PMO Strategies

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working (Technical) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! I just don’t have enough time… …for that course …for my self-development …to build the PMO the “right” way …to take time for myself …to do ALL that stakeholder management …and on and on it goes… I get it. I REALLY do! And if that’s your reality, how do you handle all the demands for your time and STILL make your nice-to-haves (that really ought to be MUST haves) like building your personal and team capability a reality?  In this episode, you’ll learn a few of my productivity hacks and some hidden opportunities to make the most of the limited time you do have so that you can start making a bigger IMPACT this week!       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! This week, we’re exploring the PMO and Digital Transformation. I was recently asked to help kickoff a panel series about Digital Transformation with two of my colleagues, Americo Pinto and Joe Pusz.  As I prepared for that panel discussion, I started thinking about my own history with Digital Transformation and just how far back it went! 😊 AND just how much we're overcomplicating our thinking about if/how the PMO can be involved. In this episode, I’m going to remove the cloak of mystery around Digital Transformation and share insights with you on the role the PMO and project managers should be playing when it comes to helping your organization leverage the power of technology to make a bigger IMPACT. You can watch the whole interview with Joe, Americo, and myself here.       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! We have a great podcast episode for you this week. To celebrate the Top Global Influencer of the Year award, I invited the other Global PMO Influencer Finalists to join me to share their thoughts on the future of PMOs. In this episode, I sat down with Bill Dow and Marisa Silva to talk about where PMOs are headed. We’ll look at what you can expect to change and stay the same with PMOs, PMOs and Agile, common mistakes we see PMO leaders make, tips for navigating change effectively, and where you should focus your energy to earn your seat at the table in leading your organization into the future. Special thank you to Marisa and Bill for sharing their insights!       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Do you know that when and how you engage stakeholders in your PMO will determine how successful you are with your PMO? Their involvement in the right places, at the right time, and in the right ways are the key to your success. In this episode, I’m going to share with you some of the tips that have made my IMPACT Engine PMO students wildly successful with building, up leveling, and even rescuing their PMOs all while earning them a seat at the table.    Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Ways of Working (Technical) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Are you looking for ways to maximize your resource utilization across projects? Before you start adding more projects to the plate, listen in to this episode to learn why that might not be the most effective approach to achieve the highest possible ROI for your strategy and what you might do instead if the goal is making a bigger IMPACT.       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Do you ever see their eyes glaze over when you start talking about project management? You might even wonder what is wrong with them and why they don’t “get” what you do and how valuable it is. I hear you. I get it. And they just don’t. In this episode, I’m taking you on a short journey to explore what’s happening in those conversations, why it’s breaking down, why you aren’t seeing the results expected when you do explain it to them, and what you might want to do instead.       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Have you ever tried to put process, templates, and tools in place to fix the project management challenges you are experiencing on your projects only to discover that you don’t get significant improvements? I mean, you should, right? You were asked to setup a PMO or up level capabilities and your business leaders said that you needed to improve project management. You look around and you clearly see that the project process could use improvements, so you do what you were taught…you fix project management. In episode 134, I explained why “fixing project management” doesn’t usually fix the underlying problems that are breaking the project delivery stage in the first place. In this episode, we’ll cover why you: hit so much resistance when implementing templates and process don’t see major improvements when fixing the project delivery problems make the situation worse when you put tools in place too early And then we’ll talk about what to do instead…       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! In episode 134, I shared why “fixing” the project delivery process probably isn’t going to solve the underlying problems your organization has that are preventing them from achieving their desired business outcomes. Now, we’ll explore another opportunity to show value with the PMO that does not involve making any changes to your project delivery process and supports the work I recommended last week. In this episode, you will discover ways to improve what happens AFTER the project is delivered. You’ll learn how to ensure the organization is realizing not only the benefits of these projects but that these projects were worth doing in the first place.           Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Last week, I held a live workshop to help PMO leaders build their 2022 PMO Road Map. (You can still grab the recordings, templates, and resources at this link through the end of January.) And during this workshop, we used several assessment tools I provided them to determine the areas of focus based on recognized pain points the PMO could solve. Then, we worked to define solutions to those pain points. And that’s where it got interesting… Many PMO leaders mistakenly see symptoms of an underlying problem and start building solutions around those symptoms instead of addressing the root cause. This is dangerous. So, when you hear…“We need to fix project management.”“Projects take too long.”“Projects cost too much.”“Resources aren’t getting enough done.”“Why can’t we ever deliver our projects as planned?” And you start to fix…The templatesThe toolsThe processThe project managers …but nothing gets better… It’s because the underlying root causes are still there. We put a band-aid on when we needed surgical intervention. In this episode, you will uncover the fantastic opportunity you have in the PMO to fix the real underlying problems and make the need to “fix project management” go down significantly.  …and next week, I’m going to share with you ways you can improve the other end of the process. What happens AFTER the project is delivered and where do you have the chance to help ensure the organization is realizing not only the benefits of these projects but that they were worth doing in the first place.           Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Hey there, IMPACT Driver! One of the biggest reasons for my success is that I asked a lot of questions and listened to A LOT of advice from those that had come before me, who were further along, and had a lot of stories of both successes and failures to share! That is the entire reason I started PMO Strategies…I had A LOT of lessons learned from the trenches. 😊 One of the best pieces of advice I could lever give you is to accelerate your own experience by learning lessons from others – both the good and the bad! In this fabulous episode, you’ll get to hear some of the war stories and lessons learned from my friend, Dev Ramcharan, as he takes us through some things he wishes he had done differently, as well as his top 5 best pieces of advice for PMO and project leaders at ANY stage in their career. You won’t want to miss this episode!   How's the health of your PMO? Very exciting news! In honor of the Top PMO Influencer of the Year award, I'm hosting a FREE PMO Health Assessment and 2022 Planning Workshop in January. Learn more and register below for free today!       Thanks for taking the time to check out the podcast! I welcome your feedback and insights!  I’d love to know what you think and if you love it, please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast player. Please leave a comment below to share your thoughts. See you online! Warmly, Laura Barnard     GET NOTIFIED ABOUT NEW EPISODES TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN PDU REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS