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Management Blueprint | Steve Preda266: Grow Your GovCon in Both Directions with Kendall Lott
https://youtu.be/X-3kplDKxfw
Kendall Lott, CEO and President of M Powered Strategies, is driven by a mission to empower public service organizations to grow their GovCon in both directions, aligning client needs with skilled talent.
We discuss the Tie Fighter (Bowtie) Framework, a strategic model Kendall developed to enhance growth by connecting business development, capture, and proposals (right wing) with networking, recruiting, and hiring (left wing), all bridged by training and development at the center. Kendall explains how this framework helps service-based businesses scale, maintain profitability, and empower organizations for long-term independence. He also shares...2024-12-1325 min
Manage This - The Project Management PodcastBuilding Your IMPACT Engine: The Blueprint for High-Performance TeamsTransform your project teams into high-performance delivery engines! In this episode, we talk with Laura Barnard, author of The IMPACT Engine, who shares her powerful framework for transforming project teams into top-performing teams. Listen in to learn Laura’s insights on creating low-stress, high-impact success in project management, building trust, and adopting valuable strategies for driving successful change and avoiding common project management pitfalls.
Chapters
00:00 … Intro02:31 … Meet Laura05:36 … The IMPACT Engine09:23 … Having the Right Mindset13:02 … Leading with Patience15:20 … Setting the Pace for the Project18:31 … Changing the “Haters”19:58 … The “Can of Sean”23:31 … Kevin and Kyle24:33 … “Give Them What They Want”28:29 … The One-on-One Interview33:00 … The Five...2024-11-1846 min
PMO Strategies280: How Project Managers are Driving IMPACT for NonprofitsWelcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working
What if you could use your project management skills to make a real difference in the world? 🌍
In this week’s episode of the PMO Strategies Podcast, I’m joined by the amazing team behind Project Management for Change (PM4C), including Beth May, Kendall Lott, and Mike Hannan. We discuss the Project Management Day of Service (PMDoS) and how it has empowered volunteers to bring impactful change to nonprofits around the world.
💡 Key takeaway: Learn how project managers are using their skills...2024-11-0347 min
PM Point of ViewThe IMPACT EngineThe podcast features a panel discussion with Laura Barnard, the author of "The IMPACT Engine," and three professionals who have utilized her strategies: Willetta Love, an Associate Director of Project Management, Andrea Cirelli, Senior Director of a PMO, and Gregor Androjna, a business consultant. The conversation is moderated by Kendall Lott. The IMPACT Engine is about accelerating strategy delivery, focusing on the human element in project management and change implementation. The panelists emphasize aligning projects with business strategy, fostering clear communication, and empowering leaders to drive impactful change. The discussion highlights the importance of understanding leadership needs, addr...2024-09-121h 05PM Point of ViewPM Game On!Host Kendall Lott, along with guests Galen Low and Mike Hannon, discuss the evolving role of project managers (PMs) in the age of AI, emphasizing the need for PMs to adapt to stay relevant. While AI can handle routine administrative tasks, it cannot replace the strategic thinking, human relationship-building, and ethical decision-making that PMs provide. The conversation highlights the importance of shifting from task management to a strategic focus, where PMs are seen as leaders who drive business value. We like the right training, as we need more strategic thinking, business context, and ROI understanding. Effective PMs must bridge...2024-08-0957 min
PMO Strategies267: The Power of Picking Three with Kendall LottWelcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen
Hi, IMPACT Driver!
“Pick three!” Kendall exclaimed while holding three fingers close to my face. I didn’t want to hear it. - The IMPACT Engine
In our latest podcast episode, I sit down with Kendall Lott, a long-time friend, partner, and all-around troublemaker, to discuss a key concept he taught me that I share in my new book, The IMPACT Engine.
We'll explore how prioritizing a few key objectives can lead to greater success and personal fulfillment. Kendall shares his experiences and insigh...2024-08-0554 minPMO Strategies267: The Power of Picking Three with Kendall LottWelcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen
Hi, IMPACT Driver!
“Pick three!” Kendall exclaimed while holding three fingers close to my face. I didn’t want to hear it. - The IMPACT Engine
In our latest podcast episode, I sit down with Kendall Lott, a long-time friend, partner, and all-around troublemaker, to discuss a key concept he taught me that I share in my new book, The IMPACT Engine.
We'll explore how prioritizing a few key objectives can lead to greater success and personal fulfillment. Kendall shares his experiences and insigh...2024-08-0454 minPM Point of ViewProgram Value ManagementChallenged by the hosts, Kendall Lott and Mike Hannan, returning guest Steven Devaux takes his value break down structure (the "Golden Triangle") to a new level, looking at quantifying value of project within programs. That’s the obvious, the less obvious is looking at the need for this view point in critical areas such as public health, emergency response and national security. He emphasizes the need to prioritize or sequence projects within a program to optimize the schedule for maximum impact, where the focus is on delivering outcomes rather than just producing products. What might we achieve if...2023-10-2458 minPM Point of ViewListener Questions Revealed!Elevating the Conversation about Project Management, with a twist. In this episode cohosts Mike Hannan and Kendall Lott take on some Listener Feedback. A running theme in the show is the actual and delineation of project manager, product manager, and program manager--so we jump on that! Of course, our main theme of its all about value, adding value and understanding projects as investments is once again threaded through the answers. But new things lurk--how do you agile on a fixed-price contract? What's the danger and opportunity in cross-functional teams and accountability when managing scrum teams in a matrix world? H...2023-04-1858 min
AI Today Podcast: Artificial Intelligence Insights, Experts, and OpinionAI Today Podcast: How AI and Project Management Fit Together: Interview with Kendall Lott and Mike Fortezza, PM Point of View PodcastIn this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer have a discussion with the hosts of PM Point of View Podcast Kendall Lott and Mike Fortezza. We discuss why project managers should pay attention to AI, why data-centric approaches are needed to run AI projects, and how CPMAI can enhance PM’s ability to run data projects.
Continue reading AI Today Podcast: How AI and Project Management Fit Together: Interview with Kendall Lott and Mike Fortezza, PM Point of View Podcast at Cognilytica.2022-12-211h 03
PM Point of ViewValue Integration in Project Management Recognizing the importance of identifying "what is the work in front of us" co-hosts Kendall Lott and Mike Hannan discuss improved ways cracking scope to improve project delivery and project value with guests Steven Devaux and Sergiy Potapov. Get past the traditional WBS to Product Flow Diagramming…which gives you progressive elaboration of the sequencing of work as you define it. Then step up to Value Breakdown Structures to identify total costs of work, including the drag (opportunity) costs of not executing some work. The goal of planning is to create understanding but also decision-making…what is worth spending more or l...2022-11-1955 min
PM Point of ViewPM Pessimist Optimist Synthesis [6/10 1:30 PM] Kendall Lott "PM is BS!" says Ben Damman, our (highly successful) guest today. Well, maybe...the concern is we have become ceremonial or process-centric over effectiveness. WE HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL, but WE ARE STUCK . And that of course, takes us back to a question of value. Products or projects, where is value is driven? Is this about general practices or specific adaptations. Today we have the pessimist view, the optimist view, and surprisingly, we landed at some learning through a synthetic view. Listen in, ponder...then grab a PDU Edited 2022-06-2253 minPM Point of ViewDesign ThinkingDesign mindset, before you even get to design thinking, let's figure out the problem and check assumptions. Guest Charles Lambdin describes the need and method of creating a frame of thought that has us testing hypotheses of what we need, and making faster smarter bets on the direction we should follow. A key takeaway: the first thing you design shouldn't be over designed and should be wrong…our goal is learning what is needed. The evidence is it saves overall design cycle time. Ultimately, we are after a bi-directional value exchange with our customers…that's how we get use from the p...2022-03-231h 02PM Point of ViewChange Management and TOC"I will do what I can, with what I have, where I'm at." This is a different take on change management; we break down what people say about change but linking it to the underlying framework from the Theory of Constraints. We should recognize that our organizations are fragile systems, and may be running on consequences and not on relationships. The organization has a sort of physics, and what we see in a lot of change environments is directive, not engagement, and we overcomplicate it--and even when we get it, we don’t see it sustained. TOC suggests that we sta...2022-02-221h 00
PM Point of ViewScoping and Recording with April Mills"I will do what I can, with what I have, where I'm at." This is a different take on change management; we break down what people say about change but linking it to the underlying framework from the Theory of Constraints. We should recognize that our organizations are fragile systems, and may be running on consequences and not on relationships. The organization has a sort of physics, and what we see in a lot of change environments is directive, not engagement, and we overcomplicate it--and even when we get it, we don’t see it sustained. TOC suggests that we sta...2022-02-221h 00PM Point of ViewCognitive Behavior"Do all the humans on your team have brains?" Not a comment on ability but on cognition and hardwired biases; if they have brains, they make mistakes in regular patterns. PMs follow the same logical paths of cognition and shortcuts that all humans do, some of which lead us to wrong conclusions and unhelpful behaviors. As planners and forecasters, our decisions have consequences for others, from executives wanting "the right answer" to colleagues whose performance reviews rely on work, schedules and quality metrics we define. And, the bad news is, we get it wrong. Through the filters of how we pe...2022-01-291h 05
GH Dirty DeedsGH Dirty Deeds with Port MiseryJames Lott Jr sits down with podcaster Tara Kendall and talk about her General Hospital Related Podcast, Port Misery and General Hospital in general! Follow her on Twitter @port_miseryand on spotify!2021-08-0145 minPM Point of ViewExpectations and CapacityKendall Lott and Mike Hannan with guest Hilbert Robinson explore exciting topics around product versus project management, setting expectations and how to address the variance between those and reality, the rounding of such expectations, and even the value of trade-offs when faced with new initiatives. Enjoy these topics and more for this segment of PMPOV.2021-06-261h 05
Open School Of BusinessMost prominent project management podcasters masterclass1. Andy Kaufman (People and Projects)
2. Elise Stevens (Fix My Project Chaos and Age Defying Careers)
3. Joe Pusz (Project Management Office Hours)
4. Kate Anderson (Project Management Happy Hour) maybe you could alternate in representing the podcast?
5. Kim Essendrup (Project Management Happy Hour)
6. Kendall Lott (The PM Point of View)
In this episode, you will learn:
1. Individual podcast information, target audience, number of listens or downloads so far, unique value proposition, how many years you have been doing it, business model, monetization strategies
2. What were the early d...2020-09-281h 02
PM Point of ViewProject Perspective: The Bigger Picture How can you manage a groundbreaking innovation project when you are surrounded by auditors and compliance- and risk-managers? And how can you ensure that what you deliver will truly benefit the organization and its stakeholders? Two presentations from University of Maryland's 2020 Project Management Symposium describe the pitfalls and offer solutions to both these questions. Richard Wyatt of TIAA talks about "The Project Management of Innovation," and Shane Perkins of Aurelius Group in Australia covers "Project Tricksters and Frauds: Why Benefits Realization Practices Matter." Host, Kendall Lott, conducts in-depth follow-up interviews with both presenters. To check out the complete presentations at UMD...2020-09-231h 00
PM Point of ViewCulture and Fit from the 2020 UMD Symposium This episode, the first in a series featuring highlights from University of Maryland's 2020 Project Management Symposium, focuses on culture and the importance of fitting in. We examine the hiring process, and maintaining a culture designed to retain top-notch staff. We also learn about a unique approach to stakeholder management. By observing organizational culture through an ethnographic lens, PMs can detect patterns and probabilities, and address potential gaps before they become serious roadblocks to project success. Host Kendall Lott delves deeper into these topics with the presenters from the UMD Symposium. Listen, learn, and get a free PDU! PDU Information Us...2020-07-281h 00PM Point of ViewCybersecurity in Project ManagementEvery day we hear about another cyber attack. Another virus that we have to guard against. Defending our digital infrastructure is an ongoing and top priority for every organization. It must also be incorporated into every project, from inception to close-out. In this episode, host, Kendall Lott, convenes a round table of experts to discuss best practices to safeguard your project from digital predators. Listen, learn, and get a free PDU! PDU Information Use the following information in PMI’s CCRS system to register the PDUs for this podcast: PDU Category: Online or Digital Medi...2019-10-2159 min
PM Point of ViewPsychometrics: Practical ApplicationsDo the members of your project team communicate effectively? How well do they really trust one another? What do we mean when we say feedback, and what exactly is a "feedback culture"? What's the difference between observed behaviors and drivers? In this - the second episode on Psychometrics - host Kendall Lott gathers experts to discuss the practical applications of psychometric tools. They cite specific cases to illustrate which approach best suits a given circumstance or issue, and then explain why they chose the approach they did, and how to measure results. Listen, learn, and get a free...2019-08-2059 min
PM Point of View63. PMs in a Digital WorldWhen you’re managing a digital project, you need a framework that's so nimble, even Agile might not provide sufficient flexibility. As technology advances at an unrelenting clip, project managers working in the realm of digital products - websites, apps, etc. - are facing a new range of challenges. In this episode of PM Point of View, host Kendall Lott sits down with four Digital PMs to discuss which PM principles and tools work, and which don't; what to watch out for, and tools for coping in this rapidly evolving arena. Listen, learn, and get a free PD...2019-06-2059 min
Manage This - The Project Management PodcastEpisode 79 – PM Designed VolunteeringThe Podcast for Project Managers by Project Managers.
Table of Contents
01:06 … Meet Kendall
03:27 … PM4Change
04:31 … Finding the Gap
08:05 … PMDOS Event Procedure
11:39 … Organization Support
12:19 … Benefits to the PM
14:48 … Networking
17:33 … Meet Selena
18:16 … Local Launch PMDOS
21:34 … Student Mentoring
24:05 … PMI Atlanta Chapter PMDOS
24:54 … Lessons Learned
28:25 … Success Story
30:32 … PM Point of View Podcast
31:53 … Closing
KENDALL LOTT: We have skills. The skills are needed. The talents are useful, but talents don’t count, you can’t let them be fallow. You have to use them.
NICK WALKER: Welcome
to Manage This, the podcast by project managers for project managers. Every two weeks we meet to discuss what
really matters to you as a professi...2019-04-1200 min
PM Point of ViewPsychometrics: Myers-Briggs and BeyondKnow thyself. Then know your teammates. A key component of effective project management is teamwork. That's not always easy when you bring together people representing a range of ages, backgrounds, and values. But there are steps PMs can take to engender a harmonious and productive work environment. Generally it's better to address this issue earlier rather than later. To sort through the various assessment tools, and their corresponding philosophies and methodologies, Kendall Lott has gathered a round table of experts to talk about the benefits, how to use them, when to use them, and when not to use them.2019-02-201h 00
PM Point of View55. Volunteer ManagementManaging Volunteers is key to the success of nonprofits and associations. In this episode of PM Point of View, host Kendall Lott talks with three Volunteer Management experts on the importance, the components, and the impact of good volunteer management. Listeners will learn about ways that volunteer managers can support their organization as well as their volunteers. This might include a rigorous on-boarding process; keeping volunteers aligned with the organization's mission; matching volunteers with suitable positions; and collecting data to be an effective advocate, and to track Return on Volunteer Investment. Factors such as Risk Management and Volunteer Retention ar...2018-10-221h 00
The Age of Organizational Effectiveness -- hosted by Charles Chandler093 – Management by Positive Organizational EffectivenessIn this episode, I join Kendall Lott, host of the PM Point of View podcast, which originates from the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Project Management Institute. Kendall invited me to come on his podcast to explain the new management model found in my 2017 book (Become Truly Great: Serve the common good through Management … Continue reading 093 – Management by Positive Organizational Effectiveness →2018-07-311h 09
West of Everest: An Oklahoma Football PodcastEp. 50 - Betting Big on "Bookie"In the opening take, Grant explains why Sooners fans may want to begin getting used to the number "1". Then Lee joins to talk all things Spring Game beginning with just how many people were at the game? (8:45) It was a huge weekend for big time commitments including a pair of 5-star WRs. (12:00) The guys disagree on the history of tall OU WRs. (18:25) Recapping the rest of the guys who committed to OU over the weekend. (23:40) A lot of former players were hanging around Norman Saturday on what turned out to be the worst weather day ever. (26:40) The guys finally start...2018-04-181h 20
Scope of SuccessEp56 - Walking the Walk Guest/Kendall LottIn this episode Brian & James discussed projects they are working on. Brian talked about his kickstarter campaign where he has a project of creating a Children's book and donating the proceeds from the sales of the book to help military families in need. http://storybookempire.com/ They also spoke with their guest Kendall Lott about walking the Appalachian trail and the meaning behind his great walk. http://www.mpoweredstrategies.com 2018-04-1226 min
PM Point of View48. New Releases: Conversations with the AuthorsIn the beginning, there was the PMBOK®. Then came the deluge! If you are looking for information on the latest trends, philosophies, and cutting edge methodologies in Project Management, there is no shortage of books and articles to explore. The questions is, where to begin? In this episode, host Kendall Lott interviews three authors of recently published books: Ted Kallman, co-author of Flow: Getting Everyone Moving in the Right Direction…and Loving It; Michael O’Brochta, author of How To Get Executives To Act for Project Success; and Susan Schwartz, author of Creating a Greater Whole: A Project Manager’s Guide...2018-03-2259 min
PM Point of ViewPMBOK 6: Scope & ScheduleFor this probing look at the newly released PMBOK 6, we convened a panel of experts for a rousing roundtable discussion. Host Kendall Lott talks with Stephen Devaux, Michael Hannan, and Randall Iliff about what’s good, what’s interesting, and what’s missing in the latest iteration of the PMBOK Guide. Among the topics covered are: projects as investments; time as a resource; flow; and more. Listen, learn, and get a free PDU! An educational podcast with PM Guests discussing key technical project management techniques in new ways. PDU Information Earn educat...2017-11-211h 03