Project Management Happy Hour Podcast
1) 115 - Top Shelf Replay: Trust Bricks
As project managers, we spend a lot of time talking about tools, processes, and delivery frameworks—but far less time talking about the invisible structure that holds projects together: trust. In this...Show More
2) 114 - Happy Hour Chatter: What PMs Really Do, Fear in Decision-Making, and Lessons from Going solo
Kim and Kate settle in for a classic PM Happy Hour episode — the kind where the drinks are metaphorical, the conversation is wandering in the best way, and the insights sneak up on you. This one cover...Show More
3) 113 - Top Shelf Replay: Stage direction in the boardroom
What happens when you drop a senior project manager into a room full of attorneys, tribal leaders, political operators, and massive personalities? In this Top Shelf Replay, Kate & Kim revisit one of t...Show More
4) 112 - Burnout: when a 500k job isn't worth it, with Norlander Wilson
Kate didn't plan to measure their burnout by the number of bags of pink-and-purple Mother's animal cookies consumed at their desk…but here we are. Kim's clue was a rotating cycle of stomach aches and ...Show More
5) 111 - Top Shelf Replay: How do you start a hard conversation?
Ever freeze up in a tough project conversation? Or worse—blow it up? In this episode of Project Management Happy Hour, Kim and Kate revisit their all-time favorite: Crucial Conversations by the team a...Show More
6) 110 - Are you defining project success wrong? Most PM’s do! With PMI’s Dave Garrett
Are you defining project success the wrong way? Most project managers are — at least according to PMI’s Dave Garrett. Project Management Happy Hour hosts Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson sit down with ...Show More
7) 109 - Top Shelf Replay: The Wolf - how to take over broken projects
Ever been dropped into a troubled project that’s already gone off the rails? Welcome to life as “The Wolf.” Inspired by the fixer from Pulp Fiction, Kim and Kate revisit one of our most popular episod...Show More
8) 108 - Why Risk Management? Future You Will Thank You
Why bother with risk management when you can just deal with problems as they happen? In this episode, Kim and Kate dig into the heart of that question—and the answer might just save your future self a...Show More
9) 107 - Top Shelf Replay: The Closer - Avoiding Project Acceptance Exception
Please. Let it end. PLEASE! A defining characteristic of a project is that it ends. Finally. Just finish it, right? If it were only that easy! In another Top Shelf Replay, Kate and Kim revisit one of...Show More
10) 106 - Finish Strong: Why the End of Your Project Matters Most
Projects aren’t remembered for how they started—they’re remembered for how they ended. In this PM Happy Hour episode, Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson unpack why finishing strong is critical to your re...Show More