LOVE:  Thank you.  I am delighted to be here. NICK WALKER:  I love this quotation from you.  You say “Project management is my favorite process.  Project managers are my favorite people.  And there is not much I'd rather do than talk with project managers about project management.”  So can you tell us a little bit about your experience and how it's brought about that kind of affection for the profession and the people in it? MARGO LOVE:  I'd be glad to.  And in fact, it's funny to hear you say – to read my words because, when I managed my first project, I hated it and I was terrible at it.  My background is in programming, software programming.  And I had been a programmer for about two years, I guess, when my company asked me to manage a project. I was so impressed with myself, and told my mother I was managing a project, and I had no clue what I was doin, I was terrible at it, I hated it.  Everybody hated me.  And so I was done with that for the rest of my life. And about 10 years later, maybe 15, our company went through a traumatic project.  Then coming out of that, the new CIO asked me if I would head up a project management organization, which was just hilarious.  And I said, “You don't understand that I don't do that.”  But he talked me into it.  He said,

本單元將針對PM（產品經理）在工作上（新手入行、職涯、薪資、求職、面試…）會碰到的問題，由PM大叔為您解惑。 有網友問到：台灣有哪些公司比較重視"產品經理"？或是比較有發展前景？ 這個問題對大叔來說是個死穴！怎麼說呢？ 從過去大叔在企業內訓及公開課程的教學經驗中，發現到很多公司其實是搞不清楚"產品經理"的職務的，更不用談"重視"兩字，這也就是為何大叔有感而發寫了一篇文章《台灣為何不需要產品經理？》… 針對網友這個問題，大叔這邊來跟大家做以下三點回覆： 大型企業：自有品牌比較有機會重視"產品經理"這個角色，代工產業比較沒機會真正接觸到"做產品"這件事，有沒有發展前景，就要看你從哪個角度來看了。 新創公司：比較有機會重視"產品經理"這個角色，因為做產品和創業有一個共同點就是「從零到一」或是「無中生有」的過程。當然，風險也是有的，有沒有前景這件事也都需要去評估。 外商企業：應該是最重視"產品經理"這個角色，不僅有完整的制度流程，之後的發展前景也比較有機會（如：輪調到不同區域或國家），不過前提是"英文"必須練好。另外，中國大陸的"產品經理"也是一個選項，雖然不一定很完善，但肯定比台灣「尊重」"產品經理"這個職務，因為，在台灣你只要問到"PM"是什麼的縮寫字，大概九成以上的人會回答是"專案經理"或是"專案管理"，甚至於是"PMP"（Project Management Professional）。 總結來說，針對這個問題，大叔會建議大家－"盡量向外看"，多比較分析、眼光放遠一點，自然機會就變多了。 以上是針對這位網友所提出來問題的回覆，如果你有其他的想法的話，歡迎留言跟大叔來討論一下，最後，不要忘記了，記得訂閱我們的頻道，按一下小鈴鐺，你就隨時可以收到新的音訊，好，今天的回覆就到這個地方，謝謝大家！ 如何提問呢？您可以透過以下方式提出您的問題： 1.加入 Line@pmtone 官方帳號或 Wechat @garyhsia 2.私訊或留言給大叔FB帳號 @gary.hsia 3.Email to service@pmtone.com 郵件標題：【PM大小事 大叔給你問】 PM Tone 產品通 社群連結 官方網站：https://www.pmtone.com/ 粉絲專頁：https://www.facebook.com/pmtone365/ 臉書社團：https://www.facebook.com/groups/pm365/ Line帳號：@pmtone 官方信箱：service@pmtone.com #PMTone #產品通 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-hsia/message

本單元將針對PM（產品經理）在工作上（新手入行、職涯、薪資、求職、面試…）會碰到的問題，由PM大叔為您解惑。 有網友問到：台灣有哪些公司比較重視"產品經理"？或是比較有發展前景？ 這個問題對大叔來說是個死穴！怎麼說呢？ 從過去大叔在企業內訓及公開課程的教學經驗中，發現到很多公司其實是搞不清楚"產品經理"的職務的，更不用談"重視"兩字，這也就是為何大叔有感而發寫了一篇文章《台灣為何不需要產品經理？》… 針對網友這個問題，大叔這邊來跟大家做以下三點回覆： 大型企業：自有品牌比較有機會重視"產品經理"這個角色，代工產業比較沒機會真正接觸到"做產品"這件事，有沒有發展前景，就要看你從哪個角度來看了。 新創公司：比較有機會重視"產品經理"這個角色，因為做產品和創業有一個共同點就是「從零到一」或是「無中生有」的過程。當然，風險也是有的，有沒有前景這件事也都需要去評估。 外商企業：應該是最重視"產品經理"這個角色，不僅有完整的制度流程，之後的發展前景也比較有機會（如：輪調到不同區域或國家），不過前提是"英文"必須練好。另外，中國大陸的"產品經理"也是一個選項，雖然不一定很完善，但肯定比台灣「尊重」"產品經理"這個職務，因為，在台灣你只要問到"PM"是什麼的縮寫字，大概九成以上的人會回答是"專案經理"或是"專案管理"，甚至於是"PMP"（Project Management Professional）。 總結來說，針對這個問題，大叔會建議大家－"盡量向外看"，多比較分析、眼光放遠一點，自然機會就變多了。 以上是針對這位網友所提出來問題的回覆，如果你有其他的想法的話，歡迎留言跟大叔來討論一下，最後，不要忘記了，記得訂閱我們的頻道，按一下小鈴鐺，你就隨時可以收到新的音訊，好，今天的回覆就到這個地方，謝謝大家！ 如何提問呢？您可以透過以下方式提出您的問題： 1.加入 Line@pmtone 官方帳號或 Wechat @garyhsia 2.私訊或留言給大叔FB帳號 @gary.hsia 3.Email to service@pmtone.com 郵件標題：【PM大小事 大叔給你問】 PM Tone 產品通 社群連結 官方網站：https://www.pmtone.com/ 粉絲專頁：https://www.facebook.com/pmtone365/ 臉書社團：https://www.facebook.com/groups/pm365/ Line帳號：@pmtone 官方信箱：service@pmtone.com #PMTone #產品通 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-hsia/message

Get ready to grab the last wallet you'll want to own going into 2020! Enjoy my conversation with Ruben here and share lavishly. For more resources: https://youtu.be/AsTcCNkxH-8 https://youtu.be/ToPHUKqaLwc https://youtu.be/oDI2I-fxe6Q =============================================================== Ruben Merre is a serial entrepreneur who launched his first small business when he was eight years old. Prior to NGRAVE, Ruben worked for a startup in strategy and management consulting, playing an integral role in scaling the company internationally. Fluent in six languages, Ruben could really make the difference by leading projects in the local tongue. Apart from collecting multiple postgraduate degrees in parallel with his professional life, Ruben played a crucial part in launching the first automated portfolio investment platform in Belgium. Ruben not only led the project, he also unraveled the algorithm black box by rebuilding the full mathematical logic from scratch, ultimately proposing important quantitative readjustments of the implemented models. After scaling the platform to other countries, this combination of a strategic, visionary helicopter view and an experienced project management eye for detail made Ruben the obvious choice to lead a large international financial institution's entrepreneurial endeavor to set up a group-wide algorithmic trading / investment platform from scratch. Ruben led all twenty sub-projects for about two years, then decided to shift his focus completely to blockchain and, ultimately, NGRAVE. >>>Ruben has a M.Sc. in Business Engineering (MBE), several postgraduate degrees, and is a certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt. Ruben also successfully completed Oxford University's Blockchain Strategy Program.$10M a day). Needless to say, if you have cryptocurrencies you are at risk. => The root cause lies with the private key. This is the access key to any blockchain wallet. Every crypto hack to this date involves stealing the private key. At NGRAVE, we call this phenomenon the Private Key Paradox. If you don't know my private key, you cannot computationally break it with any existing computing power. But if you just watch over my shoulder, it's game over. The private key is the strength, but also the Achilles heel of the system. => NGRAVE is the first end-to-end solution in the world. It generates your private keys offline and never exposes them afterwards, ever. We effectively solve the private key problem by offering a full A - Z solution: 1. The ZERO: A 100% Offline Hardware Wallet, completely air-gapped from any connection whatsoever. 2. The GRAPHENE: A 100% Offline Everlasting Private Key Backup, just in case you lose your ZERO. 3. The LIQUID: Our mobile app for the last mile connection to the blockchain. Only public information. This is the most ingenious security solution you'll encounter. And as it happens, also incredibly fast, intuitive, and well...easy to use. The future is blockchain. We might as well make it incredibly secure. And easy. Visit https://www.ngrave.io and subscribe to get Early Adopter VIP status. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/WYFT/support

本單元將針對PM（產品經理）在工作上（新手入行、職涯、薪資、求職、面試…）會碰到的問題，由PM大叔為您解惑。 有網友問到：產品經理有國際證照嗎？是否有機會拿此證照至國外工作？ 針對這個問題，大叔這邊來跟大家做一個回覆： 1. 一般來說，PM的國際證照，大家耳熟能詳的應該都是PMP（Project Management Professional），事實上針對產品經理這個職務也是有國際證照的，這張證照是由PDMA（Product Development and Management Association，美國新產品開發管理協會）所頒發的NPDP（New Product Development Professional）產經經理國際認證，內容涵蓋七大知識體（Body of Knowledge）﹦簡單來說是一套 idea-product-launch 完整的產品開發流程。更多關於NPDP訊息請參考：https://bit.ly/3713YQG 2. 台灣一直以來都有所謂的「證照無用論」，建議大家多向外地發展，應該就可以驗證NPDP這張證照的價值。 如何提問呢？您可以透過以下方式提出您的問題： 1.加入 Line@pmtone 官方帳號 或 Wechat @garyhsia 2.私訊或留言給大叔FB帳號 @gary.hsia 3.Email to service@pmtone.com 郵件標題：【PM大小事 大叔給你問】 PM Tone 產品通 社群連結 官方網站：https://www.pmtone.com/ 粉絲專頁：https://www.facebook.com/pmtone365/ 臉書社團：https://www.facebook.com/groups/pm365/ Line帳號：@pmtone 官方信箱：service@pmtone.com #PMTone #產品通 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-hsia/message

本單元將針對PM（產品經理）在工作上（新手入行、職涯、薪資、求職、面試…）會碰到的問題，由PM大叔為您解惑。 有網友問到：產品經理有國際證照嗎？是否有機會拿此證照至國外工作？ 針對這個問題，大叔這邊來跟大家做一個回覆： 1. 一般來說，PM的國際證照，大家耳熟能詳的應該都是PMP（Project Management Professional），事實上針對產品經理這個職務也是有國際證照的，這張證照是由PDMA（Product Development and Management Association，美國新產品開發管理協會）所頒發的NPDP（New Product Development Professional）產經經理國際認證，內容涵蓋七大知識體（Body of Knowledge）﹦簡單來說是一套 idea-product-launch 完整的產品開發流程。更多關於NPDP訊息請參考：https://bit.ly/3713YQG 2. 台灣一直以來都有所謂的「證照無用論」，建議大家多向外地發展，應該就可以驗證NPDP這張證照的價值。 如何提問呢？您可以透過以下方式提出您的問題： 1.加入 Line@pmtone 官方帳號 或 Wechat @garyhsia 2.私訊或留言給大叔FB帳號 @gary.hsia 3.Email to service@pmtone.com 郵件標題：【PM大小事 大叔給你問】 PM Tone 產品通 社群連結 官方網站：https://www.pmtone.com/ 粉絲專頁：https://www.facebook.com/pmtone365/ 臉書社團：https://www.facebook.com/groups/pm365/ Line帳號：@pmtone 官方信箱：service@pmtone.com #PMTone #產品通 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gary-hsia/message

In this episode, Marc gives Susan Joyce the stage as she presents her webinar called “Personal SEO: Being Found and Protecting Your Privacy.” This is a recording of the webinar Susan gave to the Career Pivot Online Membership Community, with important links included. Listen in for expert advice on managing your online presence in social media, getting the most visibility from your LinkedIn profile, standardizing your professional name across all media and print pieces, and targeting the job and company you want.   Key Takeaways: [1:17] Marc welcomes you to Episode 132 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. Career Pivot brings this podcast to you; CareerPivot.com is one of the very few websites dedicated to those of us in the second half of life and our careers. Check out the blog and the other resources delivered to you, free of charge. [1:47] If you are enjoying this podcast, please share it with other like-minded souls. Subscribe on CareerPivot.com, iTunes, or any of the other apps that supply podcasts. Share it on social media or just tell your neighbors, and colleagues. The more people Marc reaches, the more people he can help. [2:07] Marc has released three chapters of the next edition of Repurpose Your Career to the Repurpose Your Career review team. If you would like to be part of the review team, please sign up at CareerPivot.com/RYCTeam. [2:23] You will receive new chapters as they become available. Marc is looking for honest feedback and would love to get an honest review on Amazon.com after the book is released. [2:34] Marc’s plan is to release the book in mid-to-late-September and do both a virtual and a real book tour. He will be in Austin, the NYC Area, and D.C. during the months of September and October. Marc would love to meet his readers and listeners. [2:51] Reach out to Marc at Podcasts@CareerPivot.com if you’d be willing to give him some advice on venues or groups who would be interested in hosting an event. [3:01] Next week, Marc will release the next chapter of Repurpose Your Career, which will be called “Building on Weak Ties.” [3:09] This week, Marc replay a webinar that Susan Joyce of Job-hunt.org fame gave to the Career Pivot Membership Community called “Personal SEO: Being Found and Protecting Your Privacy.” This should give you a good sampling of the quality material available in the Career Pivot Community. Listen to the end to hear how to join. [3:36] Please see the slides for this webinar at CareerPivot.com/personal-seo or see the show notes and find links at CareerPivot.com/episode-132. [4:06] Marc welcomes everyone to the Community webinar call with Susan Joyce of Job-Hunt.org. The webinar is called “Personal SEO: Being Found and Protecting Privacy.” [4:42] Susan introduces herself and begins. Job-hunt.org is her website and the hyphen is necessary to get to her site.[5:00] Susan says it is hard to be purely private, but there are things to do to protect your privacy while still making sure you are found by prospective employers and clients. [5:42] If you are currently employed, keep a low profile while looking for a job online. Susan calls it a stealth job search. You want to avoid a very uncomfortable discussion with your manager. [6:12] Susan is a veteran and learned in the military to know the enemy. To think of it from a marketing perspective, know your customer. Employers are very worried about the cost of a bad hire. That slows the process. A bad hire costs the employer more than double the salary of the employee, assuming the employee didn’t do any damage. [7:06] Recruiters are measured on time-to-hire. Job postings don’t work anymore. Less than 25% of applicants to a posting are qualified. Recruiters will systematically ignore candidates who apply multiple times to jobs for which they are not qualified. [8:28] Recruiters are also measured on the quality of the hire. The look for the best candidates and hope they will become the best employees. [8:39] The safest way to hire is through the employee referral program. Most of the Fortune 500 companies have employee referral programs and so do many smaller companies. Each employer has their own set of rules for the program. [9:17] Employers research candidates. They search Google and LinkedIn, looking for qualified candidates. When they have an applicant or a candidate, they research the facts on the application or resume. Employers assume the facts on your LinkedIn profile are correct because anyone can see your profile. [10:19] Susan gives a typical example of an employer starting a search for a candidate on LinkedIn. They will start with the job title and city. Make sure your job title and city are in your description. No one will search for “Experienced medical professional.” They will search for “Pediatrician.” Having the right keywords (search terms) is very important. [11:18] Once an employer has researched a candidate, they may contact the candidate. If they don’t pay for LinkedIn’s recruiter service, they may try InMail or email, but they really want a phone number so they can call right away and find out immediately if you’re interested. [12:17] Of course, contact information in public is not a good thing. Fortunately, Google has provided a solution, Google Voice, which is free in the U.S. and Canada. You set up the number, pick the area code you want, and you have a choice of a few numbers. You can forward it to as many as six phones. It will also take a voicemail and email it to you. [13:29] Google Voice allows you to put a phone number out there without putting your real phone number out there. Marc notes that Google just added it to their Enterprise package. Susan highly recommends it. She uses it for her business. [14:45] With your relatively private contact information in place, you can start working on your online reputation management or personal Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Author Dick Bolles once told Susan that Google is the new resume. Whatever is out there associated with your name is part of your Google resume. [15:24] According to a CareerBuilder’s survey from August 2018, 47% of employers are unlikely to interview a job candidate if they cannot find the candidate online. Don’t try to be invisible online! The smartest approach is to manage the online visibility you have and emphasize the things you want to emphasize. [16:11] Employers want to confirm the facts on your resume. They also want to observe how you communicate, your knowledge, your skills, and your attitude. They can learn quite a bit through social media and other public visibility you have. They search to contact you. They may be searching for you or someone else like you who is qualified. [17:04] Your most important keywords are your name. If your resume says William J. Jones and your LinkedIn profile says Bill Jones, that’s not a match. Susan is Susan P. Joyce, to differentiate herself from other Susan Joyces. Be consistent in using your name the same way on your LinkedIn profile and all your profiles and stationery. [18:33] On your resume and any applications you submit, include the URL for your LinkedIn profile. The vast majority of hiring managers will want to see your LinkedIn profile. [19:01] If you have a cranky side, don’t put it online. Don’t rant about sports, politics, religion, or anything else you want to rant about under your professional name. If you must rant, use a different name than the name you use for your professional visibility. [19:30] Susan shares a homework assignment: Defensive Googling. Search your name inside quotation marks and see what you find. You need to be near the top of the Google results. Watch out for anyone else with the same name. Susan tells of a man who had the same name as a deceased porn star. Add your middle name, if needed. [21:07] Susan recommends doing this on a regular basis as people with similar names may end up in the news for breaking the law. [21:21] You want to consistently use that professional version of your name. You want to maintain a positive presence for that name. The best information to go with that name is a job title. Like your name, your target job title and your current job title are very important keywords. [21:53] You control what LinkedIn tells the world about you. Recruiters depend on LinkedIn. The LinkedIn Recruiting Service is more than 50% of LinkedIn’s income. Google trusts LinkedIn. Usually, your LinkedIn profile is on the first page of Google results. This may not be true for a relatively famous person if they have LinkedIn. [23:00] Marc reads a question from Matt, who wants to use his nickname on LinkedIn to appear more approachable. Susan answers to use the best version of your name and use the same version of your name everywhere. LinkedIn has a nickname field. [24:10] Matt also asks how different should alternate names be on non-career social media, such as Facebook? Susan says Facebook is a problem because close to 54% of recruiters will check what you put on Facebook. Susan suggests making sensitive topics private on your Facebook page.[24:43] For non-professional visibility, maybe use your first two initials, a nickname, or something that is different enough from your professional name so nobody would connect the two easily. [25:16] Susan shares a scenario: A recruiter has 10 qualified candidates but can only interview three of them. None were recommended. Three have good, complete LinkedIn profiles. Three have scanty LinkedIn profiles. Three only have Facebook visibility. (Susan recommends adding your resume to Facebook.) One has no online visibility. [26:13] You would interview the three with the complete LinkedIn profiles because you would have a better idea that they are qualified for the job. The others could be as qualified but they haven’t made it clear. So, you go with the safe choice, the ones with the good LinkedIn profiles. [26:39] Marc reads a question from Brian: I’ve never had a Facebook account; is that suspect in today’s culture? To a certain degree, Susan thinks that’s smart. If you are an attorney, recruiters would be glad you don’t have a Facebook account. If you are a social media specialist, they would want would be disappointed you didn’t have one. [27:13] To a degree, it depends. Susan barely has Facebook, and she has it because she has to for her family. Brian replies that he is an attorney. Susan agrees it’s not a bad idea for him to avoid Facebook. Susan’s husband, an attorney, does not have a Facebook account. [28:15] Susan gives advice on finding your keywords. Don’t use generic words. “Experienced marketing professional” is not good. Skip words like “professional” unless your field is professional development. Keywords are specific. They are the job titles employers will search for to fill that job, or they are requirements for that job. [29:03] If something has a standard well-known abbreviation, like PMP (Project Management Professional), or CPA, you don’t have to type out the whole term, but it is a good idea to use both the full term and the abbreviation. Susan shares examples of unhelpful keywords she pulled from actual profiles. You have to be specific. [31:05] Susan breaks it down into three parts. The first part is the most difficult.[31:11] Part 1) You have to have a target job. Being flexible; avoiding being pigeonholed — these instincts don’t work. A target job gives you keywords. Have target employers so you know what they call the job. Susan shares a case study. Use your current title, a slash, and your target title. Use all the keywords. [33:12] Have a professional online presence. LinkedIn covers it, but professional associations have directories where you can be listed. Look around and see what’s relevant to your target job or employers. [33:56] Susan recommends having at least 20 target employers and possibly more. The idea is to know who you want to work for. It makes it easier to learn about them and network into them. You may know people there, or make connections there. It is essential for a successful job search. [34:41] Marc adds that having a target employer lets you see the exact title of the job you are targeting at that employer. Marc gives a client example. [35:14] Marc reads another question: What if you already have an established Facebook account? My creative life is very different from my business life, and Facebook only allows one account per person. Susan says recruiters want to see what you’ve done on Facebook, but it’s OK if you don’t have a Facebook account. [36:36] If you have a Facebook account that’s in sync with what you want to do professionally, that’s helpful. If you post “crazy things” on Facebook, it can hurt you. Be very careful with Facebook and if you want to use that for a different side of your life, then use a different version of your name there that is not your professional name. [37:12] Most social media platforms do not want you to have multiple profiles. [37:24] Part 2) You have to use the keywords recruiters use. Look at the job descriptions the target employer uses; what are the job titles? Look at the locations. If you want to relocate to a different state or city, use that as your official location. Use a Google Voice number with the area code for that location. [38:15] Recruiters are interested in skills and experience. The LinkedIn recruiter’s service offers skills as one of the top sorting filters. It finds the skills in the Skills and Endorsement section. [38:41] Education, certifications, and licenses are all important. Depending on the field, past employers can be very important, especially if it was a major company.[39:00] Use the keywords carefully, with perfect spelling. Susan gives examples of unfortunate spelling that would not be caught by spell check. You could make an actual wrong word by misspelling the word you intended. Use the best grammar you can. It helps to print the pages and read them a few hours later to catch errors. [39:57] Use current terminology. If your MBA is in MIS, no one will look for you. Use the title IT. That’s the current term. Do searches on your skills and certifications and look at what people are calling those jobs. Don’t write Sr. if you mean Senior unless that’s how the title is written of the job you are targeting. [41:22] Why be on LinkedIn? Invisibility doesn’t guarantee privacy. It makes you look out-of-date. Recruiters who can’t find you will assume you have changed your name or are hiding something. Or they may find someone else with your name. [42:19] Information aggregator sites take your information from Facebook, especially your birthdate. You may be better served to provide a completely different date for your Facebook account. When you search for your name, if there is not a lot of information about you online, you will see the aggregator listings. [44:39] Marc reads a question from Matt. Whitepages shows my age, and that is a concern because of ageism for people 45-plus. Susan says that’s why you want a good LinkedIn profile, and Twitter, and Slideshare; make yourself visible so you push the aggregators off of the first page. Most people don’t look to the second page of a search. [45:32] Write a Kindle book and publish it on Amazon. That will push things down, too. [45:55] 94% of recruiters use LinkedIn as their number one search engine. LinkedIn gives you a lot of space, compared to a resume. Use it all. It is your marketing portfolio. [46:21] The LinkedIn professional headline follows your name throughout LinkedIn. You want to have a really good sales pitch full of keywords there. Susan shows some usage examples full of terminology an employer would use. [47:06] Marc shares a LinkedIn hack published by Andy Foote. If you enter your profile on a mobile device, LinkedIn will allow 200 characters in the headline. Susan says she doesn’t think many people use that many. 120 is plenty long, but put what is appropriate for you. [48:11] LinkedIn has an introduction card with the name, headline, location, and “See contact information.” If you’re a Premium member, more contact information shows up, but you can add it to the About area. It used to be called Summary. [49:02] The first 50 or 60 words are the most visible. Write it in the first person. Use all 2,000 characters available. [49:10] In the Experience section, if you’re over 40, don’t include 30 years of experience. 15 or 20 years is enough. If you have a noteworthy accomplishment from earlier, mention it in the About section, instead of in the Experience section. [50:02] Most Contact Info sections on LinkedIn profiles only include the LinkedIn URL. You can add contact information here and also in the About section. [50:10] Susan shows an outstanding example of an About section, broken into sections by job, including work the person did as a volunteer. He used a great number of keywords. [50:42] Susan shows a description of a job that started more than 10 years ago, including key responsibilities and accomplishments. Use bulleted lists, and separate things into topics. Don’t make a wall of words. Break it up. You have to copy and paste in the bullets. Susan has a page of them on Job-Hunt.org she calls LinkedIn candy. [53:04] Put lots of keywords in your Profile section. Put projects in the Projects section of the Profile section. There is a Certifications section. These are keywords in themselves. [53:51] If you speak more than one language, you can legally have a LinkedIn profile in each language. This demonstrates that you are multilingual. Of course, you have to keep each of them updated. [54:39] Useful links: “Eye * Candy * Adds Interest to Your LinkedIn Profile”, “Build Your Personal SEO: The 25 Best Keywords for You in Your Job Search”, “10 Steps to Outrank Your Competitors in LinkedIn Search (Personal LinkedIn SEO)”, “How Top ATS Systems Analyze Your Resume”, “7 Ways to Protect Your Privacy While Job Hunting”. [54:57] Marc hopes you enjoyed this episode. Show notes with links are found at CareerPivot.com/episode-132. This should give you an idea of the quality material they are developing within the CareerPivot.com Membership Community. [55:20] The Career Pivot Membership Community website has become a valuable resource for approximately 50 members who are participating in the Beta phase of this project. Marc is recruiting new members for the next cohort. [55:31] If you are interested in the endeavor and would like to be put on the waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. When you sign up you’ll receive information about the community as it evolves. [55:47] Those who are in these initial cohorts set the direction. This is a paid membership community with group coaching and special content. More importantly, it’s a community where you can seek help. Please go to CareerPivot.com/Community to learn more. They are starting a group for bloggers, writers, authors, and publishers.[56:21] Marc invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn.com/in/mrmiller. Just include in the connection request that you listen to Marc on this podcast. You can look for Career Pivot on Facebook, LinkedIn, or @CareerPivot on Twitter. 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Dans cet épisode, inspirez-vous de l'expérience de Pascale Dufresne pour développer votre résilience. Pascale est une exécutive et leader d’influence. Elle œuvre dans le domaine du développement de la personne et des compétences humaines des leaders. Elle intervient en tant que coach en leadership humaniste, conférencière et facilitatrice afin de contribuer à la création de cultures d’entreprise basées sur le sens, la confiance, la conscience, et ce, vers une performance durable. Elle accompagne notamment des leaders dans un parcours de trois ans en leadership authentique et humaniste. Pascale croit à la nécessité de se réinventer afin de réinventer nos organisations. C’est pourquoi elle poursuit avec authenticité et cohérence cette mission : aider les leaders à connecter avec qui ils sont et ce qu’ils ont à offrir afin qu’ensemble nous travaillions à faire de nos organisations des lieux humains, inspirants et conscients. Pascale est membre de l’ICF (International Coaching Federation). Elle est certifiée PMP (Project Management Professional) du Project Management Institute. Elle fait partie des 5 premiers coachs certifiés Process Communication® au Québec. Elle est formée en PNL et CNV (Communication non-violente de Marshall Rosenberg). Elle est praticienne certifiée du Leadership Circle (LPC), outil 360 et puissant modèle pour améliorer le développement et l’efficacité du leadership. Petit plus : Pascale traite de sujets touchant le leadership et le bonheur au travail en tant que chroniqueuse à la radio. Elle est aussi auteure. Elle a publié en 2016 « Entre la tête et le cœur. Voyage intérieur pour se découvrir et s’accepter. ». Parmi tous les auteurs à succès des éditions Béliveau, elle a été sélectionnée pour représenter la maison d’édition au Salon du livre de Paris en mars 2017. Profil LinkedIn Page Facebook

The first message I want you to hear is that you have the option of making yourself indispensable at work, no matter the job you're in or the circumstances surrounding that job. If you've listed to many of my podcasts or read my blogs, you know that the circumstances of your life are always neutral. Circumstances are those things in your life over which you have no immediate control. Here are some possible work circumstances: -The company just eliminated 200 employees. -My job title is _____________. -I have a degree/certification in _____________. -My boss is _______________. Notice the complete lack of negativity in those statements. There are all factual. Each of those circumstances could be proven in a court of law. So, no matter what the circumstances of your job, you can make yourself indispensable. It all starts with your thoughts about those circumstances.   Here's a thought model: Circumstance: The company just eliminated 200 employees. Thought: “I've only worked here for six months, I'll probably be eliminated next.” Feeling: Fear Action: Start looking for another job, don't try at your current job because you're going to be eliminated anyway Result: You may get terminated, but regardless, you didn't have your own back. Here's the problem: you might have gotten terminated anyway, but now you don't know if it's because you've only been there for six months, or if it was because your job performance started slipping when you figured they were going to first you. Let's do a turnaround. Circumstance: The company just eliminated 200 employees. Thought: “I'm going to double down on my work performance, so they won't want to terminate me.” Feeling: Committed Action: Ask your boss how you can pick up the slack in the department due to others being terminated. Result: Regardless of whether or not you get terminated, you know you have shown up as the best version of yourself until the day you leave the company. The 10 suggestions I'm about to give you for being indispensable at work start with how you think, so I'm providing suggested thoughts as well. 1. Do the job you were hired to do to the best of your ability every day. This is job #1 – doing what you were actually hired to do at your highest level every day. You aren't doing this for your boss or the company, although they certainly benefit. You are doing this because you have your own back and want to be the best version of yourself. Thought: “I am a great employee who makes significant contributions to this organization.”   2. Look for ways to help your coworkers. Indispensable employees look for ways to support others. Do you have an area of expertise you can lend; do you have a bit of free time to stuff envelopes or tie balloons? Are you great at serving as a sounding board for new ideas? Thought: “I enjoy helping my fellow coworkers.” 3. Ask your boss how you can support him/her. An indispensable employee seeks out ways to make the boss' job easier. What can you take off his/her plate? How can you make him/her look even better? Thought: “By helping my boss, I am ultimately helping myself and my career.” 4. Keep current on required skills/qualifications. To be indispensable in your current position, you MUST keep your skills and qualifications current. Maintain the memberships, certifications, designations that are required for your current job. Thought: “I am fully qualified for my job.” 5. Identify skills/certifications that would help you grow professionally and ask your boss about them. This one differs from #4 in that these are skills or certifications that are not a requirement for your job, but those you've identified as ways to help you continue to grow professionally and move up within your chosen field. For example, let's say you are a project manager. A requirement for your current job is the PMP (Project Management Professional) designation, which you have. Maintaining this designation is an example of #4. Let's say you want to start managing a certain type of project. Is there a training or certification you can take to better manage these types of projects? This is an example of #5. Thought: “I continue to learn and grow professionally.” 6. Seek out projects or activities that allow you to work with others across the organization. There are many benefits to this, not the least of which is gaining access to decision-makers throughout the organization. It makes you indispensable because you become seen as someone who steps outside the “box” of your department and job description. You're willing to work for the greater good, and you can get along with anybody. Thought: “I have many strengths and skills that I can use to benefit all areas of the organization.” 7. Avoid a reputation as a gossip/backstabber at all costs. Just say no. No exceptions. I promise, it will haunt you professionally. Avoid gossip/backstabbing that is disguised as concern. If you are saying something about someone that you wouldn't say to their face, you are gossiping/backstabbing. Thought: “I speak about my coworkers the way I would want them to speak about me.” 8. Don't engage in negative talk about your boss, the company, etc. No matter what. Again, a form of gossiping/backstabbing. It's super common for coworkers to get together at lunch or happy hour for the express purpose of trashing the boss or the company. It's hard to walk away from these situations, because you may want your coworkers to be your friend. I promise there's no upside of this talk. Do you really want to be friends with people whose conversation regularly turns to negative talk about the person who controls their paycheck? Thought: “My boss is doing the best he/she can.” Or: “I am grateful to have this position at this company.” 9. Gain a reputation as someone who consistently produces a high volume of quality work on time. Get it done, do it right, and do it within the time constraints you're given. One of the worse career derailleurs is becoming known as someone who isn't dependable. Your only path to bigger projects with greater scope is to do a great job with what you're given now. No exceptions. Thought: “I am a dependable employee.” 10. Don't allow yourself to only receive feedback once a year or very seldom. This one is particularly difficult for recent college graduates, who haven't yet learned how to manage their boss (I'll be covering this in an upcoming podcast.) Your job is: a) find out what the “normal” performance feedback structure is with your boss, and b) ask for adjustments to that, based on specific assignments, your level of experience with your job duties, and your experience with the company. An example is in order. If you've just been hired, and the work is relatively new to you and you haven't worked for the company before, waiting for a 90-day performance review is just too long. If you're given a new assignment that requires you to lead a team for the first time, you might want actual coaching or mentoring to ensure your success. Remember, when you're asking for this feedback, it is to improve your output, which ultimately benefits the company and makes your boss look good. Everybody wins. Let's circle back around to how I started this podcast. You can be indispensable at work regardless of what is happening with your boss, your coworkers, or your company. Your thoughts drive how you show up at work, so be aware of your thoughts and gently shift them to thoughts that serve you better and lead to the results you want. Show up as the best version of yourself, every day. And watch your whole world change.   To visit my website: www.exclusivecareercoaching.com Follow My YouTube channel (Lesa Edwards); it's chocked full of value career management content is easily digestible bites. Want to speak with an expert about your career/job search goals? Need help figuring out what's holding you back from achieving your dream career? Let's talk. Here's the link to schedule a 30-minute consult call with me: www.timetrade.com/book/D6KLN. Hope to see you soon!

The first message I want you to hear is that you have the option of making yourself indispensable at work, no matter the job you're in or the circumstances surrounding that job. If you've listed to many of my podcasts or read my blogs, you know that the circumstances of your life are always neutral. Circumstances are those things in your life over which you have no immediate control. Here are some possible work circumstances: -The company just eliminated 200 employees. -My job title is _____________. -I have a degree/certification in _____________. -My boss is _______________. Notice the complete lack of negativity in those statements. There are all factual. Each of those circumstances could be proven in a court of law. So, no matter what the circumstances of your job, you can make yourself indispensable. It all starts with your thoughts about those circumstances.   Here's a thought model: Circumstance: The company just eliminated 200 employees. Thought: “I've only worked here for six months, I'll probably be eliminated next.” Feeling: Fear Action: Start looking for another job, don't try at your current job because you're going to be eliminated anyway Result: You may get terminated, but regardless, you didn't have your own back. Here's the problem: you might have gotten terminated anyway, but now you don't know if it's because you've only been there for six months, or if it was because your job performance started slipping when you figured they were going to first you. Let's do a turnaround. Circumstance: The company just eliminated 200 employees. Thought: “I'm going to double down on my work performance, so they won't want to terminate me.” Feeling: Committed Action: Ask your boss how you can pick up the slack in the department due to others being terminated. Result: Regardless of whether or not you get terminated, you know you have shown up as the best version of yourself until the day you leave the company. The 10 suggestions I'm about to give you for being indispensable at work start with how you think, so I'm providing suggested thoughts as well. 1. Do the job you were hired to do to the best of your ability every day. This is job #1 – doing what you were actually hired to do at your highest level every day. You aren't doing this for your boss or the company, although they certainly benefit. You are doing this because you have your own back and want to be the best version of yourself. Thought: “I am a great employee who makes significant contributions to this organization.”   2. Look for ways to help your coworkers. Indispensable employees look for ways to support others. Do you have an area of expertise you can lend; do you have a bit of free time to stuff envelopes or tie balloons? Are you great at serving as a sounding board for new ideas? Thought: “I enjoy helping my fellow coworkers.” 3. Ask your boss how you can support him/her. An indispensable employee seeks out ways to make the boss' job easier. What can you take off his/her plate? How can you make him/her look even better? Thought: “By helping my boss, I am ultimately helping myself and my career.” 4. Keep current on required skills/qualifications. To be indispensable in your current position, you MUST keep your skills and qualifications current. Maintain the memberships, certifications, designations that are required for your current job. Thought: “I am fully qualified for my job.” 5. Identify skills/certifications that would help you grow professionally and ask your boss about them. This one differs from #4 in that these are skills or certifications that are not a requirement for your job, but those you've identified as ways to help you continue to grow professionally and move up within your chosen field. For example, let's say you are a project manager. A requirement for your current job is the PMP (Project Management Professional) designation, which you have. Maintaining this designation is an example of #4. Let's say you want to start managing a certain type of project. Is there a training or certification you can take to better manage these types of projects? This is an example of #5. Thought: “I continue to learn and grow professionally.” 6. Seek out projects or activities that allow you to work with others across the organization. There are many benefits to this, not the least of which is gaining access to decision-makers throughout the organization. It makes you indispensable because you become seen as someone who steps outside the “box” of your department and job description. You're willing to work for the greater good, and you can get along with anybody. Thought: “I have many strengths and skills that I can use to benefit all areas of the organization.” 7. Avoid a reputation as a gossip/backstabber at all costs. Just say no. No exceptions. I promise, it will haunt you professionally. Avoid gossip/backstabbing that is disguised as concern. If you are saying something about someone that you wouldn't say to their face, you are gossiping/backstabbing. Thought: “I speak about my coworkers the way I would want them to speak about me.” 8. Don't engage in negative talk about your boss, the company, etc. No matter what. Again, a form of gossiping/backstabbing. It's super common for coworkers to get together at lunch or happy hour for the express purpose of trashing the boss or the company. It's hard to walk away from these situations, because you may want your coworkers to be your friend. I promise there's no upside of this talk. Do you really want to be friends with people whose conversation regularly turns to negative talk about the person who controls their paycheck? Thought: “My boss is doing the best he/she can.” Or: “I am grateful to have this position at this company.” 9. Gain a reputation as someone who consistently produces a high volume of quality work on time. Get it done, do it right, and do it within the time constraints you're given. One of the worse career derailleurs is becoming known as someone who isn't dependable. Your only path to bigger projects with greater scope is to do a great job with what you're given now. No exceptions. Thought: “I am a dependable employee.” 10. Don't allow yourself to only receive feedback once a year or very seldom. This one is particularly difficult for recent college graduates, who haven't yet learned how to manage their boss (I'll be covering this in an upcoming podcast.) Your job is: a) find out what the “normal” performance feedback structure is with your boss, and b) ask for adjustments to that, based on specific assignments, your level of experience with your job duties, and your experience with the company. An example is in order. If you've just been hired, and the work is relatively new to you and you haven't worked for the company before, waiting for a 90-day performance review is just too long. If you're given a new assignment that requires you to lead a team for the first time, you might want actual coaching or mentoring to ensure your success. Remember, when you're asking for this feedback, it is to improve your output, which ultimately benefits the company and makes your boss look good. Everybody wins. Let's circle back around to how I started this podcast. You can be indispensable at work regardless of what is happening with your boss, your coworkers, or your company. Your thoughts drive how you show up at work, so be aware of your thoughts and gently shift them to thoughts that serve you better and lead to the results you want. Show up as the best version of yourself, every day. And watch your whole world change.   To visit my website: www.exclusivecareercoaching.com Follow My YouTube channel (Lesa Edwards); it's chocked full of value career management content is easily digestible bites. Want to speak with an expert about your career/job search goals? Need help figuring out what's holding you back from achieving your dream career? Let's talk. Here's the link to schedule a 30-minute consult call with me: www.timetrade.com/book/D6KLN. Hope to see you soon!

The Opportunity Thinking Podcasts are sponsored by;       On Today’s podcast, Vita Vygovska, Jeanelle Dech, and Sue Fresconi talk about business growth. we talk about the decision to grow or not and how many factors and decisions are involved.  There is a lot to take in today Vita shares her growth risk analysis where she lists and ranks the pros and cons of the adding employees as a path for expanding her business. If you haven’t listened to Vita’s first podcast with me, number 63 be sure to listen to that as well.  We refer to a spreadsheet that Vita put together and if you go to http://www.curtainsandsoftfurnishingspro.org/ you can get a copy of the spreadsheet for free.    Jeanelle Dech is President and Co-Founder of Adaptive Textiles, an innovative textile printing company in West Chester, PA. She is a friendly and engaging speaker, known for her Fit-Like-a-Glove slipcovers, SPEED sewing method, and workroom profitability training. She is the creative inspiration behind The Workroom Channel's METHOD SHARE and REAL WORKROOM series (www.TheWorkroomChannel.com), and the new Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library (www.curtainsandsoftfurnishingspro.org), which hosts the industry's largest collection of educational resources for Home Décor Professionals.  I interviewed Jeanelle in podcast episode number 9.   Vitalia (Vita) Vygovska is the award-winning author, speaker, business coach, and window treatment specialist.  Her company, Vitalia, Inc.- Fine Window Treatments & Interiors, is an all-encompassing fabrication, measurement, and installation service, servicing exclusively interior designers and architects.  In business for almost 12 years, Vita and her team are proud to be experts in their niche field, providing their clients with superb quality product and excellent communication.  I interviewed Vita in podcast episode 63.   Sue Fresconi is the Librarian for the Curtains & Soft Furnishings Resource Library, and a Project Manager at Adaptive Textiles.  Sue has had an extensive corporate career in Human Resources, Training and Development, and Project Management.  She operated a home-based workroom on a part-time basis for several years.  Sue was selected to participate in the CHF Academy Alumni Showcase twice; creating her designs for exhibition at IWCE.  She holds a BS in Textiles from the University of Delaware, the PMP (Project Management Professional) designation from the Project Management Institute, and the CSM (Certified Scrum Master) designation from Scrum Alliance.   Please check out the Transparency Initiative!!  And please take the survey.   Here are links to some of the things we talked about;   Vita's Book  Michael Hyatt’s book Living Forward  If you would like to reach out to Vita, you can email her at  Vita@vitaliainc.com   

This Podcast Is Episode Number 0124 And It Will Be About New Contractors To Seasoned Builders We Know What To Do We invested over 20 years owning and operating construction companies including service and remodel firms. We sold our last construction company in the year 2000 which means we are not your competitor, rather the opposite. We are experienced contractors helping contractors get more from their accounting system. A google search of construction accounting software will return over 17,000,000 results. It is estimated there are over 4,000 companies that produce construction accounting software. Among the top 10 the costs range from several thousand dollars to several hundred thousand dollars. QuickBooks is listed in only a fraction of the google searches for construction accounting software and yet it has a massive number of contractors who use it. A google search of construction accounting services will return over 52,000,000 results and www.FastEasyAccounting.com is always on the first page. The reason is we specialize in providing construction accounting, contractors accounting, contractor payroll and payroll tax processing, contractor bookkeeping services. We turn away a lot of companies because what they do is not related to construction. Our competitors, bless their hearts, are all things to all people. They accept any and all businesses, restaurants, bars, chiropractors, contractors, florists, trucking companies, babysitters, and more. They do not understand the complex nature of construction accounting vs regular accountingIn special cases we accept car repair, mobile food vendors and concessionaries, janitorial, house cleaners and other types of companies that are project based, which means they create and sell a unique product or service.As a contractor you need someone who truly understands you and what you do and someone who can offer you guidance when you ask for it.Contractors Often Ask How We Save - Them $100's or even $1,000's dollar a year when they can do the bookkeeping themselves or hire a Cheap Bookkeeper? Read our article Cheap Bookkeepers to find some shocking information revealed!The System Is The Solution - In 1991 while operating a successful construction service and repair business we started work on a Comprehensive Construction Bookkeeping System. Since then we have made thousands of improvements and we are continually updating, improving, innovating and enhancing it. Having worked with contractors and seen 100's of QuickBooks files, met with lots of bankers, bonding companies and commercial insurance brokers in addition to our own experiences owning and operating construction businesses.Contractors Who Are Doing Their Own Bookkeeping In-House should expect to invest at least $15,000 in office equipment and related technology and software. Contractors who outsource their bookkeeping to use can get by with less than $2,000 because all they need is a computer, notebook or tablet, printer and a scanner. See also What Ten Minutes Waste Costs Your Construction Company and you will get a better idea why the best construction accounting service you can afford is actually cheaper than trying to do it in-house.Fixed Price Contractor Bookkeeping Services Like Ours - Invest over $100,000+ in office equipment, technology and software plus another $150,000+ to renovate and prepare office space for staff and clients to use. Even with all of the costs incurred in having, a professional contractor’s bookkeeping service the amount of bookkeeping clients each one of our staff can handle is well over THREE TIMES the number clients most amateurs working alone or out of their home which is why in most cases we can provide more services and more bottom line results for contractors and do it all more for less money.Having owned and operated - Several construction businesses over the past 30+ years we understand a thing or two about best practices when it comes to Construction Bookkeeping And Construction Accounting as it relates to owning and operating a profitable construction business.In 2004 I Passed the PMP (Project Management Professional) exam after several years of construction project management experience and with an emphasis on systems engineering and process development. His exhaustive study of several leading experts including the work of Dr. W. Edward Deming, Michael Gerber, Walter A. Shewhart, James Lewis and dozens of others was the foundation upon which our Construction Bookkeeping System is based.One Of The Keys To Success - Is intelligent delegation, relying on processes, not abdication, letting people do whatever they please. This means we have processes and procedures for how tasks are done, in what order similar to an assembly line. The table and diagram below shows how tasks are delegated to the lowest skill level and yet everything is reviewed by a competent accountant! Some Insights How Our Contractors Bookkeeping Services Process WorksLet me introduce you to some personality traits of our professional Construction Accounting Services staff members starting with the different departments.Paperwork IntakeThere are a number of ways to get paperwork to us in hard copy and soft copy. Whichever way works best for you. You can: Mail it to 19909 64th Ave West, Suite 201- 2nd Floor, Lynnwood, WA 98036 Bring it by during office hours or special office hours for contractors SnoKing Contractors Center Members have 24/7/365 access to meeting rooms and leave paperwork in the lockbox Put us on your vendor list for bills and statements emailed directly to us Drag and Drop from your desktop or email. Click here to find out how For more details of how to get documents to us click here Send it by taxi cab Fax it Email it FedEx it UPS it Use ScanSnap scanner and send paperwork with the push of a button! If you get a ScanSnap scanner we have people who can set it up remotely and link it to your Paperless Document Vault. You simply load the documents; push one button and the documents are automatically scanned and uploaded to your company’s Paperless Document Vault Inbox. Our contractor bookkeepers retrieve the documents; input them into your QuickBooks file. Next, the documents are filed in a way that makes it fast and easy for you look any saved document, download it, print it or email it. For more on how to get soft and hard copy paperwork to us Click Here Paperwork SorterWhat paperwork do we want?  The short answer is all of it and we will sort it out between what goes into QuickBooks for Contractors and what is not.  You do not have to organize any of your paper before bringing it to us because we have a process for that. Paper documents arrive in bags, boxes, envelopes, pouches, carts and other methods. Soft documents arrive in emails, paperless server Inbox, flash drives, hard drives and our secure client portal.When we are finished with your paperwork, it returns to The Paper Sorting Department for reorganizing, packaging and storage until you retrieve it or we ship to you depending on your arrangement with your Customer Service Representative.These friendly people sometimes work the reception desk because they have not yet been exposed to the trials and tribulations of contractor bookkeeping services. They are well paid and happy because they are doing the work they love in a clean well-lit comfortable environment.The Paper Sorting Department has their own special operations manual with detailed instructions, which means they know exactly know what to do.Role of the Paper Sorting PersonHaving owned and operated several construction companies we are not soft, weak, timid bookkeepers that need pampering and are easily offended. In fact, quite the opposite, we require all staff members to have construction experience before seeking employment with us. They have to deal with all kinds of paper with coffee stains, dirt, mud and worse, wrinkled, crumpled and torn and have lots of patience. Construction Data EntryConstruction Data Entry is like flying an airplane…95% boredom and 5% sheer terror! We have a process for keeping the data entry staff at the 95% boredom level and out of the 5% sheer terror part. These are nice people. They are well paid and happy because they are doing the work the love in a clean well-lit comfortable environment. Construction Data Entry Staff members have two large crisp clear computer monitors, snacks and beverages in an office with state of the art climate controlled system and all of the hardware and software tools they need to do their job. We do not allow them to work with the 5% sheer terror complex construction accounting transactions. They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them. Role of the Construction Data Entry PersonTheir duties include checks, receipts, credit card transactions, debit card transactions; simple bills reconciling bank statements, credit and debit card statements and vendor statements. Construction BookkeeperConstruction Bookkeeping is all about the other part of flying an airplane…the 5% sheer terror part! We have a process to help our construction bookkeepers work with high risk, high stress transactions. These are not nice people. They are well paid and happy because they are doing the work the love in a clean well-lit comfortable environment. Construction Bookkeepers have up to four large crisp clear computer monitors, snacks and beverages in an office with state of the art climate controlled system and all of the hardware and software tools they need to do their job. We allow them to work primarily with the 5% sheer terror complex construction accounting transactions because they have deep knowledge and are highly skilled in construction bookkeeping. Their work is very stressful due to the complexity of the transactions they are assigned. They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them. Role of the Construction BookkeeperTheir duties include non-recurring checks, bank transfers, wire transfers, sweep accounts, tracking retention due to you, tracking retention due to your subcontractors, setup and updating customer and vendor contact information, inputting time cards, simple General Journal entries, receipts, credit card transactions, debit card transactions, bills and employee advances and employee reimbursements. Construction Payroll SpecialistConstruction Payroll is one of the toughest jobs of all because there are deadlines that must be met no matter what happens. This is also part of flying an airplane…the 5% sheer terror part! We have a process to help our construction payroll staff work with and manage contractor’s payroll needs. These people are un-bearable and we keep them away from the public whenever possible. They are well paid and happy because they are doing the work the love in a clean well-lit comfortable environment. Construction Payroll Specialists have one or two large crisp clear computer monitors, snacks and beverages in an office with state of the art climate controlled system and all of the hardware and software tools they need to do their job.They are highly skilled in construction payroll with nerves of steel and laser focus. They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them. Role of the Construction Payroll SpecialistTheir duties include reviewing the time cards, preparing payroll, setup and updating employee records, employee advance repayments, W-2, W-3, 940 and 941 payroll reports, workers comp reports, unemployment reports, garnishment answers and payment tracking, child support and more. We do not prepare the checks or make any payments on behalf of Contractor Name. We do all the work behind scenes to make that step fast and easy for Contractor Name’s responsible person to complete. Construction AccountantConstruction Accounting is where the buck stops! No excuses and nobody to pass anything on too. These people are like Dr. Spock on the television series Star Trek, all business and no sense of humor. They do their best to make certain everything in the entire construction accounting system running smoothly, everything is where it needs to be and everything balances properly. We keep them away from the public whenever possible because if you ask what time it is they will tell you how to build a watch. They are well paid and happy because they are doing the work the love in a clean well-lit comfortable environment. Construction Accountants have multiple computers with multiple crisp clear computer monitors, snacks and beverages in an office with state of the art climate controlled system and all of the hardware and software tools they need to do their job. They are highly skilled at dealing with construction accounting issues. They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them. Role of the Construction AccountantsTheir duties include Fixed Asset management, depreciation schedules, complex Payment Applications similar to G-702 & G703, HUD-1 Statements, Inventory, complex Invoices with multiple Job Deposits and Payments, complex General Journal Entries, Year-End Journal Entries from the annual tax preparer, setup and modifying Chart of Accounts, Items, Report Structures, Insurance Audits and more. Project ManagerProject Managers at Business Consulting And Accounting are responsible for making certain that we are constantly improving, innovating and finding ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness in our system that will make your experience of doing business with us easy, predictable and pleasant. Project Managers seek out new software, hardware and best practices from our competitors. When they find something worthwhile, they add it to our Business Process Management (BPM) Strategy.These people are nice most of the time; however, their head is always in the clouds talking about finding ways to make everyone’s job easier with innovations and processes. They do not sit still very long.Project Managers have two large crisp clear computer monitors, snacks and beverages in an office with state of the art climate controlled system and all of the hardware and software tools they need to do their job.They are highly skilled in process development, innovation and highly organized. They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them.Role of the Project ManagerTheir duties include Business Plans, Process Development, Process Improvement, Systems Engineering, Six Sigma, Deming Methodology, MR>MC, Breakeven Analysis, Earned Value Reporting, Cloud Computing, Cloud Based QuickBooks For Contractors, Paperless Document Vaults, Cloud Based Financial Reporting and more. Contractor’s Business MentorContractor’s Business Mentor is a great person to get to know and spend time with because their job is to help you achieve your definition of success. Helping you understand and use the financial reports one of the tools they use. Contractor’s Business Mentor works in several locations, their primary office and in the conference room with seating for ten people, state of the art climate controlled system and all of the hardware and software tools they need to do their job. In addition, they are mobile contractor’s business coaches who can visit your office or jobsite and perform a business assessment to determine if there are ways to get more production and increase profits. Everyone benefits from coaching, especially high performers.   They sometimes provide so much good information that contractors have reported that two hours with our Contractor’s Business Coach in person, over the phone or during a web cast is a real treat! They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them. Role of the Contractor’s Business MentorTheir duties are similar to the Project Manager except their primary focus is helping Company Name develop with Business Planning, Process Development, Process Improvement, Systems Engineering, Six Sigma, Deming Methodology, MR>MC, Breakeven Analysis. Contact Sharie at 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com for more information about setting at appointment for a session. Customer Service ManagerCustomer Service Manager is your primary contact at Business Consulting And Accounting similar to a concierge in a Five Star Hotel who caters to your every need, except there is no tipping allowed. They work have their own private office as well as several conference rooms and guest offices. They have their own special operations manual with detailed instructions so they always know what is expected of them. Role of the Contractor’s Business MentorTheir duties include being your single point of contact, which means you usually talk, email and communicate with the same person. This helps you develop a relationship with someone who listens and understands you and your company’s needs. They act as liaison between you and the rest of the staff at Business Consulting And Accounting. Feel free to ask for anything and they will do their best to accommodate you. They are always friendly, helpful and supportive. This person has extensive training and experience in construction office management, taxes, payroll, insurance audits and more. No matter what happens in your company if you need help or a referral for an attorney, annual tax preparer, chief cook and bottle washer this is you go to person. The head of the department is Sharie and she can be reached at 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com. Business OwnerYou Are The Most Important Person In Your CompanyAs a construction company owner, you know which parts of your business only you can and should be doing and which parts to give to someone else.Good accounting records combined with Business Process Management (BPM) can help provide answers for making informed decisions.Every piece of paper has a story and your mind will replay that story repeatedly, which is why it is important to have someone else doing your contractor bookkeeping so you can focus on operating and growing your construction company sales and profits.Role of the Company Name OwnerSee the vision of what Company Name will become in the future. Communicate your Vision to your employees, staff, us and anyone directly affected. Develop Strategy For Company Name to help make your Vision a reality. Make decisions based on good solid reports. Need A Mentor? - Someone who has been were you want to go and can guide you. We would like to be that person for you. Call Sharie 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com and schedule your no charge one-hour consultation. I trust this podcast helps you understand that outsourcing your contractors bookkeeping services to us is about more than just “doing the bookkeeping”; it is about taking holistic approach to your entire construction company and helping support you as a contractor and as a person. We Remove Contractor's Unique Paperwork Frustrations We understand the good, bad and the ugly about owning and operating construction companies because we have had several of them and we sincerely care about you and your construction company! That is all I have for now and if you have listened this far please do me the honor of commenting and rating podcast www.FastEasyAccounting.com/podcast Tell me what you liked, did not like, tell it as you see it because your feedback is crucial and I thank you in advance. You Deserve To Be Wealthy, Because You Bring Value To Other People's Lives! I trust this will be of value to you and your feedback is always welcome at www.FastEasyAccounting.com/podcast This is one more example of how Fast Easy Accounting is helping construction company owners across the USA including Alaska and Hawaii put more money in the bank to operate and grow your construction company. Construction accounting is not rocket science; it is a lot harder than that and a lot more valuable to construction contractors like you so stop missing out and call Sharie 206-361-3950 or email sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com Thinking About Outsourcing Your Contractors Bookkeeping Services? Click On The Link Below: www.FastEasyAccounting.com/hs Need Help Now? Call Sharie 206-361-3950 sharie@fasteasyaccounting.com In closing, I want to caution you that we may or may not be a good fit for your contracting company. This guide will help you learn what to look for in outsourced construction accounting. Thank you very much and I hope you understand we really do care about you and all contractors regardless of whether or not you ever hire our services.Bye for now until our next episode here on the Contractors Success MAP Podcast. Warm Regards, Randal DeHart | Contractors Accountant We Remove Contractor's Unique Paperwork Frustrations

“The Creative Process: Music and Project Management” The United Kingdom of PMI is taking outreach seriously, as Project Management is exposed to the universities there. In this podcast we follow the introduction of PM methods into the University of Derby, School of Art and Design—and discover the unusual cross influences of creativity and PM. Do you have comments or thoughts about this episode? Join the discussion on our Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/PMIWDC Project Management Point-of-View (PM-POV), a podcast series produced by the Washington DC Chapter of the Project Management Institute, allows our membership and the public at large to listen to brief and informative conversations with beltway area practioners and executives as they discuss various perspectives on project management-- its uses, its shortcomings, its changes, and its future. Listens can send comments and suggestions for topics and guests to: pm-pov@pmiwdc.org. PDU Information You can earn 0.25 Category "A" PDUs for each PM-POV podcast you listen to. Use the following information in PMI's CCRS system to register the PDUs for this podcast: PDU Category: Cat A: Registered Education Provider/PMI Component Activity Type: "Find an Activity" Provider Number: C046 Activity Number: 02042015PC » More PM-POV Episodes About the Speakers Duncan Chappell     Past President PMI UK Chapter Duncan Chappell, PMP, is an experienced Project Manager with his main focus being IT infrastructure. He joined ExxonMobil at the age of sixteen in 1979 and has worked in a number of roles spending the early part of his career at sea training as a Deck Officer. With no seagoing jobs available after qualifying he made the unusual move to be an accounts payable clerk, then moved into transport planning and onto a being a transport supervisor. He got into IT and projects whilst standing in for a systems analyst during a UK wide system upgrade in 1987. Roles followed as a Systems Analyst, Network Analyst, Infrastructure Coordinator, Quality Assurance Manager, Co-dependent Projects Analyst and Project Manager with the roles becoming wider reaching in geography, technology and responsibility. Types of projects worked on include the pilot for what became a global SAP implementation, a global server and desktop roll-out, and a global HR SAP system upgrade. He is currently the PM for the network device replacement program working with teams that span from Melbourne to Calgary, and also runs the Data Privacy Reengineering project with a US & Europe based team. Outside of work Duncan is a keen volunteer. He was a school governor for 13 years, was an executive on the Oxfordshire Governors Association for 5 years and has been actively involved in the Project Management Institute (PMI) UK Chapter since 2007. He was the PM for the PMI UK Chapter annual event in 2008 for which he picked up the PMI EMEA Volunteer Leader of the Year award. He was the PMI UK Chapter Communications Director for three years, then two years as the President and is currently the University Outreach Director. He is married to Vanessa and has two children, Robert in his second year at the University of the Arts, London and Nicole who is her first year at Cardiff Metropolitan University.   Raji Sivaraman     PMI Chapter Member Advisory Group (CMAG) Raji Sivaraman is a long time certified PMP (Project Management Professional) and has a Master of Science in Project Management. She is a citizen of Singapore and is currently living in Princeton, NJ. She speaks several languages and has worked in many countries including Singapore, Thailand, India, and USA. She has been a part of the Project Management Institute, for well over a decade, rising through the ranks from a volunteer to a Global position. Currently, she is a part of the Chapter Member Advisory Group of PMI Global. As a Consultant, she has worked in many industries such as IT, publishing, billing solutions, financial services, education, and logistics industries.   Chris Wilson     University of Derby Senior Lead in Learning Enhancement, Department of Learning Enhancement Chris is Senior Learning and Teaching Adviser for the Institute for Learning Enhancement and Innovation, Faculty Curriculum Development Manager and Senior Academic in the Faculty of Arts, Design & Technology of the University of Derby in the UK. A classically trained musician and practitioner in the technological arts with approaching 20 years experience of teaching in higher education, Chris has presented and published widely on the subjects of creativity, artistry, technology and education, and is an active member of the American Creativity Association, Associate and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, principle researcher of the Creative Technologies Research Group, and associate of the Digital and Material Arts Research Centre in the UK.