PMO Strategies

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Learn how this PMO has been successfully running a 260 million dollar portfolio of projects while working from home long before the pandemic.  This episode is sponsored by the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership Program. Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! OK, let's dive into the episode! We're continuing our series of episodes on ways you can manage projects and your PMO more effectively during chaos and this week's focus is on managing your teams. How do we take care of our people during this challenging time? We received dozens of questions about working from home effectively and how to engage your team members when everyone (or mostly everyone) is working remotely. For some organizations, working remotely is "business as usual" and for others, they are finding new challenges adjusting to the distance from their teams and the inability to connect in-person on a regular basis. When I think about people that do this well, one of my client's CDW, comes to mind. The fantastic team at CDW that I've been working with has mastered the art of creating connections and keeping themselves and teams productive while working from their homes on a regular basis. Today, you'll meet PMO Director, Erick Means, from CDW. Erick and his team of 150 project managers responsible for 260 million dollars in services that generates a 2.5 billion dollar portfolio of product revenue for CDW. Erick is going to share their best tips and creative ideas for creating that work from home balance, keeping yourself and your teams productive, and adjusting and adapting to working from home. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: how to shift to working from home part- or full-time how to find balance even when you're a hard charger ways to connect and engage with your team creative ideas for team building keeping your teams productive the secrets to mastering working from home If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. 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) Learn ways to support your team members and keep them productive during stressful times. This episode is sponsored by the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership Program. Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! OK, let's dive into the episode! We're continuing our series of episodes on ways you can manage projects and your PMO more effectively during chaos and this week's focus is on managing your teams. How do we take care of our people during this challenging time? We received dozens of questions about supporting, motivating, and managing teams while still being sensitive to the chaos many have going on at home and the additional challenges many of us are facing with remote work, projects changing, decreased resource availability and capacity, while we're also dealing with similar challenges in our own lives. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: ways you can keep your team focused on outcomes ​how to maximize your team members' productivity ​how much you can actually push right now  ​how to right-size resource capacity with reality ​ways to connect to your team and show you care ​and so much more! If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. Last live Q&A on Managing Projects During Chaos is live this Thursday! ASK A QUESTION OR WATCH TRAININGThanks 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

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Get answers to your most pressing questions about managing projects during chaotic times.  This episode is sponsored by the Inner Circle Membership Program. Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!  NOTE: For the very best experience, listen to this episode on your favorite podcast provider here. Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! If you want access to tons of Organizational Change Management resources, assessments, training and guidance, join the Inner Circle Membership today! LEARN MORE OK, let's dive into the episode! Today, I'm sharing with you a one of the episodes from a Free Training series I'm doing to answer your toughest questions about how to not only maintain relevance, but also truly step into a leadership role and bring value to your organization with your projects, portfolios, and PMO during this ongoing pandemic. No matter where you are in the world, it’s likely that you’re dealing with some fallout due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. And for all of us that are often called upon to manage the chaos as project leaders, this can be an extremely difficult time and also a time to shine. In this training, I share some insights on where you should focus your energy so that you can get the biggest bang for the buck while resources are stretched, stressed, and overwhelmed. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: what to expect in the coming weeks and months the critical role we should step into now how to support your project teams and replan ​​​​what to do if your project accelerates now what a PMO can do to help business leaders plan If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. ASK A QUESTION OR WATCH TRAINING If you want access to tons of Organizational Change Management resources, assessments, training and guidance, join the Inner Circle Membership today! LEARN MORE 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

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Learn the mistakes and misunderstandings about change resistance and what you can do to bring people with you through change.  This episode is sponsored by the Inner Circle Membership Program. Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!  NOTE: For the very best experience, listen to this episode on your favorite podcast provider here. Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! If you want access to tons of Organizational Change Management resources, assessments, training and guidance, join the Inner Circle Membership today! LEARN MORE OK, let's dive into the episode! People are not resistant to change... No, seriously, they aren't. Don't believe me? Know anyone that has gotten married, had kids, changed jobs, tried a new hairstyle, remodeled their kitchen, bought new clothes, read a new book, taken a class, rearranged their furniture in their house, or any of millions of other large or small changes? How many of those have you willingly chosen to do, yourself? Yeah...we go through change, all of the time. The challenge is the WAY we handle change on our projects and programs that is what's causing people to resist the change YOU are trying to create. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: what is actually happening when you face resistance the big mistake people make when leading change why the traditional thinking isn't working how to bring people with you through the change process how to get people to fight for your change what to do about the naysayers If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. READ THE TRANSCRIPT If you want access to tons of Organizational Change Management resources, assessments, training and guidance, join the Inner Circle Membership today! LEARN MORE 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

Hey, IMPACT Driver. Just sending some good thoughts your way as we head into the weekend. With love, Laura If you want to dive deeper on this, you can check out this podcast episode: Click Here: Managing Projects During Chaos: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Please leave a note below and let me know how you're putting your oxygen mask on first as you head into the weekend...

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Learn the proven system for maximizing your productive time and do more without working long hours. Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! NOTE: For the very best experience, listen to this episode on your favorite podcast provider here. This episode is sponsored by the Inner Circle Membership Program. Grab our 1-page free worksheet to help you follow the One Hour Manager plan. Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! If you want access to this template and guidance, join us in the IMPACT Inner Circle membership program! LEARN MORE Okay. Let’s dive into today’s episode! We think and talk about spring cleaning and new year's resolutions, but what do we do later in the year to get ourselves reset and refocused on what matters? We all get so busy in the day to day of doing our jobs and sometimes that means we forget to do the things we know will help us be our most productive selves. The most important thing you can do for yourself every day as you are setting up, running, or just trying to figure out what the heck is going on with your PMO (or project), is to take time for yourself. I'm walking you through my 4-step process I've been using for years to make a much bigger IMPACT in my work and mazimize my productivity with NO multi-tasking. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: accelerate your productivity in just one hour a day the questions to ask to reflect how to plan your whole day in 15 minutes how to make your teams hyper-focused in 15 minutes a day the best way to keep momentum going how to avoid being caught off guard the way to improve your in the moment responses If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. Grab our 1-page free worksheet to help you follow the One Hour Manager plan. READ THE TRANSCRIPTThanks 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

PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) As the global pandemic impacts cities around the world, hear ways you can step into a leadership role, and thrive. Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! NOTE: For the very best experience, listen to this episode on your favorite podcast provider here. This episode is sponsored by: Imagine it, achieve it, and make an impact with Clarizen’s enterprise collaborative work management solution. Clarizen offers the only adaptive solution on the market for enterprise collaborative work management. Their solution enables you to work in whatever manner you want – whether waterfall, agile, or a combination of the two. Companies find immense value in the visibility the solution brings across many workstreams at a company – regardless of where the work is being done.  People quickly turn ideas into strategies, plans, and actions to adapt and respond faster to market changes. Project leaders can move faster with better data, eliminate work chaos with complete transparency, and work smarter with better results. CHECK IT OUT Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! No matter where you are in the world, it's likely that you're dealing with some fallout due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. And for all of us that are often called upon to manage the chaos as project leaders, this can be an extremely difficult time and also a time to shine.All of us that oversee or manage projects and I want to offer some practical advice on how to handle what we are experiencing, what we might need to consider, and the never more important role we should be playing to help our business leaders manage during this chaotic time.  Check out this week's podcast episode to learn: what you might experience in the coming weeks the critical role we should step into now how to support your project teams and replan what to do if your project accelerates now what a PMO can do to help business leaders plan Also, I'd like to use this as a chance for everyone to connect and share ideas to step up and manage the chaos as only we can do.  Please share your thoughts on LinkedIn using this hashtag: #projectleadersmanagingchaos READ THE TRANSCRIPTThanks 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

PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Learn how a PMO can drive Agile inside your organization.  This episode is sponsored by the Agile Leadership Journey Certified Agile Leader workshop: Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!  NOTE: For the very best experience, listen to this episode on your favorite podcast provider here.LEARN MORE Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to invite you to join Jesse Fewell for one of his upcoming workshops designed for leaders that want to know how to prepare for and lead Agile transformations. If you're curious about the role of leadership in an Agile journey, definitely make sure you check out this program. This episode is sponsored by Agile Leadership Journey taught by Jesse Fewell our fantastic guest today. It's a 2-day immersive retreat, equipping leaders to guide their organizational journey towards more agility. Co-created by a collective of global thoughts leaders, this one-of-a-kind experience features research-based methods, hands on practice, and professional graphic facilitation. If you’re a PMO leader, I highly recommend this course to help you position yourself and your PMO at the center of shift to a more Agile environment. Make sure you use code LAURAVIP at checkout to get a discount on the course! The Agile Leadership Journey provides education, direction and coaching for leaders to personally navigate their own path toward improved leadership effectiveness and imporving the effectiveness of their organizations.  Great for all PMO leaders and PMs! LEARN MORE OK, let's dive into the episode! Our guest today is Jesse Fewell. Jesse is an author, coach, and trainer who helps senior leaders from Boston to Bangalore transform their organizations world-wide. As a project management pioneer, he founded and grew the original PMI Agile Community of Practice to 18,000 members and 40 volunteer leaders, co-created the PMI-ACP® agile certification, and co-authored the Agile Practice Guide® which has been translated into eleven languages. He is author of the upcoming book “Untapped Agility: Transforming your transformation”, equipping leaders to drive new ways of working. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, he is a dual-certified coach (Certified Enterprise Coach® and Leadership Circle Profile®) and an accredited instructor with multiple agile certification bodies. We're talking about whether or not the PMO can drive an Agile transformation. Hint: They ABSOLUTELY can and we're going to talk about exactly how to do just that. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: why there is a big gap (even hostility) between the PMO and Agile communities why executives sometimes believe the PMO is NOT a good candidate to lead agility the missing assets in many Agile transformations that PMOs can bring to the table how to get started if you're interested in learning how the PMO can best support a shift to Agile If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. READ THE TRANSCRIPT The Agile Leadership Journey provides education, direction and coaching for leaders to personally navigate their own path toward improved leadership effectiveness and imporving the effectiveness of their organizations.  Great for all PMO leaders and PMs! LEARN MORE 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

PMI Talent Triangle: Business Acumen (Strategic and Business Management) Master these 3 techniques for a productive path forward with Agile and traditional PM. Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! NOTE: For the very best experience, listen to this episode on your favorite podcast provider here. This episode is sponsored by: Agile Organizations Need Modern Governance Structures Download this Forrester research report to learn the importance for Agile enterprise PMOs to provide a macro view of performance. DOWNLOAD NOW Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! Okay. Let’s dive into today’s episode! In this episode, we talk about the very real issues organizations and PMs and Agilists are facing as we figure out how to deliver on our organization’s strategy. We tackle the big “us and them” conversations that are happening in companies around the world and talked about ways to move past the methodology wars to solving the real business problems we are there to address. And yes…that’s the punchline…sometimes it’s easy to lose focus on the real reason we are all gainfully employed in our organizations. We are there at the behest of the business to serve the business needs and help the organization deliver on their strategy. That could play out in a lot of ways in each organization, but the goal is to spend our energy focusing on the outcomes we are striving to achieve in our organizations instead of getting caught up in outputs. Check out this week’s podcast episode to learn: how to stop the methodology war discussion the keys to moving past the noise toward productivity what you SHOULD assume the critical focus area you must shift the power of flexibility in achieving your shared goals If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast player. READ THE TRANSCRIPTAgile Organizations Need Modern Governance Structures Download this Forrester research report to learn the importance for Agile enterprise PMOs to provide a macro view of performance. DOWNLOAD NOW 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

PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills (Leadership) Join Laura and special guest Lindsay Scott as they share how the PMO career will evolve. Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers! This episode is sponsored by the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership program! Show Notes: Hey there, IMPACT Driver! Before we dive in, I wanted to let you know that the IMPACT Inner Circle Membership has undergone a big upgrade to make your learning and development super easy! If you want to access our hundreds of training and development resources, plus templates, tools, and guidance to help you make a bigger IMPACT in your organization, you can click the button below to learn more now! Okay. Let's dive into today's episode! Today we have the lovely Lindsay Scott, PMO Mob Collector and Director at PMO Learning, joining us from across the pond to talk about the shifts happening with PMO careers and how you can prepare yourself for the journey toward an even higher-IMPACT role in the future. Check out this week's podcast episode to learn: what is causing the shift in PMO responsibilities how to keep up with the changing PMO landscape the future of the PMO leadership role what you must do to prepare for the evolution the career-limiting mistake PMO leaders are making unique ways to gain some self-awareness the most important skills to focus on to succeed If you love this podcast, please leave a rating and review on yourfavorite podcast player. You can learn more about Lindsay, the PMO Flashmob, and the PMO Conference 2020 here: PMO Conference 2020 - I'd love to see you there! PMO Flashmob Lindsay's Profile Need to develop your PMO leadership competencies? Join the Inner Circle Membership today! LEARN MORE 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