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On today’s episode of Lead with Heart, we are exploring all things project management and the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification with Tamara McLemore.
Tamara is the powerhouse founder of Tamara McLemore Enterprises, an executive consultant, a PMP instructor, and an award winning speaker who’s revolutionizing the way mid-career professional women approach project management. Through her innovative PMP exam two-week intensive, Tamra has condensed months of preparation into a streamlined 30 day path to certification.
Tamara is sharing her insights on risk management, people management, the significance of feedback, and more.
In this episode:
- [02:40] Understanding the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- [08:18] Project management for nonprofits
- [11:22] Leadership lessons from project management
- [13:23] The importance of risk management
- [15:38] Empowering mid-career women in project management
- [17:33] Bridging the gap between project management and people management
- [23:11] How project managers can provide constructive feedback
- [27:08] Empowering women to ask for raises
- [32:41] Busting PMP Certification myths
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES
“People are scared of risk. They think risk is bad, but we understand no risk, no reward.” – Tamara McLemore
“ Communication is 90% of project management.” – Tamara McLemore
“ Project management teaches us the bird’s eye view, how to be strategic. So yes, it’s getting the work done, but you also can work across business lines and you just see things different from an organizational structure.” – Tamara McLemore
RESOURCES
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CONNECT WITH TAMARA
LinkedIn: Tamara McLemore
Instagram: @tamarajoyful
Website: https://iwantmypmp.com/
CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), Certified Stress Management Coach, and Certified EmC train the trainer. She is the Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, a nonprofit consulting and coaching business. She has worked in both small and large nonprofit teams in the human services, homelessness, and youth sectors; and she specializes in the EmC process, nonprofit leadership, board development, and fundraising. Haley is a passionate, impact-driven, experienced nonprofit professional whose mission is to empower, elevate and engage nonprofit leaders to build healthy, thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
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