5 Minutes Project Management Podcast » Human Resources

Meetings Management – The Nightmare of the Project Manager – Part 2 of 2

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:00:18 +0000

Part 2 of 2 of the podcast where Ricardo talks about one of the biggest nightmares of the project manager: the meetings. Many times bad planned and with very low effectiveness this podcast tries to show techniques and practices for meeting management, aiming to plan properly, and increase the project success rate.

Meetings Management – The Nightmare of the Project Manager – Part 1 of 2

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:00:15 +0000

In this podcast Ricardo talks about one of the biggest nightmares of the project manager: the meetings. Many times bad planned and with very low effectiveness this podcast tries to show techniques and practices for meeting management, aiming to plan properly, and increase the project success rate. Part 1 of 2 podcasts.

7 Soft Skills for the Project Manager

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:00:49 +0000

In this podcast Ricardo talks again about the relevance of the soft skills for the project manager. He presents in this podcast 7 indispensable abilities to a successful Project Manager.

Directly from the Economist Talent Management Conference in London 2 of 2

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:00:18 +0000

In this podcast Ricardo Vargas talks about the highlights of the conference promoted by the British magazine The Economist in London that he attended last week. At the event companies like Google, Thomson Reuters, British American Tobacco, Mark & Spencer and others shared the main challenges to search for talent and develop human resources. Great project management insights. Part 2 of 2.

Directly from the Economist Talent Management Conference in London 1 of 2

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:00:50 +0000

In this podcast Ricardo Vargas talks about the highlights of the conference promoted by the british magazine The Economist in London that he attended last week. At the event companies like Google, Thomson Reuters, British American Tobacco, Mark & Spencer and others shared the main challenges to search for talent and develop human resources. Great project management insights. Part 1 of 2.

The Major Problems of the Project Manager

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the main problems faced by the project manager. He mentionss that many of these problems are related to human resources.
This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese. The link below is for the Brazilian Portuguese version.

Human Resource Management

Ricardo Vargas — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:00:00 +0000

In this podcast, Ricardo Vargas talks about Human Resource Management and explains that often times the project manager has a more technical background with no experience on human resource management. He talks about the importance of maintaining the motivation of the stakeholders and that the project manager must learn to practice the active listening so as to better understand the stakeholders needs.
This podcast was recorded only in Brazilian Portuguese. The link below is for the Brazilian Portuguese version.