6 Powerful Steps to Building a PMO Executives Actually Trust
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen One of the questions I hear most often from PMO leaders is this: How do I build a PMO executives actually trust? Sometimes the question comes from someone who has been asked to build a PMO from scratch. Other times, it comes from a leader who inherited a PMO that technically exists, but is not […]
4 Questions to Ask Before Expanding Your PMO Services
PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen If your PMO has started gaining traction in the organization, you may begin hearing a familiar request: “Can the PMO help with this too?” At first, that request can feel like validation. It suggests that leaders see value in the work your PMO is doing. When teams ask for more […]
Leadership Intelligence: How AI-Powered Feedback Transforms PMO Leaders with Ben Perreau
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills When I started my career in 1999, I was a strong executor. I managed processes. I delivered projects on time. And then someone said: “Congratulations, you’re a PMO leader now.” I had absolutely no idea what that meant. Turns out, I wasn’t alone. According to research by the Chartered Institute of Managers, […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
10 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner About Leading a High-IMPACT PMO
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Milestone birthdays tend to stir up reflection. This year, I found myself thinking back to the moments that shaped my PMO journey. The mistakes I made, the patterns I fell into, and the friction I didn’t yet have the tools to remove. So I pulled together 10 things I wish […]
How Project Managers Are Using AI to Get More Done Without the Burnout with Elise Stevens
PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working I’ve been hearing the same thing from so many project managers lately: “AI sounds great, but I don’t even know where to start.” If that sounds familiar, you’re exactly who I had in mind when I asked my longtime friend and productivity expert Elise Stevens to join me on […]
Stop Searching for Talent. Start Growing It! with Dawn Mahan
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Have you ever sat in a meeting where executives talk about closing the talent gap as if it’s someone else’s job? Meanwhile, your PMO is already doing it. You’re stretching team members into new responsibilities, creating moments of influence, and giving people the opportunity to lead. But no one’s calling […]