496: How to Generate Quick Wins, with Andy Kaufman

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Andy Kaufman: People and Projects Podcast Andy is a keynote speaker and author on leadership and project management. He’s President of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development and works with organizations around the world, helping them improve their ability to deliver projects & lead teams. He’s also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) and a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI®). Andy is 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 and he’s the host of the People and Projects Podcast. Key Points Change is inevitable — and should not be viewed as the enemy. Often, our training and education tends to lead us towards not thinking in the terms of quick wins. Agile is about incremental delivery. Frequency is valued. Our bias should be towards shorter intervals. Quick wins ultimately help you generate much faster feedback, leading to future steps. Resources Mentioned People and Projects Podcast by Andy Kaufman Related Episodes How to Succeed with Leadership and Management, with John Kotter (episode 249) The Path of Humble Leadership, with Edgar Schein and Peter Schein (episode 363) How to Pivot Quickly, with Steve Blank (episode 476) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	There are many useful tactics for leading change in an organization.
0:04.0	One place to begin is generating quick wins.
0:07.0	On this episode, the right context for quick wins and where to start.
0:11.0	This is coaching for leaders episode 496.
0:15.0	Produced by Innovate Learning
0:18.0	Maximizing Human Potential. potential. Host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born. They're made. And this weekly show helps you
0:36.3	discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations. And of course one of the most
0:42.1	important things we do as leaders is help create movement
0:46.0	and organizations.
0:47.0	Movement often towards change, and one of the best places to start is to create and to generate an influence quick wins.
0:56.0	Today's guest is absolutely an expert on project management is going to help us to do this effectively. I am so glad to welcome back to the show
1:05.5	Andy Kaufman. Andy is a keynote speaker and author on leadership and project management.
1:11.2	He's president of the Institute for Leadership Excellence and
1:14.0	development and works with organizations around the world helping them improve their ability to deliver
1:19.1	projects and lead teams. He helps people learn practical skills to manage projects, sponsor
1:24.8	projects, and lead people. He's committed to helping people maximize their
1:29.0	potential and the potential of their organizations. He's also a certified project management professional and member of the Project Management Institute.
1:37.0	And he is the author of navigating the winds of change, staying on course in business and in life, shining the light on the secret, and an
1:44.5	e-book entitled How to Organize Your inbox and Get Rid of Email Clutter.
1:48.6	And he's also the host of the People and Projects Podcast.
1:52.0	Andy, it's been a bit. I'm so glad to welcome me back to the show.
1:55.6	Thanks Dave. It's truly a pleasure. Thanks. Well let's start off first of all with this term quick wins and
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