APM Podcast

Nov 28 2024 105 ep. 37 mins 67

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Bringing you stories of how project professionals are adapting, pivoting and succeeding in a post-COVID world. Contact us at [email protected] This podcast is brought to you by APM, the chartered membership organisation for the project profession. For more information on how to join APM, visit apm.org.uk.

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Lessons on reaching the C-suite with Babcock International Group’s Donna Sinnick

Nov 28 2024 27 mins

Emma meets Donna Sinnick, Chief Delivery Officer at Babcock International Group, a defence, aerospace and security company, about her rise to the top of the profession and the valuable career and project management lessons she's learned along the way. Donna shares her advice on everything from creating simplicity in programmes and projects to being a woman in a male-dominated envir

Diverse routes into the profession: career stories from APM’s Women in Project Management Interest Network

Nov 14 2024 43 mins

Emma meets four project professionals who volunteer for APM's Women in Project Management (WiPM) Interest Network. They have all found their own unique path to a career in project management. They share their experience of switching sectors and coming to project management from a non-traditional career path – and give plenty of advice on how to successfully find your own way up t

How to have difficult conversations

Oct 31 2024 39 mins

Emma meets Marie Coombes and Sophie Paton to explore how to have difficult conversations as a project manager. With their advice, learn how to approach these conversations without feeling daunted – and why we shouldn't even describe such conversations as ‘difficult’, but rather reframe them as ‘essential’. Marie is the director of We Restore Calm and a seasoned expert in

How to be an inclusive leader

Oct 17 2024 54 mins

Recorded live at APM’s Women in Project Management Conference 2024, this episode brings together four project professionals to discuss what inclusivity means to them. Being an inclusive leader, they said, can strengthen relationships with colleagues by creating a more supportive and collaborative workplace culture. But is it easier said than done? And how do you bring people with

Secrets to leadership success with career coach Susanne Madsen

Oct 03 2024 35 mins

Emma meets Susanne Madsen, an executive coach for business leaders, particularly those working in the project profession. She is the award-winning author of The Power of Project Leadership and a regular contributor to Project journal. Susanne is known for her transformational leadership programmes and has coached hundreds of individuals from high-profile organisations across the gl

Episode 100: the BBC’s Ros Atkins on how to be a better communicator

Sep 19 2024 36 mins

To celebrate our 100th episode, Emma meets Ros Atkins, the BBC’s News Analysis Editor, who has presented and reported on some of the biggest stories around the world for 20 years. He’s also the creator of the critically acclaimed Ros Atkins On… video series, where he explains complex stories in a truly masterful way. His new book, The Art of Explanation, is out now in paperba

Inside the UK space race: behind the scenes at Nammo Space

Sep 05 2024 47 mins

Emma travels to Westcott, Buckinghamshire, to meet the team at Nammo Space, who work on propulsion systems for space rocket engines and thrusters. Their cutting-edge products are used on international space programmes, whether they’re satellites or missions to the moon or Mars. The business is growing rapidly, with around 100 people, and 12 project professionals. Read more in the

How to be a project influencer, with APM Trustee Emma Carroll-Walsh

Aug 22 2024 28 mins

Emma meets Emma Caroll-Walsh, Director of Customer Programmes at Aqua Consultants and Deputy Chair of APM’s Built Environment Interest Network, who is also an outgoing APM Board Trustee. She shares her top tips on how to be an effective project influencer and why it really matters to hone your influencing skills – plus what it's like to step up to being a Board Trustee and

Bring people with you: lessons from APM’s Project Professional of the Year

Aug 08 2024 39 mins

Emma meets Jimmy Nguyen, APM’s Project Professional of the Year 2023 and Associate Director at Turner & Townsend. Jimmy worked on the Bromford and Castle Vale flood risk management scheme for the Environment Agency. He was praised by APM’s awards judges for successfully dealing with stakeholder pressure, garnering support from the local MP and forming a high-performing team

Navigating tomorrow: 5 things we learned at the 2024 APM Conference

Jul 25 2024 24 mins

We take a deep dive into the future of the project profession, with a compilation of some of our favourite insights from the 2024 APM Conference. Held in Coventry in June, the theme for this year’s APM Conference was ‘Navigating Tomorrow: Future Skills for Project Professionals’. The event invited project leaders and experts on future trends to unpack the rapidly changing lan