122: How to Align Strengths in Your PMO with Jennie Fowler

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Do you want to get the most out of your team to achieve the best results? In this episode, I’m joined by my pal Jennie Fowler to discuss how you can align your teams strengths to the work they are doing to drive higher IMPACT […]

121: What Senior Leaders Expect from Project Management Professionals with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! As the number of projects in organizations skyrocket, understanding project fundamentals and fostering project management skills have become essential.  Leaders have too many projects with too little visibility into them, and they lack the project oversight and delivery competencies to untangle them.  In this episode, […]

120: Now is the Time to Build Your Project Management Consulting Business with Candice Benson

PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! In this episode, Candice Benson shares key insights on how to build your project management consulting business.  In addition to serving corporate clients for over 20 years in her Project Management consulting business, Candice has a passion for helping other project managers […]

119: PMO Value in a Changing Landscape with Steven Fullmer

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! In this episode,  Steve Fullmer, talks about the necessary shift in understanding essential to thrive. Executives regularly navigate complex business, political and social environments. Yet, how does one choose the best focus, pivot, and sustainably adapt to the changing business needs? The 21st century necessitates […]

118: PPM is Dead, Long Live Strategic Portfolio Management with Ben Chamberlain

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! In this episode,  Ben Chamberlain, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at UMT360, talks about why true business agility is impossible if execution is disconnected from strategy. Indeed, Gartner now makes a clear distinction between traditional PPM execution tools and strategic portfolio management capabilities. If you’re […]

116: Why Agility Should be the Watchword of the PMO with Donna Fitzgerald

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before project management got subsumed by paperwork, a project manager’s job was primarily focused on risk mitigation and risk avoidance. To do this job successfully required agility, rapid decision-making, and the right people on the team.  In this episode, Donna Fitzgerald will explore the mental […]

115: What We Mean by Outcomes Over Outputs with Alexandra Chapman

PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! In this episode, Alexandra Chapman will explain outcomes-focus and what that means.  The word “outcomes” is getting plenty of attention at the  moment. But what exactly does the word mean – apart from something “more” than we are doing now with projects? […]

114: How the PMO Can Become a True Strategic Business Partner with Aimee Rodrigues

PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Traditionally, the PMO has been considered as an “execution” body, an entity whose primary objective was to execute project optimally. But the PMO can be much more than that. In this episode, Aimee Rodrigues will explain how, because of its unique position inside companies, […]