How PMO Leaders Crush Their Authority Without Realizing It
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills There is a phrase I hear all the time from PMO leaders, transformation leaders, project managers, and delivery professionals. It usually sounds something like this: “The sponsor said we need to do it this way.” “The boss wants this done.” “Executive leadership told us this is required.” On the surface, that language […]
How Scarcity Mindset Limits PMO Influence and Leadership Growth
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Scarcity Mindset May Be Limiting Your PMO Influence More Than You Realize PMO and transformation leaders are trained to solve problems inside constraint. There is rarely enough time, funding, resources, sponsor support, executive attention, or organizational capacity to do everything everyone wants done. The job often requires making trade-offs, protecting capacity, […]
AI Adoption That Sticks with Tracey Lovejoy
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Your Plan Is Not the Problem. Your People Are. PMOs rarely fail because of a weak plan. They fail because change never fully takes hold. Adoption stalls. Pilots linger. Big bets like AI stay stuck in pilot mode. The initiative was solid. The stakeholders said yes. And yet six months […]
Trust and Alignment: The Real Drivers of Project Success with Dr. Kimberly Strickland
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills The plan was never the problem Most PMO leaders still blame the plan. When a project stalls, we tighten the schedule. We add more status reports. We refine the risk log again. None of that touches the real issue. The problem is rarely a weak plan. The problem is often […]
Lead Sustainably or Burn Out Trying with Mita Broca
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills You Cannot Build Sustainable Organizations with Depleted People There is a version of sustainability that never shows up in a corporate environmental report. It does not have a carbon metric or a waste reduction target. It does not get presented to the board. But when it runs out, your strategy stalls, your […]
PMO as Strategic Advisor: Helping Executives Make Better Strategic Decisions
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Executives spend much of their time thinking about where the organization should go. They focus on outcomes such as growth targets, market positioning, customer experience, and operational performance. Those priorities shape the direction of the business. But strategic decisions rarely happen in isolation. Every new initiative requires resources. Every shift […]
Failure vs. Feedback: 5 Ways PMO Leaders Turn Setbacks Into Strategic Intelligence
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Failure feels personal in transformation leadership Transformation leadership is visible work. When a governance rollout creates friction, stakeholders feel it. When a portfolio decision gets overridden, executives notice. When funding shifts and your roadmap collapses, the organization sees the stall. For PMO and transformation leaders, setbacks rarely happen quietly. […]
Leadership Intelligence: How AI-Powered Feedback Transforms PMO Leaders with Ben Perreau
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills When I started my career in 1999, I was a strong executor. I managed processes. I delivered projects on time. And then someone said: “Congratulations, you’re a PMO leader now.” I had absolutely no idea what that meant. Turns out, I wasn’t alone. According to research by the Chartered Institute of Managers, […]
Start Stronger: Your First 30 Days of 2026
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills January often starts with clear intentions. But then, next thing you know, the calendar fills up. The emails floods back in. Meetings stack up. And before you know it, you’re working hard again without being clear about what matters most. That’s not a motivation problem. It’s a STRUCTURE problem. In this episode of the PMO Strategies podcast, I share a practical way for PMO and transformation leaders to start the […]
Close Your Year Strong: Your Year-End Leadership Review
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Every PMO and transformation leader reaches the end of the year facing the same pressure. Close projects. Finalize reports. Summarize everything that got done. And yet, many leaders finish the year exhausted, frustrated, and still wonder why their work didn’t earn more credibility with executives. But activity doesn’t build credibility. IMPACT does. If your year-end review is just a […]