Johanna Rothman

Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” provides frank advice for your tough problems. As a consultant, she assists leaders to become more effective. Sometimes those leaders are managers, sometimes they are teams, and sometimes they are entire organizations. When they apply her pragmatic approaches to the issues of project management, risk management, and people management, they discover that they are more successful.

She has keynoted on five continents. She’s not so sure she wants to go to Antarctica. She has written these books:

• Essays on Estimation

• Manage Your Job Search

• Hiring Geeks That Fit

• Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects

• The Jolt Productivity award winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management

• Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (with Esther Derby)

Her upcoming book is Agile and Lean Program Management: Collaborating Across the Organization. Read more of her writing on www.jrothman.com.