PMO Strategies

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! 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 across your projects. If you’re taking over a new PMO, building a team now, or simply running a PMO and want to drive the best results with your staff, you’ll learn the secrets here to aligning your teams based on their strengths (not just talents) to get the best results.         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! 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, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez details a recent survey with Harvard Business Review, looking at the current challenges faced by senior leaders when dealing with projects and project management, as well as their expectations for the future. The results should help us better understand how project managers can translate their hands-on knowhow up to the leader’s-eye view.     UMT360 Positioned in the 2021 Gartner MagicQuadrant for Strategic Portfolio Management. Latest report is a must-read for any organization interested in understanding the strategic portfolio management capabilities needed to more effectively accelerate business transformation.       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 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 scale their businesses while making more money and having more freedom in their day. Candice shares the mistakes she sees early and seasoned consultants making as well as the simple habits consultants can start building today that will get them more of the clients that need their expertise now.     Set strategy. Execute with agility.Drive business forward.             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! 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 a cooperative, dynamic leadership tribe. How do you as a pmo leader create and show your value in an ever-changing environment and your customers change their minds faster than you can update the requirements? We’re going to bust some myths about diversity and cultures, as well as dive into the places you should focus your PMO efforts to achieve the best results. Cultures are not created, they evolve through needs and social pressures. Coordination of vision, strategy, tactic, and execution requires an integral approach. Enter the PMO. Where the P stands for People NOT Process. Every approach toward individual and social success must be based on human potential, rather than behavioral guidelines.     Uncomplicate Your Project Portfolio   A lightweight solution to get you back to business with the right projects and the right people at the right time.          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! 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 still only focused on PPM project execution, or you’re using execution tools to try and address strategic portfolio management problems, you’re probably missing the critical capabilities needed to truly drive business transformation.     UMT360 Positioned in the 2021 Gartner MagicQuadrant for Strategic Portfolio Management. Latest report is a must-read for any organization interested in understanding the strategic portfolio management capabilities needed to more effectively accelerate business transformation.       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! In this episode,  Michael DePrisco, Chief Operating Officer at the Project Management Institute, sat down with Laura Barnard of PMO Strategies, to share some of PMI’s recent findings and thought leadership on how “gymnastic” PMOs are navigating the disruption of COVID-19 and beyond. Mike and Laura touched on a wide range of topics, including how PMO leaders are acting as change makers and impact drivers in helping their organizations deliver on strategy with the highest possible return on investment.     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! 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 models and project management techniques that once made meeting deadlines consistently possible. She'll cover the relationship between risk and agility and what mental models help with increasing agility.  She'll get to the bottom of why having the right project team is so critical for agility and risk management.    Uncomplicate Your Project Portfolio   A lightweight solution to get you back to business with the right projects and the right people at the right time.    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 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? She'll discuss how you define outcomes and why they matter for projects.  Then dig into how long it takes to define the outcomes, who should be involved and when you should do it.  Join us to find out more about how the PMO can position themselves as a true strategic business partner, and why that matters for the future.   UMT360 Positioned in the 2021 Gartner MagicQuadrant for Strategic Portfolio Management. Latest report is a must-read for any organization interested in understanding the strategic portfolio management capabilities needed to more effectively accelerate business transformation.       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! 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, the PMO can be a strategic business partner that enables companies to pilot their strategy, and when circumstances require it, pivot their business. Join us to find out more about how the PMO can position themselves as a true strategic business partner, and why that matters for the future.   Set strategy. Execute with agility.Drive business forward.       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! What if you could harness the power of artificial intelligence to make an IMPACT in your organization? Many markets are up to speed with the latest and greatest in tech, but the project portfolio management (PPM) market seems to be a bit behind and this could negatively impact your ability to be successful with your PMO services.     In this episode, Matt Muldoon and I will discuss all the hype about artificial intelligence and business process automation and what you should be doing to adopt these technologies to prepare your PMO to thrive now and into the future.  Powerful ProductsPassionate PeopleProfitable Portfolios As a leader in Agile Portfolio Management, KeyedIn offers SaaS solutions that support the evolving needs of PMOs, ePMOs and SROs, enabling business transformation, strategy realization and organizational change.     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