335: Leveraging Imagination as a Strategic Superpower with Dr. Rebecca Sutherns

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills PMO leaders are great at execution. They know how to plan, deliver, and measure. But when change accelerates, those same strengths can become constraints. What’s missing isn’t discipline or process—it’s imagination.  A failure of imagination is what causes teams to drift, leaders […]

334: Be the One They Can’t Lead Without

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Being useful is fine. But being indispensable? That’s a whole other level.  This is what it means to be the ride-or-die right hand. The person leaders don’t have to chase, double-check, or worry about. The one […]

333: Reclaim Your Time and Lead With Confidence with Jimmy Burroughes

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Do you ever feel like your week is one long emergency response drill?  Most PMO and transformation leaders have spent their careers being rewarded for saving the day. But what if the very skills that got […]

332: Simplicity Is the Key to Winning

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working We glorify being busy. The meetings, the projects, the dashboards, the endless updates. It feels like progress, but it’s not. What it really shows is how easily complexity takes over and steals focus.  When that […]

331: Leadership in an Era of Disruption with Ken Banta

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Every organization talks about leadership and agility, but few know how to make them real when disruption hits.  When the pace of change never slows, how do you lead with clarity instead of reacting in chaos?  […]

330: Does Experience Always Mean a Better Hire?

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen We’ve all been told that the safest hire is the one with the most experience.  But here’s the truth: experience doesn’t guarantee IMPACT.  In this episode, I challenge the old belief that more experience automatically makes […]

329: What Project Success Really Means with Dave Garrett

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Time. Scope. Budget. They’re the scoreboard most teams are told to play by.    But what if meeting those marks isn’t what earns you a win—at least not in the eyes of your stakeholders?    In […]

328: The 3 Stages of PMO Leadership Growth

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working Growth in a PMO career often gets measured by titles or the size of the portfolio you manage. But in reality, leadership growth is about making the right shifts at the right time.  If you’ve […]

327: How to Create Exceptional Experiences with Neen James

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Luxury isn’t about cost. It’s about how people feel when they interact with you.    This is what it means to adopt a luxury mindset. Leaders who stop acting like task-driven order takers and start thinking […]

326: Strategy Isn’t a Scary Word

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Strategy is just planning for IMPACT. This is what PMO leaders do night in and night out: plan, prioritize, and align across the portfolio. That alone is influencing strategy.     So if PMO leaders are […]