PMO Strategies

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Do you ever feel like your week is one long emergency response drill?  Most PMO and transformation leaders have spent their careers being rewarded for saving the day. But what if the very skills that got you here are now the reason you’re stuck in firefighting mode?  I...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working We glorify being busy. The meetings, the projects, the dashboards, the endless updates. It feels like progress, but it’s not. What it really shows is how easily complexity takes over and steals focus.  When that happens, teams stall, stakeholders disengage, and leaders c...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Every organization talks about leadership and agility, but few know how to make them real when disruption hits.  When the pace of change never slows, how do you lead with clarity instead of reacting in chaos?  In this episode, I’m joined by Ken Banta , founder and CEO...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen We’ve all been told that the safest hire is the one with the most experience.  But here’s the truth: experience doesn’t guarantee IMPACT.   In this episode, I challenge the old belief that more experience automatically makes a better hire. I share a story from a PMO...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Time. Scope. Budget. They're the scoreboard most teams are told to play by.    But what if meeting those marks isn’t what earns you a win—at least not in the eyes of your stakeholders?    In this episode, I’m joined by Dave Garrett , Senior Advisor to the...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working Growth in a PMO career often gets measured by titles or the size of the portfolio you manage. But in reality, leadership growth is about making the right shifts at the right time.  If you’ve been delivering results but still feel stuck, it’s not because you lack talent....

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen Luxury isn’t about cost. It’s about how people feel when they interact with you.     This is what it means to adopt a luxury mindset. Leaders who stop acting like task-driven order takers and start thinking like concierges create experiences that build trust, influe...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Strategy is just planning for IMPACT. This is what PMO leaders do night in and night out: plan, prioritize, and align across the portfolio. That alone is influencing strategy.     So if PMO leaders are experts in strategy, why are they still left out of strategic conve...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills  Public sector projects rarely fail because of bad process. They fail because of behaviors no one is willing to confront.     In this episode, I’m joined by Matthew Oleniuk , senior public sector delivery advisor, oversight leader, and founder of TheRiskInsider.com ....

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Many leaders think their job when stepping into an existing PMO is to keep things running smoothly.  But most of the time? That’s exactly how you miss the chance to make it matter.  In this episode, I walk you through how to take charge of a PMO you’ve inherited, using...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Everyone thinks strategy fails because of poor execution.    But most of the time? It’s poor communication.    In this episode, I’m joined by Dori Gilbert —an executive coach, transformation strategist, and certified PMO leader who’s helped delivery teams and...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills PMOs were never meant to be just about tracking outputs. The real reason executive teams approve the creation of a PMO is to drive better business outcomes.     In this episode , I’m talking about how the original purpose of the PMO has been buried under layers of proc...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen PMOs were never meant to be just support teams. They’re strategic engines—and it’s time the world caught up.     If you’ve been delivering projects without influence, you’re missing the opportunity to lead your company’s strategy from the inside out.    In...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills  You’re delivering results. You’re solving problems. But if no one knows about it, it’s like it never happened.    In this episode, I’m sharing why it’s not enough to simply do great work—you also need to make that work visible. I’ll walk you through how to market you...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills  Everyone talks about PMO frameworks. We’re talking about the humans behind them.    If your playbook starts with process instead of people, you're skipping the most important part of the work: understanding how your organization really functions—politically, emotiona...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills  You don’t prove your leadership by taking on everything yourself. You prove it by creating space, enabling others, and delivering results that last.  In this episode, I’m calling out the hidden cost of wearing “busy” like a badge—and why so many high-performing leaders qu...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working If your projects are hitting deadlines but missing the point—this episode is for you.     Kevin Torf isn’t interested in checking boxes. After four decades leading large-scale IT and infrastructure projects across major health systems and Fortune 500s, he’s built a...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Resistance gets blamed on people. But in reality, it’s almost always the process.  If your team stalls, misses deadlines, or avoids your intake forms, it's not because they don't care. It's because they’re stuck in a system full of blockers. The approvals, the checklists, t...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills  This episode is personal, and it’s tactical.  For my birthday this year, I’m sharing the 10 lessons I wish someone had handed me when I was starting out. These are the truths I had to learn the hard way: through friction, burnout, and wasted time trying to prove my value...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working In this episode, Laura Barnard is joined by longtime friend and productivity powerhouse Elise Stevens to explore how AI is revolutionizing project delivery. Together, they break down the myths about AI taking over jobs and instead show how smart use of AI can elevate the role...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills  You don’t earn confidence by reading about it.    You earn it by doing the reps – when things get messy, when plans fall apart, when you show up anyway.    This episode will shift how you think about confidence and what it actually takes to build it. We’re...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Everyone says PMOs manage projects. We say they build leaders.   If you’re only focused on timelines and templates, you're missing your biggest opportunity: using real work to grow real leadership.  In this episode, I’m joined by Dawn Mahan , founder of PMOtraining.com...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen It’s time to end the turf war between product and project teams — and start building a system where both can win.  In this episode, I’m outlining the exact steps to design a shared operating model that aligns product vision with delivery excellence. No more choosing side...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen In this episode, I’m calling out one of the most misleading narratives in modern strategy delivery: the false choice between project-based and product-based delivery models.  If your organization is stuck in a never-ending transformation loop — chasing Agile, shifting st...

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills Are your projects stalling despite seemingly clear communication? In this episode, Laura Barnard reveals five deceptively simple questions that will transform your team’s clarity, accountability, and follow-through. These questions target the root causes of missed expectations a...