"You manage tasks but you lead people."

As a project manager, you lead projects and teams. Or do you manage them? What is the difference, actually? And will knowing the difference help you to be a better project manager? In this episode, Brett speaks with internationally recognized project leadership coach, trainer and consultantSusanne Madsen. Their conversation focuses in on a topic that many PMs and managers tend to focus in on: How to be a great leader. They also discuss Susanne's book The Power of Project Leadership, which is now in its second edition and is up for a PMI award, and the themes within, including:
Leadership vs. management
The path to leadership
The mistakes project managers make:
Encouraging leadership
Finding time to level-up

Resources discussed in this episode:
The Power of Project Leadership
Susanne Madsen's website

"You manage tasks but you lead people."
As a project manager, you lead projects and teams. Or do you manage them?&nbsp;What is the difference, actually?&nbsp;And will knowing the difference help you to be a better project manager?&nbsp;In this episode, Brett speaks with internationally recognized project leadership coach, trainer and consultant<a href="http://www.powerofprojectleadership.com/" data-w-id="e8dab58f-6332-7db9-999c-0a805ad425f7" data-wf-id="[&quot;e8dab58f-6332-7db9-999c-0a805ad425f7&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input"> </a>Susanne Madsen. Their conversation focuses in on a topic that many PMs and managers tend to focus in on:&nbsp;How to be a great leader. They also discuss Susanne's book <a href="http://www.powerofprojectleadership.com/" data-w-id="68d525d0-ded6-a150-3e4a-95f620e072e9" data-wf-id="[&quot;68d525d0-ded6-a150-3e4a-95f620e072e9&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">The Power of Project Leadership</a>, which is now in its second edition and is up for a PMI&nbsp;award, and the themes within, including:
<ul data-w-id="33813b14-216c-55f3-5ef0-1260ed683bad" data-wf-id="[&quot;33813b14-216c-55f3-5ef0-1260ed683bad&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">
<li data-w-id="1072e664-5b8e-c979-3edd-aa5090a13003" data-wf-id="[&quot;1072e664-5b8e-c979-3edd-aa5090a13003&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">Leadership vs. management</li>
<li data-w-id="d11f3463-9690-613a-5c6c-1942844aff8d" data-wf-id="[&quot;d11f3463-9690-613a-5c6c-1942844aff8d&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">The path to leadership</li>
<li data-w-id="134fe0da-69c7-6abd-6e3f-5cdeb12d2e57" data-wf-id="[&quot;134fe0da-69c7-6abd-6e3f-5cdeb12d2e57&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">The mistakes project managers make:</li>
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<li data-w-id="5286f81f-5328-7543-0ec2-4e3fb8559929" data-wf-id="[&quot;5286f81f-5328-7543-0ec2-4e3fb8559929&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">Finding time to level-up</li>
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Resources discussed in this episode:
<ul data-w-id="7bd5516f-c3a8-2e75-40ce-3f32070a0746" data-wf-id="[&quot;7bd5516f-c3a8-2e75-40ce-3f32070a0746&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">
<li data-w-id="8651ba2d-d355-b0bb-0f60-e6a38ff6bcb2" data-wf-id="[&quot;8651ba2d-d355-b0bb-0f60-e6a38ff6bcb2&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input"><a href="http://www.powerofprojectleadership.com/" data-w-id="5a6b6f6e-7f9e-645c-587a-aa7dcb553674" data-wf-id="[&quot;5a6b6f6e-7f9e-645c-587a-aa7dcb553674&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">The Power of Project Leadership</a></li>
<li data-w-id="ffe89319-a5ba-3390-f6a4-a130f6ef5349" data-wf-id="[&quot;ffe89319-a5ba-3390-f6a4-a130f6ef5349&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input"><a href="https://www.susannemadsen.co.uk/blog" data-w-id="773f43f5-198d-5709-2673-61f544fa1ac2" data-wf-id="[&quot;773f43f5-198d-5709-2673-61f544fa1ac2&quot;]" data-automation-id="dyn-item-podcast-description-input">Susanne Madsen's website</a></li>
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