Projectified Folgen

Organizations worldwide are putting greater focus on ESG (environmental, social and governance). As companies ramp up their efforts, leaders are determining how to integrate ESG into their projects. We discuss this with: Mauricio Bolaños, PMP, ESG operations and program manager, VMware, Heredia, Costa Rica: Bolaños discusses how his company’s ESG office works across business units to collaborate with project leaders to integrate and track ESG efforts in their projects, the value of incorporating ESG into risk management, and why he doesn’t see ESG as a competition.Abhay Bhavsar, PMP, head of ESG and safety, Fourth Partner Energy Private Limited, Pune, India: Bhavsar shares how his organization built buy-in for ESG practices across the enterprise, used data and stakeholder engagement to create its ESG agenda, and ensures teams utilize and report ESG processes on projects.Key themes[02:20] Educating and collaborating with teams to integrate ESG into projects[06:47] Factoring ESG into risk management[07:41] Embracing ESG to boost innovation and creativity[10:19] Building enterprise-wide buy-in for ESG[11:04] Using data to create Fourth Partner Energy’s ESG agenda[14:10] Ensuring ESG processes are put into practice—and reported—on projects

Organizations are facing a massive shift in the workforce as people reevaluate what they want from their jobs. It’s up to project leaders to keep teams on track and to continue to deliver value, even amid high attrition. We discuss this with: Kierstin Gray, PMI-ACP, PMP, program director, Argodesign, Brooklyn, New York, USA: Gray explains how project talent turnover can impact a team’s deliverables and cohesion, and how adopting an agile mindset and strengthening communication and trust can help teams build resilience to resourcing challenges.Vitor Amaral, CTO, Bitz, São Paulo: Amaral shares how people’s shifting relationships with their jobs and the increase in remote work are impacting tech jobs in Latin America, plus how project leaders are using communication and documentation to keep projects on track and team members engaged.Key themes[02:18] How high turnover impacts project teams—financially and emotionally[07:02] Adopting an agile mindset to build resilience[09:39] Ways to include safeguards for turnover in projects[11:30] COVID-19 and remote work’s impact on tech jobs in Latin America[13:15] Using communication, documentation to keep projects running smoothly[17:14] How emphasizing a project’s purpose and a team member’s efforts can aid talent retention 

PMI’s annual Future 50 shines the spotlight on rising project leaders who are creating a better future for all. Projectifiedâ spoke with three 2022 honorees: Kathy Johnston, chief chocolate officer, Mirzam Chocolate Makers, Dubai: Johnston discusses tackling challenges to build the company’s second chocolate factory with hybrid teams, how she’s learned to be a change-ready and flexible leader, and how she’s become more comfortable with her leadership style—and how that’s helped her take more risks.Christian Leke Achaleke, executive director, Local Youth Corner Cameroon, Yaoundé: Achaleke shares how his teams turn policy into real-world change in Cameroon, how his work in peacebuilding and conflict resolution has influenced his leadership style, and how rising leaders are changing how projects are run with technology and daring approaches.Lovy Bhatia, PMP, program lead for product and strategy, Amazon, London: Bhatia discusses how she keeps cross-functional teams and stakeholders aligned to a unified goal, her experience helping Airbnb build its operations and hone its vision in India, and how becoming a problem solver can help project leaders be successful—no matter the industry.Key themes[01:45] Leadership lessons learned: Be change-ready and flexible[06:19] How failure can help project leaders grow[08:48] How teams are turning policy into groundbreaking projects in Cameroon[13:48] Using conflict prevention skills in project leadership[17:30] Aligning stakeholders and team members to a unified goal[19:53] Embracing new opportunities and solving problems as Airbnb developed operations in India