10 Hard Truths PMO Leaders Must Understand to Become Strategic Partners
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills PMO Leaders Aren’t Stuck Because They Lack Skill They’re stuck because they were never taught what actually creates credibility. I’ve worked with PMO leaders across industries for decades. Smart people. Capable people. People who care deeply about doing good work. And yet, so many of them tell me the same thing. “I feel like I’m […]
Why Your PMO Needs a Business Plan, Not a Charter
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen You’ve Been Sold a Lie About PMO Charters Let me guess. Someone told you that starting a PMO means writing a charter. So you downloaded a template, filled in the blanks, and got executive sign-off. You thought, Great, we’re official. But a few months later, your stakeholders still don’t understand your value. Your team is chasing projects with no clear […]
Becoming a Confident PMO Leader Starts with Clarity
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Confidence isn’t about being fearless. It’s not about swagger or having all the answers. And it’s definitely not pretending you know more than you do. Confidence is clarity. For PMO leaders, confidence comes from knowing what outcome you’re driving, what matters most in the moment, and what step comes next. When that clarity is missing, even the most experienced […]
How to Set Up a PMO – Part 3 of 3
Aligning with What Matters Driving change across an enterprise starts with alignment with what matters. To align with what matters means to bring it back to the beginning and really master both the art and science of eastablishing a PMO. This starts with finding the right people, and then having the right people, doing the […]
How to Set Up a PMO – Part 2 of 3
The People of the PMO Building, transforming, rescuing, and running PMOs requires a constant focus on developing and leading the right talent. For more than 20 years, I was in the role of a hiring manager and in that time, I had thousands of resumes come across my desk and conducted countless interviews. I found […]
How to Set Up a PMO – Part 1 of 3
The Science of PMO Awesome! Since you have landed here, it is a pretty safe guess that you have been charged with building or running a PMO for your organization. You’ve probably even got the tools and templates coming out of your ears, maybe you even know about the best practices. That will definitely get […]
Stop playing with toys – where many PMO leaders are getting stuck
There are several building blocks necessary for a PMO to be successful. To keep things simple for this post, let’s focus on the general categories people, processes and tools. Everyone knows you need people in your PMO or playing the PMO roles to make it a PMO (even if there is only one of you […]
Ensuring PMO and Change Sustainability
All too often, I see organizations try to create a PMO or change organization because someone got “something shiny syndrome” and then it fizzles before the organization has really been given the chance to take off in a meaningful way. All of that time, money, and effort spent and now we are letting that work […]
PMO Building Block 6: Alignment with What Matters
Driving Real Change across an Enterprise I’m going to wrap up this series by going back to the beginning. Alignment with what matters means that you master both the art and the science of establishing a PMO. First, you have the right people, doing the right things, the right way. Then, once you have those […]
PMO Building Block 5: Successful Change Leadership
Creating Change Advocacy in Your Organization Change management is essentially about three things: The project, the people and the people. What does that mean? The project is about the work that needs to get accomplished. Essentially, we are talking about the scope. Getting this work done, by the way, is also about the people. In […]