162: PMO Leadership: Strategies for Organizational and Personal Development with Ruffin Veal III
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey, IMPACT Driver! Do you know what it really takes to step into a PMO leadership role? Hint: What got you here, won’t get you there. In today’s PMO environments, a clear understanding of the PMO leadership role and responsibility is essential for a successful evolution, from project, program, […]
161: Managing Projects While Building the PMO
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Have you ever heard your business leaders say this? “OK, great! While you’re building the PMO can you also just manage a few projects, too?” WHAT?? In this episode, we’re going to address something that many of you are faced with when starting a new […]
160: Why SPM is the Key to Business Agility with Ben Chamberlain
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working (Technical) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! As a PMO leader, you may not realize that understanding and effectively supporting business agility is crucial, whether you are driving business transformation or simply responding to unforeseen disruptions. But achieving business agility requires the right processes and tools that go beyond managing execution. […]
159: Working in vs. on the PMO
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey, IMPACT Driver! How much time do you spend working IN the PMO vs. working ON the PMO? If you feel like you’re constantly busy but not necessarily making progress toward your bigger PMO goals or if you’re spending so much time working ON services and capabilities that your […]
158: Agile Governance with Fatimah Abbouchi
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working (Technical) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! What do you think of when you hear agile and governance in the same sentence? What about if you throw in culture? Believe it or not, they are actually all parts of the same high-IMPACT roadmap for organizational success – or another way to […]
157: Minimum Company Size for a PMO
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey, IMPACT Driver! What is the minimum company size for a PMO to make sense? Should it have at least 100 employees? 1000? How do you know if a PMO will work and what the PMO should do? I’m often asked how big an organization “needs to be” for […]
156: Managing Up with Andy Kaufman
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! There’s a big difference between managing up and sucking up. Managing up is not a set of insincere political maneuvers designed to fake your way to success. In this discussion, I’m joined by my pal, Andy Kaufman to talk and explore practical approaches to building […]
155: Taking Credit for the Extra Work
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey, IMPACT Driver! Do you ever get a random request from your boss or business leaders and get frustrated that they are adding more and more to your already full plate? What you may not realize is that you have a golden opportunity to turn these […]
154: Managing Multiple Projects with Elizabeth Harrin
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! I am betting you’re in a position where you must manage multiple projects…at one time. Whether you’re building out PMO services and capabilities or being asked to “just” manage a few projects while setting up a PMO, you need to be as […]
153: IMPACT After Hours: PMO Value Discussion Part 2
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! This week, we’re doing part two of our fun discussion called IMPACT After Hours with our usual gang of thought leaders at the PMO IMPACT Summit and the audience just loved it. So, in case you missed it, or just wanted to […]