When You Sound Overwhelmed, You Break Trust
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Some leaders speak with calm, focus, and control, even when things are intense behind the scenes. Others default to saying things like “we’re buried” or “this is a lot,” not realizing they’re sending a very different signal. It’s less about the volume of work and more about the way it’s […]
From Useful to Essential: How to Be the Trusted Partner Executives Invest In
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Some leaders keep their head down and focus only on tasks and deadlines. Others step up as the ride-or-die right hand. They protect their leader’s credibility, solve problems under pressure, and bring calm when the room turns chaotic. What sets you apart isn’t the number of hours you put in. […]
Reclaim Your Time and Lead With Confidence with Jimmy Burroughes
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Every great leader starts with clarity, confidence, and a team that can operate without constant supervision. Yet too many PMO and transformation leaders spend their days chasing fires instead of setting direction, leading to long hours, constant interruptions, and teams that rely on them for every decision. It’s not a […]
Does More Experience Make a Better Hire?
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen If the most experienced hire was always the best, why do so many people with years of experience in traditional delivery struggle when the environment changes? You’ve probably seen it happen. On paper, they look like the safest choice—long tenure, familiar with every process, confident in their approach. But in […]
When You Call Your Planning Strategy, You Belong at the Table
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Some PMO leaders name their work for what it is: strategy. Others keep calling it status or delivery and wonder why they’re left out of decisions. It’s less about a job title and more about how you frame the work. What often gets missed is that the way you describe your planning […]
How Leadership Behavior Causes Public Sector Project Failure
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Most public sector projects don’t fail because of process. They fail because no one’s willing to confront the behavior that’s breaking them. You won’t find that truth in the project plan. But you’ll feel it in the tension behind green dashboards, the unspoken risks no one wants to name, and the […]
Stepping Into an Existing PMO: Your 90-Day Road Map
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Leading an Existing PMO: Your First 90 Days with the IMPACT Engine Framework Stepping into an existing PMO, the first 90 to 180 days set expectations for relevance and executive trust across the organization. In this episode of the PMO Strategies Podcast, I’m sharing a practical playbook for those first […]
How Communication Agility Helps Leaders Build Strategic Presence with Dori Gilbert
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Project and transformation leaders face high-stakes conversations every day. They report up, align across, and guide teams—all while trying to move strategy forward inside complex, fast-changing environments. The pressure isn’t just to deliver. It’s to be clear. To be heard. To be taken seriously. With shifting priorities, competing agendas, and layered decision-making, even […]