Born in the 80’s, Victoria McKenna was quite a naughty child, very artistic and quite sensitive. She never actually ‘knew’ what she wanted from life for a very long time, not until 2014 anyway. From leaving university, she followed a path into the world of Telecoms sales, which was the start of a long, enjoyable career, finishing up as a Project Manager, which she loved.   As a young adult, for years she dreamt and spoke of designing clothes for women but didn’t have the faith to bring it to fruition. She learnt how to power dress in a corporate world and became obsessed with waistcoats (which she still is to this day) and looking serious, but with an edge.   In 2014, life changed when after a period of stress, she had a stroke. Life stopped, she lost her career and it took a total of two years to properly recover, with heart surgery thrown in. If ever there is a time to take a long hard look at yourself, it is during a period of enforced downtime and when there’s no certainty you’ll pull through. But no time for sympathy, because it was then that she realised she had been given a second chance. Life was still upside down with divorce and a lot of upheaval going on, but this whole period was the making of her.  So, the brand was born. she registered the name and started the journey.   https://www.victoriajanemckenna.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickymckennapm/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode, I have the second part of my chat with Marcus Glowasz, The Passionate PM Innovator Marcus is a project leadership coach and advisor, helping project leaders and teams to future-proof their ways of delivering and managing projects, drive change in today’s fast-paced, high growth and rapidly changing global environments, and become effective leaders and role models in their practice. With almost three decades of international experience in technology-driven projects, working with numerous organizations from large corporates to small business practices across various industries, he has developed an obsession and passion for the innovation and advancement of the project management practice. His expertise is in driving required behavioral and cultural changes to improve project resilience and robustness, adopt a continuous improvement mindset, and transition to a future-proof and evidence-driven project management practice. His expertise is supported by a number of formal credentials: Executive MBA from Henley Business School (UK) Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School (UK) PMI Agile Certified Practitioner [PMI-ACP]® Project Management Professional [PMP]® Program Management Professional [PgMP]® PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) – Certified Practitioner Stanford Certified Project Manager (Stanford University) Links: https://marcusglowasz.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusglowasz/ https://twitter.com/MarcusGlowasz https://marcusglowasz.medium.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode, I have the first part of my chat with Marcus Glowasz, The Passionate PM Innovator Marcus is a project leadership coach and advisor, helping project leaders and teams to future-proof their ways of delivering and managing projects, drive change in today’s fast-paced, high growth and rapidly changing global environments, and become effective leaders and role models in their practice. With almost three decades of international experience in technology-driven projects, working with numerous organizations from large corporates to small business practices across various industries, he has developed an obsession and passion for the innovation and advancement of the project management practice. His expertise is in driving required behavioral and cultural changes to improve project resilience and robustness, adopt a continuous improvement mindset, and transition to a future-proof and evidence-driven project management practice. His expertise is supported by a number of formal credentials: Executive MBA from Henley Business School (UK) Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School (UK) PMI Agile Certified Practitioner [PMI-ACP]® Project Management Professional [PMP]® Program Management Professional [PgMP]® PRINCE2 Certified Practitioner Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) – Certified Practitioner Stanford Certified Project Manager (Stanford University) Links: https://marcusglowasz.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusglowasz/ https://twitter.com/MarcusGlowasz https://marcusglowasz.medium.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode, I have the second part of my chat with Andy Kaufman, The People and Projects Guy Andy Kaufman,PMP is an international speaker, author, & executive coach, and President of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc. Andy works with organizations around the world, helping them improve their ability to deliver projects & lead teams. Andy’s keynotes, workshops, and executive coaching services have reached tens of thousands of people from hundreds of companies over the years, helping them deliver their projects, become more confident leaders, take focused action, and deliver results. He brings a rich background of over 25 years of experience in executive management, technology, team leadership, project management, consulting, & coaching. Andy is a certified trainer and author of "Navigating the Winds of Change: Staying on Course in Business & in Life", "Shining the Light on The Secret", and an e-book entitled "How to Organize Your Inbox & Get Rid of E-Mail Clutter", all published by Zurich Press. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Andy is the host of "The People and Projects Podcast" (http://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com or any podcast app) which provides interviews and insights to help listeners lead people and deliver projects. The podcast focuses on the intersection of People and Projects--where work gets done in the real world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode, I have the first part of my chat with Andy Kaufman, The People and Projects Guy Andy Kaufman,PMP is an international speaker, author, & executive coach, and President of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development Inc.  Andy works with organizations around the world, helping them improve their ability to deliver projects & lead teams.   Andy’s keynotes, workshops, and executive coaching services have reached tens of thousands of people from hundreds of companies over the years, helping them deliver their projects, become more confident leaders, take focused action, and deliver results. He brings a rich background of over 25 years of experience in executive management, technology, team leadership, project management, consulting, & coaching.    Andy is a certified trainer and author of "Navigating the Winds of Change: Staying on Course in Business & in Life", "Shining the Light on The Secret", and an e-book entitled "How to Organize Your Inbox & Get Rid of E-Mail Clutter", all published by Zurich Press. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).    Andy is the host of "The People and Projects Podcast" (http://PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com or any podcast app) which provides interviews and insights to help listeners lead people and deliver projects. The podcast focuses on the intersection of People and Projects--where work gets done in the real world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode I have part two of my chat with Dr Tammy Watchorn, The Change Ninja Tammy is just about to release her book The Change Ninja Handbook An Interactive Adventure for Leading Change, she has a background in project and programme management, organisational change and innovation alongside many years of mentoring, designing and facilitating workshops, events and training using face-to-face and virtual solutions. Tammy is a Director at AnSáS which provides facilitation, training, mentoring and coaching for learning and insights for sustainable change, innovation and transformation. A director at Pentacle Scotland, part of Pentacle the Virtual Business School, a revolutionary business school, providing executive and management education to the world's most innovative organisations where they provoke, inspire, educate, enable, coach, and facilitate. Associate at Sparking Performance co-creating and delivering Applied Neuroscience for Delivering Change. Following a career in scientific research, Tammy moved to working in the public sector and volunteering for the third sector on change, innovation, and transformation. Along the way she has researched, tested, developed and implemented different processes, tools and methods for individual and team learning, leadership, creativity, innovation, collaboration, agile and user centred design. Working at a national level across Scotland she was able to gather key insights into gaps in these methods, gaps in teaching practices and workshops, gaps that impact on scale up, longer term sustainability and delivery of organisational goals and benefits. Website: https://tammywatchorn.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tammywatchorn twitter: https://twitter.com/TamWatchorn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode I meet Dr Tammy Watchorn, The Change Ninja Tammy is just about to release her book The Change Ninja Handbook An Interactive Adventure for Leading Change, she has a background in project and programme management, organisational change and innovation alongside many years of mentoring, designing and facilitating workshops, events and training using face-to-face and virtual solutions. Tammy is a Director at AnSáS which provides facilitation, training, mentoring and coaching for learning and insights for sustainable change, innovation and transformation. A director at Pentacle Scotland, part of Pentacle the Virtual Business School, a revolutionary business school, providing executive and management education to the world's most innovative organisations where they provoke, inspire, educate, enable, coach, and facilitate. Associate at Sparking Performance co-creating and delivering Applied Neuroscience for Delivering Change. Following a career in scientific research, Tammy moved to working in the public sector and volunteering for the third sector on change, innovation, and transformation. Along the way she has researched, tested, developed and implemented different processes, tools and methods for individual and team learning, leadership, creativity, innovation, collaboration, agile and user centred design. Working at a national level across Scotland she was able to gather key insights into gaps in these methods, gaps in teaching practices and workshops, gaps that impact on scale up, longer term sustainability and delivery of organisational goals and benefits. Website: https://tammywatchorn.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tammywatchorn twitter: https://twitter.com/TamWatchorn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

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In this episode, we have part two of my chat with Dr Troy Hall, The Talent Retention Expert, Dr Troy has featured on the Today Show, ABC, Beyond the Business Radio Show, and CEO World, Dr. Troy Hall is an award-winning culture strategist, radio show host, speaker, author, and talent retention expert. As the author of the Best Selling Title, Cohesion Culture: Proven Principles to Retain Your Top Talent, and co-author of a Best New Book Release, Mission Matters: World’s Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Top Tips for Success, Dr. Troy was once told he did not have the talent to write. His mom, Fanny, reminded him, “It’s not the successes or failures that shape your life, it’s how you handle them.” His doctorate in Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship has sent him across the globe to help leaders create cultures of cohesion and retain top talent in their organizations. With more than 40 years of practical leadership experience and a Ph.D. in Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Dr. Troy's passion is helping others succeed. His consulting and executive coaching sessions have positively impacted organizational leaders around the globe on how to create cultures of cohesion to retain their top talent. From the U.S. to Canada and the United Kingdom, from the Middle East to Africa, Asia, and Australia, Dr. Troy has spoken at global conferences as a subject matter expert on the topics of culture & leadership, strategy, and change. Website: https://drtroyhall.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtroyhall/ Support the show Get copies of books from all my guests in the shop tinyurl.com/SundayLunchPMPodShop My latest book Project Manager Productivity Hacks is available: https://tinyurl.com/PMProdHacks The Sunday Lunch Project Manager Podcast Listener Group: https://tinyurl.com/TheDinnerTable Sponsor A massive thank you to Tamplo for sponsoring this episode: Tamplo turns meetings into action plans! The two strengths of Tamplo, Meetings Project and Task Management & follow up easy and intuitive. Get a FREE 1-month trial here tinyurl.com/NigelCreaserTamplo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message

In this episode, we have part one of my chat with Dr Troy Hall, The Talent Retention Expert, Dr Troy has featured on the Today Show, ABC, Beyond the Business Radio Show, and CEO World, Dr. Troy Hall is an award-winning culture strategist, radio show host, speaker, author, and talent retention expert. As the author of the Best Selling Title, Cohesion Culture: Proven Principles to Retain Your Top Talent, and co-author of a Best New Book Release, Mission Matters: World’s Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Top Tips for Success, Dr. Troy was once told he did not have the talent to write. His mom, Fanny, reminded him, “It’s not the successes or failures that shape your life, it’s how you handle them.” His doctorate in Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship has sent him across the globe to help leaders create cultures of cohesion and retain top talent in their organizations. With more than 40 years of practical leadership experience and a Ph.D. in Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Dr. Troy's passion is helping others succeed. His consulting and executive coaching sessions have positively impacted organizational leaders around the globe on how to create cultures of cohesion to retain their top talent. From the U.S. to Canada and the United Kingdom, from the Middle East to Africa, Asia, and Australia, Dr. Troy has spoken at global conferences as a subject matter expert on the topics of culture & leadership, strategy, and change. Website: https://drtroyhall.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtroyhall/ Support the show Get copies of books from all my guests in the shop tinyurl.com/SundayLunchPMPodShop My latest book Project Manager Productivity Hacks is available: https://tinyurl.com/PMProdHacks The Sunday Lunch Project Manager Podcast Listener Group: https://tinyurl.com/TheDinnerTable Sponsor A massive thank you to Tamplo for sponsoring this episode: Tamplo turns meetings into action plans! The two strengths of Tamplo, Meetings Project and Task Management & follow up easy and intuitive. Get a FREE 1-month trial here tinyurl.com/NigelCreaserTamplo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sundaylunchpm/message