How Adaptive Leaders See Around Corners in Times of Disruption with Ken Banta
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills You’ve probably heard it in your own head: “If I just keep delivering results, people will see I’m a strong leader.” “Once I prove I can handle the chaos, I’ll earn a seat at the table.” “If I follow the plan and keep things on track, everything will fall into […]
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 […]
How to Bring Your PMO Back to Its True Purpose
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills You’ve probably heard it in your own head: “Once we get the process locked in, the results will follow.” “If we just deliver more projects, leadership will see our value.” “Once we have perfect reporting, everyone will get on board.” But here’s the truth: PMOs were never meant to be […]
Why Marketing Your Success Matters for PMO Visibility and Strategic Credibility
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Some PMO and transformation teams are driving real business outcomes—while others struggle to stay relevant, funded, or even noticed. The difference? It’s not capability. It’s visibility. Stakeholders aren’t hunting down your results. Executives aren’t reading between the lines. And even the best project delivery means nothing if the people who matter never […]
How to Build PMO Traction Through Trust, Credibility, and Strategic Influence with Brandy Brown
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills You’ve probably heard it in your own head: “Once we get the process right, everything else will follow.” “If we just roll out the framework, people will get on board.” “Once we show them the plan, they’ll get on board.” But here’s the truth: process isn’t what earns buy-in. People do. In this episode of […]
Stop Doing It All: Build Leadership Systems That Create Strategic Capacity
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills If success is measured by results, why are so many leaders still trying to do it all themselves? You won’t see this belief written in a job description—but you will see it in packed calendars, skipped lunches, and a silent pressure to keep saying yes. Somewhere along the way, “leading” became […]
Resistance Isn’t a People Problem. It’s a Friction Problem.
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Before I understood friction, I assumed the people were the problem. When updates went quiet, deadlines slipped, or handoffs got messy, I told myself it was a commitment issue. Maybe they didn’t care. Maybe they weren’t on board. Maybe they weren’t ready. So I tried to fix it with pressure. […]