Join Rod and Dale as they share their experiences working remotely for over 15 years.

Today, Rod and Dale sit down to talk about the impact that toxic people can have on a project. They share some tips on how to speak to the individual and steps that should be taken to address the impact.

Resources Mentioned
Patrick Lencioni's Law of Thirds 
The Johari Window Model

Today, Rod and Dale chat about why you need a vision and the key components of a vision.

Resources:
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

Join Rod and Dale as they break down the RACI model and share how they've seen it in action. 
The RACI Model is a tool used in establishing roles and responsibilities in project management.
Responsible
Accountable
Consulted
Informed

Today Rod is joined by his co-host and brother, Dale, to talk about managing relationships.

Tools mentioned
Points of You - Coaching Cards
Power Skills by Jim Masciarelli
Relationship numbers

In today's episode, we're going to be looking at those conversations that you need to have, but aren't necessarily looking forward to, often called crucial conversations, we'd like to think that they don't get to be crucial confrontations, but sometimes they get there too.

Here are the resources I mention:

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Crucial Confrontations by Kerry Patterson

Rising Strong by Brene Brown

This week, we're talking about the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, or HBDI for short, which helps you identify your thinking preferences.

Tune in to learn how to tap into your Whole Brain Thinking, and get some tools to help you and your team think differently. 

We're breaking down meetings by their  

• Why? 
• What? 
• Who? 
• How? 

Tune in to find out how to make meetings better for you and your team. 

Resources mentioned 
Start With Why  -  Simon Sinek

Today I want to dive into listening, why it's so difficult, and offer some tips to make it easier to truly hear when you listen.

When you listen to a podcast, for example, your mind probably wanders, or you get distracted by something. Neurologically speaking, our brains can really only do one thing at a time for the most part, but we're great at zoning in and out of multiple activities. You listen to a few words, look at the road ahead, check your mirrors, hear a few more words, and so on. It all happens so fast that we think we're driving and listening when, in fact, we're flitting between the two activities.

Keep listening for some ways to approach listening.


Resources mentioned:
The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

I want to start by addressing trust and why it's so important in your life as a project leader. From CEOs to investors, everywhere I turn, it seems that trust is involved. Trust is tricky. To build trust, we need to get curious and ask a lot of questions.
Today, we're sharing the first episode of our new podcast, Messy but Essential: the people side of project leadership. It's where we help you to improve your soft skills to reduce those hard costs. Because if there's one thing I've learned, it's that people make the difference between a successful project and a failed one. But let's face it, people are messy.

Conscious Money  by Patricia Aburdene
Stephen M. R, Covey on Trust
Language of Impact Seminar by Joel Roberts
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni