Stop Wasting Time: End Your Meeting-Based Culture Now
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working If your calendar is full but progress feels slow, the issue may not be effort. It may be design. In this episode of the PMO Strategies podcast, I address a pattern many PMO and transformation leaders unintentionally create: meeting-based operating models where nothing moves unless everyone gathers at the same time. Meetings […]
Dangerous Risk Mistakes PMO Leaders Make Every Day with Russ Parker
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working There is a conversation most PMOs are not having. Risk management sits in every methodology guide, every training curriculum, and every project kick-off agenda. Yet when you look at how organizations actually practice it, a familiar pattern emerges: the risk register gets created at the start of the project, reviewed once, and then quietly […]
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. You […]
How PMO Leaders Deliver Real IMPACT With FeatureOps
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working Have you ever celebrated a major release, only to realize that nothing meaningful changed for the business? The system went live. The timeline was met. The budget was respected. And yet the executive question remains: Did it improve anything? I’m joined by Egil Østhus, Co-founder and CEO of Unleash, an open-source feature management platform […]
Why Industry Benchmarks Fail Without Strategic Context
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Industry benchmarking has become one of the most persuasive tools in executive conversations. When research is cited, the discussion shifts from opinion to comparison. That shift feels safer. It feels defensible. But benchmarking is not strategy. It is context. In Episode 350 of the PMO Strategies Podcast, we examine how benchmarking […]
5 Reasons Spreadsheets Are Killing Your PMO Credibility
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills If spreadsheets, templates, and dashboards were the secret to PMO success, most PMO leaders would already be sitting confidently at the executive table. Instead, many are stuck updating trackers, refining reports, and chasing status updates while still being seen as task managers. In this episode of the PMO Strategies podcast, I explain why […]
From Tasks to Strategy: A Leader’s Guide to Prioritization
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Most PMO and transformation leaders face a painful paradox: they tell everyone they are strategic, but their calendars tell a different story. If your day is a wall of status reports, admin work, and tactical firefighting, you are sending a clear message to your organization: “I am in the weeds, and I […]
How to Evolve Your PMO into an Agile, Data-Driven Strategy Engine with Youssef Mouzahem
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working What happens when control becomes the obstacle instead of the goal? Many PMO leaders are still chasing the dream of “perfect process,” only to find that their organization has moved on without them. The work gets done, the reports look right, but the real business IMPACT is nowhere to be found. The issue isn’t a lack of discipline. It […]
How 3 Strategic Questions Transform Your PMO from Order Taker to Business Partner
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Most PMO and transformation leaders face the same painful paradox: they’re working harder than ever, yet executives still don’t see their value. You’re drowning in meetings, status reports, dashboards, and escalations. So much motion. So much effort. And yet, you still hear questions that cut to the bone: “What is the PMO actually doing?” “Why […]
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 […]