The Sunday Lunch Project Manager

This week we have episode one of my chat with Hilary Kinney PMP, The Parenting Project Manager or the Project Managing Parent?

Hilary Kinney is a project director with 17 years of experience at a Fortune 500 company. She is also an award-winning blogger and author of the book Project Management for Parents, providing resources for busy families to build teamwork, get organized, and streamline life at home. She is the proud mother of an elementary school student and her recent parenting accomplishments include teaching him to plan his day independently, make dinner, and get his chores done without complaining - most of the time. Her career achievements range from facilitating a C-suite-sponsored customer recognition program across 7,000 properties globally, to directing special projects for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company President’s office.

Hilary earned a B.S. in Hotel Administration from Cornell University. She holds a Project Management Professional (PMP)® Certification from the Project Management Institute, as well as a Change Practitioner Certification from the Prosci® Change Management Leadership Center. She lives with her family in the Washington, D.C. area.

Find out more here: https://www.projectmanagementforparents.com/

Grab her book here https://amzn.to/3OyhOlZ

This week I have part two of my conversation with Melissa Romo, The Human Resource.

Melissa is a veteran of global business, having held executive roles in Warsaw, Paris, London and New York for some of the world’s most recognized companies. Across her three decades in marketing and advertising, she has been recognized as a global advertising and marketing “40 Over 40”, “Inspirational Woman of the Year”, and “Inclusive Leader”. She has built and led high-performing teams in hybrid and fully remote settings long before the pandemic era.

Melissa’s mission is to help other remote leaders like herself, and their organizations, unlock the keys to connection and culture no matter where people work.

Melissa holds an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, where she relished her coursework in organizational behavior and leadership. Her clients and employers have included American Express, Grey Advertising, SAPConcur, Sage, and Procter & Gamble. When not on a global assignment, she calls Hoboken, New Jersey home.

Website: https://www.melissaromoauthor.com/

Get her book here:

This week I have part one of my conversation with Melissa Romo, The Human Resource.

Melissa is a veteran of global business, having held executive roles in Warsaw, Paris, London and New York for some of the world’s most recognized companies. Across her three decades in marketing and advertising, she has been recognized as a global advertising and marketing “40 Over 40”, “Inspirational Woman of the Year”, and “Inclusive Leader”. She has built and led high-performing teams in hybrid and fully remote settings long before the pandemic era.

Melissa’s mission is to help other remote leaders like herself, and their organizations, unlock the keys to connection and culture no matter where people work.

Melissa holds an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management, where she relished her coursework in organizational behavior and leadership. Her clients and employers have included American Express, Grey Advertising, SAPConcur, Sage, and Procter & Gamble. When not on a global assignment, she calls Hoboken, New Jersey home.

Website: https://www.melissaromoauthor.com/

Get her book here:

This week I have part two of my conversation with Alexis Kingsbury, The Business Process Guy.

Alexis is an award-winning entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience, currently running two SaaS businesses (AirManual and Spidergap) with a

remote & global team, and supports others as a board member or consultant including well known companies like Sony PlayStation.

In the last few years, Alexis has worked with 100s of business leaders to help save them 1,000s of hours of their time each year and unlock their business’

growth. He’s been sharing his findings, and it’s had a huge impact on many businesses. For example, Alexis won the ‘Most valued content’ award in 2021 for

his workshop at Dan Bradbury’s Success Mastermind (a community of 60+ small business owners), which led to over 30 business owners adopting the

tools and processes recommended.

Alexis is a husband, and dad of two, and is passionate about balancing work alongside family life (and makes sure his team does too!) He also enjoys craft

beer, whisky, skiing, skateboarding, dancing, gaming, golf, touch rugby and squash.

Website

airmanual.link/SLP23A (my affiliate link)

Social Media Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkingsbury

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiskingsbury

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexis.kingsbury

Instagram: http://instagram.com/alexis.kingsbury

This week I have part one of my conversation with Alexis Kingsbury, The Business Process Guy.

Alexis is an award-winning entrepreneur, with over 10 years of experience, currently running two SaaS businesses (AirManual and Spidergap) with a

remote & global team, and supports others as a board member or consultant including well known companies like Sony PlayStation.

In the last few years, Alexis has worked with 100s of business leaders to help save them 1,000s of hours of their time each year and unlock their business’

growth. He’s been sharing his findings, and it’s had a huge impact on many businesses. For example, Alexis won the ‘Most valued content’ award in 2021 for

his workshop at Dan Bradbury’s Success Mastermind (a community of 60+ small business owners), which led to over 30 business owners adopting the

tools and processes recommended.

Alexis is a husband, and dad of two, and is passionate about balancing work alongside family life (and makes sure his team does too!) He also enjoys craft

beer, whisky, skiing, skateboarding, dancing, gaming, golf, touch rugby and squash.

Website

⁠airmanual.link/SLP23A⁠ (my affiliate link)

Social Media Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexkingsbury

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexiskingsbury

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexis.kingsbury

Instagram: http://instagram.com/alexis.kingsbury

This week we step back into the archives, with Ben Aston, The Digital PM.

Ben brings 20 years of experience in both strategic thinking and tactical implementation from a career at top digital agencies including FCV, Dare, Wunderman, DLKW Lowe and DDB. He's been fortunate enough to work across verticals including transit, utilities, FMCG, consumer electronics, eCommerce, automotive, financial services, public sector, and retail brands.

Ben's a Certified Scrum Master, PRINCE2 Practitioner and founder of the digital project management blog, The Digital Project Manager.Founded in 2011, The Digital Project Manager has become one of the largest and most credible platforms for digital project management information and thought leadership. With feature articles, how-to guides, tools, reviews, jobs and funnies, The Digital Project Manager draws on the rapidly expanding, global audience of digital project managers. 

For more information about Ben take a look at the following links:

Website: thedigitalprojectmanager.com

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/benaston

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: www.twitter.com/thedigitalpm

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedigitalprojectmanager

This week we have part two of the interview with Laura Chattington, The Career Activator.

Laura helps professionals who feel like their careers are plateauing or not progressing fast enough. She helps them elevate themselves in the workplace and fast-track their careers. If you're ready to stop your career plateauing and make progress faster before running out of time, making the impact you want in your professional and personal life, go ahead and join our free masterclass. 

Laura has nearly 20 years’ experience of directing multi-million-pound global communications accounts and communicating up to c-suite level executives Laura has delivered and facilitated events and training sessions to hundreds of people around the world including London, Lisbon, Singapore, Geneva, and South Africa Specialising in presenting and influence, Laura is a master of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and certified coach, having trained with one of the two co-founders, and specialised in communication and influence. As well as individuals, she has trained teams from companies including Deloitte, IBM, Facebook, Oracle, Social Finance and NHS

https://www.activatemycareerlive.com/event-registration

https://www.talkingshopco.com/

This week we have part one of the interview with Laura Chattington, The Career Activator.

Laura helps professionals who feel like their careers are plateauing or not progressing fast enough. She helps them elevate themselves in the workplace and fast-track their careers. If you're ready to stop your career plateauing and make progress faster before running out of time, making the impact you want in your professional and personal life, go ahead and join our free masterclass. 

Laura has nearly 20 years’ experience of directing multi-million-pound global communications accounts and communicating up to c-suite level executives Laura has delivered and facilitated events and training sessions to hundreds of people around the world including London, Lisbon, Singapore, Geneva, and South Africa Specialising in presenting and influence, Laura is a master of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and certified coach, having trained with one of the two co-founders, and specialised in communication and influence. As well as individuals, she has trained teams from companies including Deloitte, IBM, Facebook, Oracle, Social Finance and NHS

https://www.activatemycareerlive.com/event-registration

https://www.talkingshopco.com/

This week I have part two of my interview with Jen Santos, The Events PM.

Jen is lover of event tech and obsessed with exceptional digital attendee and user experiences, She loves events, she loves repeatable, reliable systems and processes, and she loves to teach and mentor.

Delivering an event takes a village, and we all succeed or fail as a team. She leads event technology projects, ensuring that the disparate pieces of technology work together to create a seamless attendee experience.And while the tech is important, it’s ultimately the people that matter. The attendees, the client organization, and the countless vendor teams that work together to deliver an exceptional experience.

She is also the founder of the EventTech Academy, THE place where event tech project managers skill up, collaborate, learn, and share industry best practices.

Links

Web: ⁠jensantos.com⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/jenwaak⁠

Support the Show

Mine and my guests books: www.nigelcreaser.com/shop

Audiobook: www.nigelcreaser.com/hacksaudio

Patreon: www.patreon.com/sundaylunchpm

Sponsors get touch at [email protected]

Wanna be on the show? Message me at [email protected]

This week I have part one of my interview with Jen Santos, The Events PM

Jen is lover of event tech and obsessed with exceptional digital attendee and user experiences, She loves events, she loves repeatable, reliable systems and processes, and she loves to teach and mentor.

Delivering an event takes a village, and we all succeed or fail as a team. She leads event technology projects, ensuring that the disparate pieces of technology work together to create a seamless attendee experience.And while the tech is important, it’s ultimately the people that matter. The attendees, the client organization, and the countless vendor teams that work together to deliver an exceptional experience.

She is also the founder of the EventTech Academy, THE place where event tech project managers skill up, collaborate, learn, and share industry best practices.

Web: jensantos.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jenwaak

Support the Show

Mine and my guests books: www.nigelcreaser.com/shop

Audiobook: www.nigelcreaser.com/hacksaudio

Patreon: www.patreon.com/sundaylunchpm

Sponsors get touch at [email protected]

Wanna be on the show? Message me at [email protected]