 Primary Format :
Also Listed as:
City : State/Province : Country : Country : User Tags:
User Votes:
RSS Feed Website
People found this Podcast
Searching for:
View this Podcast on a Google Map. 

Text Only listing of Controlling Chaos Podcasts
Trumix.com listings available of Controlling Chaos Podcasts
Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.
|
Trumix.com listings available of Controlling Chaos Podcasts
Build your own playlists with this podcast.
Episode 038 - Managing the Gray Areas with Jerry Manas
On this episode, I speak with Jerry Manas about his new leadership book, Managing the Gray Areas. Jerry’s book explores the most challenging dilemmas that leaders struggle with, and offers a set of guidelines, principles, and tools that can help navigate these murky waters. Managing the Gray Areas touches on topics such as principles, values, ethics, decision-making, incentives, staffing, critical thinking, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 037 - Building Effective Teams Part 2Here is Part 2 of my discussion with Cheryl Mann, President and founder of Goals Insight, Inc., on techniques you can use to build effective teams! Cheryl was a super resource for me and I really encourage you to contact her if you would like some help on making your team as effective as possible! To [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 036 - Building Effective Teams Part 1I’m back! This episode is the first part of a two part discussion with Cheryl Mann, President and founder of Goals Insight, Inc., on techniques you can use to build effective teams! Whether you are managing a scrum project, business process re-engineering project or even a construction project, effective teamwork is the critical success factor to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 035 - Fiddler on the ProjectOn today’s episode, I speak with Rich Maltzman, the co-author (with Ranjit Biswas) of a new project management book, Fiddler on the Project. A great new project management book with a twist … correlating project management with the story Fiddler on the Roof! We also discuss Knowledge Management and collaborative writing! Make [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 034 - MindManager Pro 7 with Michael DeutchWow! It has been a while since I released a show! Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans out there!
Today’s discussion is with Michael Deutch, Director of Solutions Marketing with MindJet, and we speak about the newly released MindManager Pro 7 and the new Project Management Jetpack, a set of 40 [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 033 - How To Be Productively DisruptiveHi everyone! Wow! It has been a while since I released a new show! Thanks so much for hanging in there with me. Today’s episode is an introduction to the new PMI-SVCast, the new podcast I’m producing for the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute! The website is in the final stages of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Quick update from Dina …Here’s a quick message about the podcast and what I’ve been up to! There are still a few days left to get in on the drawing for one of two books from Mike Cohn on Agile Estimating and Planning. If you’d like to receive Mike’s book, please e-mail me at bookgiveaway@controllingchaos.com by April 30, 2007. Good luck!
Click [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 032 - Agile EstimatingOkay … so a few days turn out to be ten …
The long awaited interview with Mike Cohn from Mountain Goat Software and author of Agile Estimating and Planning has arrived! Thank you to you all for hanging in there with me and coming back for a listen. In today’s episode, Mike and I [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcast on Agile Estimating on its way in a few days …Hi everyone - I’m in Palo Alto this weekend taking a two-day Quantitative Review prepclass to get me ready for the GMAT! I’m absolutely brain dead but wanted to leave you a quick note that the podcast will be coming out in a few days. I had a really fun and informative interview with [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 031 - Reengineer Your BrandIs your own personal “brand” not what you want it to be? Listen in on today’s episode with dot beineix and learn a little something about what I went through to reengineer my brand! It was a fun discussion because I was the one being interviewed and its always fun talking with dot!
Derry Simmel [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 030 - Dynamic Scheduling Best PracticesOn today’s episode, I chat with Eric Uyttewaal, PMP, the author of Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2003, regarding the best way to build a dynamic project schedule. What is a dynamic project schedule and what are the best practices to building one, you say? Take a listen and find out! To find out more [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 029 - Project BudgetsRecently, I had a very fun and informative discussion with Elizabeth Harrin, author of the book Project Management In The Real World, and very cool blog, A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects, which I will be sharing with you all on today’s episode. We chat about project budgets, her book, her blog and how project management invades [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Missing PodcastThis time … technical difficulties on the magnitude of losing the second half of Bas’ interview! Yikes! Bas will be back on the show again, once we re-record our interview. It may be a bit before we can coordinate schedules. Next weekend I’ll have a new show for you all and a fun discussion with [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 028 - Surprise! Part 1Are you a new project manager or just play one on TV? This episode is for you! Recently, I had a fun conversation with Bas de Baar, a Project Manager from The Netherlands and author of the book “Surprise! You’re a Software Project Manager!“. Bas wrote the book for people with little or no project [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 027 - Keeping in Touch with Reality!Happy 2007! For the first episode of the new year, I speak with Dr. Graham Oakes, founder and principal of Graham Oakes Ltd., a UK-based consultancy set up in 2003 to help organizations untangle complex technology, relationships, processes and governance. He has worked with organizations such as Sony, Amnesty International, Oxfam, Cisco, MessageLabs and the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 026 - Flexibility in Product DevelopmentWe step away from the world of Software Project Management today and speak with Preston Smith from New Product Dynamics about how to build flexibility into new product development projects. I know it’s hard to imagine, but there are more than just software development projects going on out in the world! Preston is a [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 025 - Mapping Your Way to Project Success!First Cool Project Management Tool Episode! I sit down to talk with Tim Bombosch, PMP, about using MindJet’s MindManager software to help you succeed in developing and managing your projects more effectively - through all phases of your projects. And a new segment from Derry Simmel, PMO Minute, is introduced! Jammed packed episode [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 024 - Flexible Project Model Part 2You get a whole lot of Dina in this episode! I share some listener feedback, introduce a new segment called ‘If you were in my shoes …’ where one Controlling Chaos listener shares a situation or issue for review and feedback from the other listeners, announce that listening to podcasts can now earn you PDU’s [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 023 - Flexible Project ModelIn this podcast, I share the first of a two-part discussion with Doug DeCarlo, author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles, and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility, on Critical Success Factor #3 from his book: The Flexible Project Model. Doug gives us an overview of the five cycles of The [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 022 - Secrets of Agile TeamworkI am very pleased to have Diana Larsen from FutureWorks Consulting and Esther Derby of Esther Derby & Associates join me on today’s show to discuss Secrets of Agile Teamwork. Diana and Esther are consultants, workshop leaders and co-authors of Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great. Listen in and learn the secrets!
This week I am [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 021 - Applying EVM to Agile ProjectsI’m late again … crazy end of the year project closings at work … traveling … getting in the way of my podcasting! Today’s episode is with Mike Griffiths to discuss applying earned value management to Agile projects. This is a hard topic to discuss without visual aids so please visit Mike’s blog, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 020 - Napoleon on Project ManagementJerry Manas, the author of Napoleon on Project Management, joins me in this episode to discuss the events that lead to Napoleon’s rise, the key principles that enabled his repeated success, and the ill-fated actions that caused his downfall. Great lessons for project managers! Enjoy!
Just as a reminder, Doug DeCarlo donated a copy of his [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 019 - Zombie ProjectsAre you stuck with a Zombie Project? Don’t know what a Zombie Project is? Well, you need to listen to this podcast! Lee is back with me for this episode and we spoke with Payson Hall of the Catalysis Group all about risk communication tools that can help you keep your projects safe [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 018 - eXtreme Project Management Part 3This podcast concludes my discussion with Doug DeCarlo, consultant, keynote speaker, one of the founders of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility. I also share some listener feedback and include some helpful resources below from Ian [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 017 - eXtreme Project Management Part 2This episode covers the second part of my discussion with Doug DeCarlo, consultant, keynote speaker, one of the founders of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility. We discuss how reality is the plan and how important [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 016 - eXtreme Project Management Part 1I am so excited to present to you, dear listener, the first part of my interview with Doug DeCarlo, consultant, keynote speaker, one of the founders of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility. This is one [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 016 - eXtreme Project Management Part 1I am so excited to present to you, dear listener, the first part of my interview with Doug DeCarlo, consultant, keynote speaker, one of the founders of the Agile Project Leadership Network, and author of eXtreme Project Management: Using Leadership, Principles and Tools to Deliver Value in the Face of Volatility. This is one [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 015 - Personal BrandingWayne Hart and I had a chance to talk with Nancy Tigner, a Senior HR Professional, on the importance of creating your own personal branding. Who are you, what does your work stand for? Want more information on how to create your own personal brand? Check out the helpful resources below! Enjoy!
Click here [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 015 - Personal BrandingWayne Hart and I had a chance to talk with Nancy Tigner, a Senior HR Professional, on the importance of creating your own personal branding. Who are you, what does your work stand for? Want more information on how to create your own personal brand? Check out the helpful resources below! Enjoy!
Click here [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 014 - Independence in a PMORecently I sat with Derry Simmel, who is a PMO consultant and the Vice-Chair of Membership for the PMO SIG, to talk about how important it is for the PMO to remain independent to maximize effectiveness. I also cover a few listener e-mails! Please make sure to check out the helpful resources below! [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 013 - Culture, Change, and Project ManagementBetter late than never! Thanks so much for your patience in waiting for the podcast! Today’s podcast covers organizational culture, change and project management. Wayne Hart, PMP, and I had an interesting conversation on the importance of understanding your corporate culture and how to work within that culture to be successful in managing your projects. [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 013 - Culture, Change, and Project ManagementBetter late than never! Thanks so much for your patience in waiting for the podcast! Today’s podcast covers organizational culture, change and project management. Wayne Hart, PMP, and I had an interesting conversation on the importance of understanding your corporate culture and how to work within that culture to be successful in managing your projects. [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 012 - Effective Communication Using DiSCIn today’s episode, Lee and I talk with Mark Horstman of the Manager Tools podcast on using the DiSC model for more effective communication. Manager Tools is currently the #1 business podcast in iTunes in the US and in Canada. Mark and his partner, Mike Auzenne, produce a weekly podcast covering management topics [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 012 - Effective Communication Using DiSCIn today’s episode, Lee and I talk with Mark Horstman of the Manager Tools podcast on using the DiSC model for more effective communication. Manager Tools is currently the #1 business podcast in iTunes in the US and in Canada. Mark and his partner, Mike Auzenne, produce a weekly podcast covering management topics [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 011 - Agile Project Management … Part 2Today we finish up my conversation with Mike Griffiths from Quadrus Development and the APLN on Agile Project Management. I appreciate everyone’s patience with the delay in posting the rest of the interview! Mike discusses several great resources for learning more about Agile and those are listed below under Helpful Resources.
Click here to listen [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 011 - Agile Project Management … Part 2Today we finish up my conversation with Mike Griffiths from Quadrus Development and the APLN on Agile Project Management. I appreciate everyone’s patience with the delay in posting the rest of the interview! Mike discusses several great resources for learning more about Agile and those are listed below under Helpful Resources.
Click here to listen [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 010 - Agile Project Management … Part 1I had an opportunity to speak with Mike Griffiths of Quadrus Development in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Agile Project Management. It is a great interview and we had so much information to share, of course, that I am releasing it in two parts. I share some listener feedback and there is a lot [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 010 - Agile Project Management … Part 1I had an opportunity to speak with Mike Griffiths of Quadrus Development in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Agile Project Management. It is a great interview and we had so much information to share, of course, that I am releasing it in two parts. I share some listener feedback and there is a lot [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 009 - Work Breakdown StructuresThis week’s episode is all about Work Breakdown Structures - what they are, why you use them (regardless of the ‘methodology’ you follow), and why they are so darn fascinating! Okay, maybe not so fascinating but very important! I’ve added some examples in the Helpful Resources section to help illustrate our discussion! Also, because of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 008 - Implementing PM best practices … Part 2In today’s episode, we finish up the conversation I had with Saul Ackovitz, PMP, on implementing project management best practices. I didn’t want to cut any of the great content out, so the segment on eXtreme Project Management and the first part of the discussion Lee and I had on work breakdown structures will [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 008 - Implementing PM best practices … Part 2In today’s episode, we finish up the conversation I had with Saul Ackovitz, PMP, on implementing project management best practices. I didn’t want to cut any of the great content out, so the segment on eXtreme Project Management and the first part of the discussion Lee and I had on work breakdown structures will [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 007 - Implementing PM best practicesToday’s episode covers the first part of a discussion I had with Saul Ackovitz, PMP, about his role in implementing project management best practices in a large, financial services company. I also played a promo clip from www.fivebyfiveaudio.com, Rem LaVictoire’s (aka the “voice” of Controlling Chaos!) new website offering his professional voice services to corporations [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 007 - Implementing PM best practices … Part 1Today’s episode covers the first part of a discussion I had with Saul Ackovitz, PMP, about his role in implementing project management best practices in a large, financial services company. I also played a promo clip from www.fivebyfiveaudio.com, Rem LaVictoire’s (aka the “voice” of Controlling Chaos!) new website offering his professional voice services to corporations [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 006 - Project Team Development … Part 2Today, we conclude the discussion Lee and I had on Project Team Development and I provide a link to a great website chockfull of helpful project management templates. I also talk about an interview I did recently with Cornelius Fichtner of The Project Management Podcast all about our little ol’ podcast! Make sure to check [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 006 - Project Team Development … Part 2Today, we conclude the discussion Lee and I had on Project Team Development and I provide a link to a great website chockfull of helpful project management templates. I also talk about an interview I did recently with Cornelius Fichtner of The Project Management Podcast all about our little ol’ podcast! Make sure to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 006 - Project Team Development … Part 2Today, we conclude the discussion Lee and I had on Project Team Development and I provide a link to a great website chockfull of helpful project management templates. I also talk about an interview I did recently with Cornelius Fichtner of The Project Management Podcast all about our little ol’ podcast! Make sure to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 006 - Project Team Development … Part 2Today, we conclude the discussion Lee and I had on Project Team Development and I provide a link to a great website chockfull of helpful project management templates. I also talk about an interview I did recently with Cornelius Fichtner of The Project Management Podcast all about our little ol’ podcast! Make sure to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 005 - Project Team Development … Part 1Lee and Dina discuss how to develop a high-performing project team. It is not easy but it can be done! This podcast covers the first part of our discussion - covering Tuckman’s team development model and the forming and storming phases of team development. Next week’s podcast will cover the remainder of our discussion.[...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 005 - Project Team Development … Part 1In today’s podcast, Lee and Dina discuss how to develop a high-performing project team. It isn’t easy but it can be done! This podcast covers the first part of our discussion - covering Tuckman’s team development model and the forming and storming phases of team development. Next week’s podcast will cover the remainder of [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |