How PMOs Deliver Real Value by Protecting Intent
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Every project professional talks about delivering value, but few can explain what that really means. Organizations chase metrics, produce reports, and celebrate deliverables, yet still struggle to prove that the work created meaningful change. Value has become one of the most overused words in project management, but also one of […]
How Movie Lessons Inspire Leadership, Collaboration, and IMPACT
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Every great movie starts with a clear vision, a confident director, and a team that trusts the process. The same is true for projects that deliver real results. Yet many PMO leaders still find themselves buried in reports, reacting to change, and trying to manage chaos instead of directing it. […]
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 […]
How Strategic Imagination Fuels Clarity, Alignment, and IMPACT with Dr. Rebecca Sutherns
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills What happens when imagination becomes strategy instead of afterthought? You know how easy it is to stay in delivery mode, planning, tracking, and executing while the world keeps shifting around you. Most PMO leaders don’t struggle because they lack structure or skill. They struggle because they’re running on habit instead of vision. As organizations […]
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 […]
When Simplicity Becomes a Leadership Advantage
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working You can be known as the leader who delivers every project, checks every box, and stays on top of every request, and still find yourself wondering why nothing truly moves the business forward. Ask any leader what their week looks like and you’ll hear the same story: meetings, dashboards, […]
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 […]
Why Project Success Depends on Leadership Behavior, Not Just Metrics with Dave Garrett
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen A project can hit every target and still fail if the outcome wasn’t worth it. Stakeholders don’t care how well a project was managed if it didn’t deliver what they truly needed. In this episode of the PMO Strategies podcast, I’m joined by Dave Garrett, Senior Advisor to the CEO at […]
The Three Stages of PMO Leadership Growth: From Projects to Power
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working You can be known as the person who delivers every project flawlessly—and still be overlooked when the real strategic conversations happen. It doesn’t show up in a skills checklist, but you can see it in the endless task lists, the back-to-back meetings, and the quiet pressure to always say […]