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How to Handle Impossible Executive Asks Without Killing Your Project (Or Your Career)
Join Kim & Kate for a free training on pushing back professionallyβthe real-world strategies that actually work when an executive says "just get it done." Respond to unrealistic timelines, scope creep, and impossible demandsβwithout becoming "the difficult PM."
What You'll Learn
Here's What We're Covering
In this training, you'll learn:
Why "just say no" advice doesn't work
And what to do instead when an executive makes an impossible ask
The Affirm-Caution-Query Framework
Kim and Kate's proven method for pushing back professionally without damaging relationships
Word-for-word scripts
What to say when an executive asks you to cut a 6-month project to 2 weeks (real examples included)
How to protect your project scope
Without becoming the PM everyone avoids working with
We'll answer your questions live and share a downloadable guide with the exact phrases to use.
Is This For You?
This Training Is For You If:
You've been asked to "do more with less" so many times you've lost count
You're tired of saying yes to impossible asks and watching your projects (and sanity) suffer
You've tried pushing back before and it backfired, or you just froze and said nothing
You want to be seen as a strategic partner, not a yes-person or a roadblock
Don't Just Take Our Word For It
If I did not have PM Happy Hour as a resource, I would be a lot more stressed. You're fun and engaging. I really need your expertise.
Just a great space where you are getting expert advice in a way that's approachable and fun, practical, genuine, authentic. You're not afraid to talk about the real things.
They gently teach the language of corporate and project management without making me feel dumb, and they make me laugh along the way!
Meet Your Instructors
Your Instructors
Kim Essendrup & Kate Anderson
Kim and Kate have 50+ years of combined PM experience and have navigated every impossible ask imaginable. They've helped hundreds of project managers learn how to push back professionally, protect their projects, and show up as the strategic partner executives actually respect. This is the advice they wish they'd had 20 years ago.
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This training is packed with practical frameworks and word-for-word scripts you can use the next time an executive makes an impossible ask. No fluff, just real strategies that work.
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