The PPM Academy Podcast

So can you have the best day ever or even the perfect day, and can you stop those last-minute requests at the end of the day?

That could be reducing how much you procrastinate, being more focused and present, achieve what you planned to do.

In this episode, I'll how you can plan to achieve your perfect day, and a really simple tip on how you can stop getting those dreaded last minute emails!

How you would like more time in a day? I think I know the answer to that! 

In this episode, I'm sharing how what you do today, will get you more time tomorrow, and the weeks after that by making some simple changes. 

In this episode, I'm sharing two new tips on productivity and project management.

The project management tip is how to send those really tough emails to your clients or stakeholders. You know the one, you’ve made a mistake,  or the project has hit an issue and will be delayed.

This editions productivity tip has had the biggest impact on my productivity, and that’s the approach to how I plan my day to make sure I’m focused on the right things and avoid procrastination

In this episode, I'm sharing two tips on productivity and project management. 

The productivity tip is a scientifically proven way to calm your nerves before any big meeting, presentation or event.

The Project Management tip is how to improve your performance as a Project Manager by using neutral thinking.

On this episode, I'm interviewing an Agile Delivery Lead Attia Jamil who's been working in the Agile space for the last 8yrs and in Project Management for 16 years.

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We hear all about Attia's experience working in two very different ways of working starting with the more traditional Waterfall projects through to the present day and working with Agile teams.

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I also ask her questions the following:

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"Can Project Managers be Agile?"

" Is it time to ditch the title Project Manager?'

"Is Agile misunderstood?"

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Plus lot's more.

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On this weeks episode, I’m taking you through 25 ways to prepare for a remote Project Management interview.

Thousands of companies around the world are adapting to the new way of working, and it’s changing the way we think about how we work and how we recruit.

More and more companies are now not only recruiting remotely but the candidates they’re looking at can be truly global.

What this means is the market for specific roles is getting bigger, so how you prepare for an interview is now even more critical.

A remote interview still requires the same preparation as a face to face interview when it comes to preparing your questions, rehearsing your responses and research on the role and company you’re interviewing for.

What changes with a remote interview is the set up of your interview space. With face to face interviews, it was how you presented yourself physically but now you have to consider things like how good is your audio, what is your viewing angle like and do I have a quiet space to do the interview in.

By completing these 25 preparation tasks, it could be the difference from having a good interview versus having a great one.

This weeks episode is part four of four of a mini-series talking about 'Surviving Remote Project Management"

Surviving Remote Project Management is a webinar I held where I shared tips and approaches on the following subjects.

• How to maximise team collaboration
  
• How to stay in control of your project
  
• How to run kick-ass meetings
  
• How to maximise your productivity from home
  

In this episode on "How to Maximise Your Productivity From Hone"  I'll cover some simple and quick to implement approaches, you can use to improve your productivity from home by taking control of your day and removing distractions.

Some of the tools mentioned in the podcast I've listed below:

This weeks episode is part three of four of a mini-series talking about 'Surviving Remote Project Management"

Surviving Remote Project Management is a webinar I held where I shared tips and approaches on the following subjects.

• How to maximise team collaboration
  
• How to stay in control of your project
  
• How to run kick-ass meetings
  
• How to maximise your productivity from home
  

In this episode on "How to Maximise Team Collaboration" where I'll cover some simple and quick to implement approaches, you can use to improve your team's collaboration remotely. 

Some of the tools mentioned in the podcast I've listed below:

This weeks episode is part two of four of a mini-series talking about 'Surviving Remote Project Management"

Surviving Remote Project Management is a webinar I held where I shared tips and approaches on the following subjects.

• How to maximise team collaboration
  
• How to stay in control of your project
  
• How to run kick-ass meetings
  
• How to maximise your productivity from home
  

In this episode on "How to Run Kick-Ass Meetings" I'll cover how to run great meetings, so don't focus on the flashy stuff, but how to do the basics really well. 

This weeks episode is part one of four of a mini-series talking about 'Surviving Remote Project Management"

Surviving Remote Project Management is a webinar I held where I shared tips and approaches on the following subjects. 

• How to maximise team collaboration
• How to stay in control of your project
• How to run kick-ass meetings
• How to maximise your productivity from home

In this episode on "How to stay in control of your project" I'll share 8 new things you can try with your team straight away to help improve your control over your remote project. 

On this weeks episode, I’m talking about how to set goals in six simple steps,

I’ll take you through how to set goals that actually work in these six easy steps so you can make the impact in life you want.

On this weeks episode, I’m talking about how to plan a project in 10 easy steps.

I’ll take you through my five project management principles that help guide me when planning any project and the 10 steps on how to do it.

On this weeks episode, I’m talking about the Not-To-Do-List. 

The Not-To-Do List is an amazing tool to help you find out what you should NOT be spending time on and help you either automate them, delegate them or eliminate them!

It's easy and quick to do and have a massive impact on your life. 

On this weeks episode, I’m talking about my top 10 Project Management Tips.

At times, Project Management can be overwhelming and complex in its nature due to the sheer amount of planning and people to manage.

There are however some simple and easy to implement tips which I cover this weeks episode to make running a project easier.

On this weeks episode, I’m talking about the hot topic that is remote working.

For most of us remote working has gone from something we do every now and again to being fully remote and it’s a huge change for all for us.

For so many now they’re realising what they’ve been missing as it creates more family time, you have fewer interruptions and you’re getting back the time in the day that’s usually lost to a commute.

In this episode, I’m sharing some tips around how you can improve your remote working approach including the better use of tools like Slack, emails and the dreaded meetings!

On this weeks episode, I talk about Scrum. You might want to know what Scrum is, or you’re using Scrum and having some problems, or you just to learn more about it. This introduction to Scrum is a mixture of the Scrum fundamentals, so pretty much what you get in the Scrum Guide, mixed in with real-life experiences from within a digital agency.

I’m hoping by describing Scrum this way you’ll be able to build up a picture of what Scrum is if you’re new to it. But also gain an understanding of what it’s like in the real world versus assuming it all works just like the Scrum Guide describes. 

On this weeks episode, I talk about an approach one of my favourite note-taking methods Capture and Create. This approach is an excellent note-taking strategy for meetings when you want a clear separation between what you hear in the meeting, versus what you have learnt or what you need to do after the meeting.

On this weeks episode, I'm talking about an approach called the Agile Agenda which will improve how you facilitate meetings significantly. 

How many times have you created an agenda, or been passed an agenda for a meeting and thought,

“Wow, great agenda, I love how this is written and presented and the agenda items are so exciting, I can’t wait to get started.”

Not often I’m sure?

Agendas are often inherently boring and don’t add much value, but we always have to create them the same way as that’s just part of the process. 

With this approach, I'll tell you how you can get greater engagement with your meeting attendees, only talk about agenda items that have the highest value and make the facilitation of your meetings so much easier.  

On this weeks episode, I talk about an approach that has had a significant impact with me, my team and within our agency when it comes to setting goals at work, and that's creating goals for everything we do.

Now at first glance, this might seem like overkill and far to much work, but the value in doing this far outweighs the initial work needed (which isn't much).

I'm sure many of you have experienced receiving a request for your help from your boss, client or work colleague. Then when you've then shown them what you created, the feedback was "that wasn't what I  quite meant"

One way to help solve this is to get the briefing face to face, as hearing the request directly allows you to get more context from the requester.  Although this face time is invaluable, it still doesn't guarantee you will achieve what they need.

You can keep going into more and more detail with the requestor, but this takes time, and you may as well just do the work together. So what do you do? You set goals.

In this episode, I'll be talking about an approach called reflections, which is just four easy steps help you recognise the positives in your life so you can repeat them, or the negatives in your life so you learn from them and cut them out of your life.

Every day, I'm sure you have experiences that if you look back and could have that opportunity again, you would do them differently next time. It could be an argument with a partner, a presentation at work that didn't go so well, or just a chance meeting with a stranger on the street.