Rich Maltzman is co-author of How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings. So, I wanted to speak with him about creating productive project meetings.

Rich Maltzman has been practicing PM for 32 years and is currently Master Lecturer at Boston University, an author, and a consultant, who provides students and clients with a deep, rich learning experience and/or improved results.

Rich has enjoyed a 40-year career in telecom, mainly in engineering and project management.

Rich is the co-founder of EarthPM, LLC, a company devoted to integrating sustainability thinking into project management. And he served on the Editorial Board for the 7th Edition PMBOK® Guide.

Rich has written or co-authored a number of books… (links below)
including:
• Green Project Management (with Dave Shirley, 2011) – Cleland Award winner: https://geni.us/T4Erk
• Project Workflow Management: A Business Process Approach (with Daniel Epstein, 2014): https://geni.us/N6z1
• Driving Project, Program, and Portfolio Success: The Sustainability Wheel (with Dave Shirley, 2015): https://geni.us/7AXEwnp
• Bridging the PM Competency Gap (with Loredana Abramo, 2017): https://geni.us/QyJM8t

And, most recently, with Jim Stewart, Rich wrote:
• How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings https://geni.us/LQQQ

That’s why I wanted to speak with him about creating productive project meetings.

In this video, we discuss:

1. Many people take project meetings for granted, and others would think they are uninteresting. Why are they important?
2. What kinds of things get in the way of productive meetings?
3. What in particular about PROJECT meetings, if anything, is different?
4. How can we make our project meetings productive?
5. Is there any connection between the 7th Edition PMBOK® Guide and Rich's book – or meetings in general?

00:00 - Rich Maltzman
00:48 - Earth PM
01:23 - Rich Maltzman’s books
02:22 - How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings
02:38 - What got you interested in project meetings? And why should we care about them?
04:24 - Meetings can up project performance if…
05:02 - NHS Meetings Poster
05:23 - What gets in the way of productive meetings?
05:58 - Pedestrians and Drivers
06:46 - meeting Goblins - 6 Types
10:18 - We can only look at behavior
11:12 - What is it about Project meetings that is different?
11:35 - Leadership without Authority
12:35 - How can we make our meetings more productive?
12:59 - Don’t try to do everything
14:51 - Pre-meetings
16:16 - Skilled facilitator
16:53 - Value Delivery
17:34 - Interview with Nader Rad about PMBOK 7
19:52 - Kick-off meeting is important, but…
21:36 - Meetings as rituals
22:14 - Meeting Homework
23:33 - Meeting Discipline
24:48 - Who?
25:24 - Stand-up Meetings
25:47 - In and Out
26:49 - Meeting Duration
28:52 - One last tip
31:44 - Follow Rich Maltzman
35:50 - Close

Getting in Touch with Rich Maltzman
Read Rich Maltzman's People-Planets-Profits-Projects Blog
https://www.projectmanagement.com/blogs/264100/People--Planet--Profits---Projects
Connect with Rich Maltzman on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/exclaim/

Recommended Videos
Carefully curated video recommendations for you:
🎬 Good Meetings don't Happen by Chance https://youtu.be/yRkwbJbCTkQ
🎬 How to Hold a Daily Stand-up Meeting https://youtu.be/JSFfyse_EXM
🎬 Meeting Actions: How to get People to do Them https://youtu.be/Bv67Tf9nh2I
🎬 How to Run a Great Project Team Meeting https://youtu.be/dZeSiir1kWo
🎬 5 Tips for Better Meetings https://youtu.be/_Na53RKuyJU
🎬 Project Planning Process - How to Build Effective Project Plans https://youtu.be/9G_LwG8ozpo
🎬 Project Planning: Plan Your Project - PM Fundamentals https://youtu.be/LhBo0T4wcM0

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