Elise Stevens

Podcast: Susanne Madsen – Stress in project management With deadlines, budgets, demanding stakeholders, time zone clashes, and an endless stream of emails, project management is full of stress triggers. Many of us consider it an unavoidable consequence of the work we do, but chronic stress can be deadly. In this podcast, Susanne Madsen speaks to […]

Podcast: Paul Pelletier – Women and Disrespect in the Workplace Disrespect in the workplace is easy to spot. It can start as snide comments, gossip or someone being excluded but can escalate into bullying and harassment. Victims, most often women, can be too intimidated to speak up and bystanders often think it’s none of their […]

Podcast: Hussain Bandukwala – Yes, you can set up a PMO in 100 days The success or failure of a newly elected head of state is often measured by how much they achieve in their first 100 days. Hussain Bandukwala thinks PMOs should be measured in the same way. Hussain is the founder of Parwaaz […]

Podcast: Naomi Caietti – Getting unstuck and jumpstarting your career We all know them: the people who wind up in leadership roles through luck or timing or rising through the ranks, but have limited leadership competencies. But leadership is not just a role or title, it’s a choice. In her latest book, project management consultant […]

Asya Watkins – Connecting and supporting women For 20 years Asya Watkins has worked for some of the biggest healthcare companies in the US, sometimes as the only woman in a room full of dozens of men and more often than not as the only woman of colour. It hasn’t always been easy to gain […]

Podcast: Sue Bivins – Changing hearts and minds Sue Bivins landed her first management position in the 1970s when women simply weren’t employed in leadership roles. When one employee refused to acknowledge her as his manager, and then she was laughed at by an executive, she learned one of the most valuable lessons of her […]

PODCAST: TAKING THE LONG WAY AROUND WITH NATALIE ALLEBLAS Natalie Alleblas and her husband were juggling three kids and a mortgage when they were both suddenly made redundant. It was a terrifying prospect: mouths to feed, bills to pay and no money coming in. But the couple took it as a sign from the universe […]

Podcast: Bill Dow – Leading a high-impact PMO Many PMO leaders fall into management positions accidentally because they’re a gun at project management, but they lack crucial leadership skills. Does that sound like you or your boss? PMO specialist Bill Dow is here to share some of his insights into leading and nurturing PMOs. Bill […]

Podcast: Andy Jordan – Portfolio Management made easy Portfolio management can be complex – not least because everyone seems to have a sense of what it is, but not the same sense as each other! In this podcast, portfolio management guru Andy Jordan speaks to Elise Stevens about why a portfolio is not simply a […]

Podcast: Mark Price Perry, pioneer of the Business Driven PMO Forget everything you may have heard about PMOs, Mark Price Perry is here to turn yours on its head. In this podcast, Mark makes the case to Elise Stevens that organisations should invest in a Business Driven PMO. Business Driven PMOs are run like business […]