Matching People with Purpose

Episode Summary: In this episode, we talk with Linda Goodrich, the VP of Delivery at CureIs Healthcare. CureIs a customer of Project Insight, and so we have been fortunate to get to see Linda's superpowers over the years. Operationally, she might be known for bringing a structure to project management org-wide, but her real PM personal superpower is having a keen awareness of her team, their capacities, passions, and helping them find their most fulfilling roles in the workplace. Show Notes 00:00 – 02:00 Introduction and Linda’s early tech background 02:00 – 04:00 Starting in help desk, managing projects without knowing it 04:00 – 06:00 Gaining project experience prior to pursuing PMP certification 06:00 – 08:00 PM as the liaison between leadership and operations 08:00 – 10:00 Exposure to agile, forecasting, and real project complexity 10:00 – 13:00 Tracking capacity and allocation across teams 13:00 – 15:00 Using Project Insight to get real-time visibility into team bandwidth 15:00 – 17:00 How project data informs delivery timelines and sales commitments 17:00 – 19:00 Putting a dollar value on meetings and resource decisions 19:00 – 21:00 Making data actionable is the most important visibility 21:00 – 23:00 Helping team members blossom: right person, right role 23:00 – 25:00 Creating a framework for mentorship, motivation, and fun 25:00 – 27:00 PMBOK as a guideline, not a rigid rulebook 27:00 – 29:00 Balancing structure with energy and team spirit 29:00 – 31:00 The CureIS experience team and how they view their customers 31:00 – 33:00 What project work looks like in healthcare 33:00 – 35:00 Using Project Insight to unify sales and delivery processes Subscribe to Wear Your Cape to Work Podcast on: YouTube: / @projectinsightpmsw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WMdTji... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2419669.rss Sponsored by: Project Insight Project & Portfolio Management Software. Helping growing companies automate, execute, and measure project work across teams, systems, and portfolios. www.projectinsight.com