Elise Stevens

Podcast: Stuart Easton – How does your PMO add value? Project managers face a lot of resistance to change – but it’s a fundamental part of what we do. As Stuart Easton explains to Elise Stevens in this podcast, if everything stayed the same we’d be out of a job! Stuart is the CEO of […]

Podcast: Turning a setback into a step forward with Kathie Argyros When Kathie Argyros was made redundant after 27 years in the airline industry, most of her friends and family expected her to go into semi-retirement and perhaps pick up a couple of days work per week. Instead, she enrolled in a Diploma of Interior […]

Podcast: Kylie Stephan – SOS (Save Our Stakeholders!) Stakeholder engagement can be incredibly tricky – but it’s an unavoidable part of the job! In this podcast, trainer and coach Kylie Stephan talks with Elise Stevens about common stakeholder engagement pitfalls and why going back to basics can be the best tactic. Project managers are working […]

Podcast: Connecting with your clients with Renee Holdsworth If you’re a small business owner and you’re more motivated by your bottom line than your clients, you may need a time-out on Renee Holdsworth’s treatment table. Renee is a qualified beauty therapist who left a well-known company eight years ago to run her own home salon […]

Podcast: Karlene Agard – Value management on megaprojects If you’ve ever heard the term ‘value engineering’ and instantly thought ‘cost cutting’, Karlene Agard is here to change your mind. Karlene works in risk and value management for megaprojects, making sure organisations optimise both the financial and non-financial benefits of investment in major projects. Misconceptions can […]

Podcast: Making your career work for you, with Anne Fowler Wade Anne Fowler Wade is a failed retiree, at least that’s how her husband would describe her. The Soulmate Dance blogger and coach develops courses to help people find love and relationships. She’s been consistently self-employed for 40 years and says she has always felt […]

Podcast: Laura Barnard – Start with why? Laura Barnard will turn the way you think about project management upside down. After decades working as a project manager and PMO leader, she has managed to boil the game down to one question: why? Through her online training and coaching program IMPACT by Laura, and consulting organisation […]

Kestrel Stone: Why Developmental Training Is An Absolute Must For Project Managers Project Managers are uniquely positioned to bring more than just project outcomes to the business place, and no one knows that better than Kestrel Stone. During her 13 years of project management on various projects, Kestrel developed a highly-effective method for structuring her […]

Podcast: Sorrel Gilbert – Growing Your Project Manage Confidence As A Young Woman As someone who’s just finished her apprenticeship and has begun working as a freelance Project Manager, Sorrel Gilbert is well acquainted with the experience of being new to the profession. Having been asked to be on major Women in Project Management Panel […]

Podcast: Successfully leading a Project Management team, with Helen Hull Helen Hull is a Project Specialist who specialises in Portfolio Project Management. Having lead many teams consisting of a diverse number of Project Management professionals, she understands the challenges of dealing with different egos, attitudes and situations where everyone wants to be in control. With […]