People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

PPP 165 | Why MacGyver Would Be a Great (and Happy) Project Manager


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Constraints are.... Good?

Timeframes. Budgets. Staffing. Project managers constantly face confounding constraints on their journey to deliver a project. Constraints limit our options. They seem to make it more difficult to deliver. And they might be exactly what we need, according to author Scott Sonenshein. Scott is the author of the new book Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less--and Achieve More Than You Ever Imagined. Scott relates why being MacGyver-like, adaptable to the constraints we encounter, can help us not only be more successful, but happier as well.

Learn more about Scott at http://www.scottsonenshein.com/

Have Andy Speak at Your Company!

I spend most of my weekdays delivering project management and leadership workshops and keynotes at companies and conferences. Visit https://www.i-leadonline.com/workshops to learn more about how we can help you and your teams learn how to lead and deliver.

Also, learn more about our e-learning course about developing stakeholder relationships by visiting http://courses.i-leadonline.com/courses/the-dirty-little-secret-of-business.

Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast!

OCTOBLUES, PORCH BLUES, and MATT'S BLUES by Kevin Macleod Licensed under a Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 License.

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