Approach for PMs "selling smoke"

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Francisco Herrera

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Program Manager, PPM&PMO Specialist.| Coppel, Mexico. Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico

Colleagues,

If you are managing a program and have a colleague PM who constantly overpromises (sells smoke), delivers work below average, and often tries to take credit for others’ work—sometimes just doing copy-paste from the team—how would you approach this situation?

I’m curious to hear your strategies for handling this type of behavior while keeping the program on track and maintaining a professional environment.

Posted: Dec 3, 2025 1:22 PM

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