The Peace of Organization

🎙 Episode Title: The Peace of Organization Guest…

An episode of the Not Your CEO's Insights podcast, hosted by PI®, titled "The Peace of Organization" was published on July 21, 2025 and runs 34 minutes.

July 21, 2025 ·34m · Not Your CEO's Insights

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🎙 Episode Title: The Peace of Organization Guest: Lisa Haymes, Director of PMO at Rimkus Podcast: Wear Your Cape to Work by Project Insight Episode Summary: Lisa was making daily to-do lists by age seven—not to be productive, but because it brought her peace. That instinct stayed with her and evolved into a leadership superpower. In this episode, Lisa shares how her natural drive to plan and prioritize led her into project management, how she grew into a PMO leadership role, and how Project Insight gave her team visibility across IT, marketing, and business portfolios. ⏱ Timestamps & Topics 00:00 – 03:00 Lisa’s earliest memory of planning: daily checklists at age 7 03:00 – 06:00 Why planning brought her peace—and how that ritual stuck 06:00 – 08:00 Her method for avoiding overwhelm with fast-win sub-lists 08:00 – 10:00 Project management felt like a natural extension of who she was 10:00 – 13:00 Her nonlinear journey: from project coordinator to PMO manager 13:00 – 16:00 On underselling herself and learning to step into leadership 16:00 – 18:00 Launching the PMO at Rimkus and supporting company-wide transformation 18:00 – 21:00 Implementing Project Insight to bring visibility and structure 21:00 – 23:00 Expanding the PMO to include marketing and business projects 23:00 – 25:00 Tailoring project approaches to fit different teams 25:00 – End Advice to future PMO leaders: trust your instincts, and stay organized Subscribe to Wear Your Cape to Work Podcast on: YouTube: / @projectinsightpmsw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WMdTji... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2419669.rss Follow Lisa Haymes: / lisahaymes A link to Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide on the PMO website. PMI Members can download it for free now: https://www.pmi.org/standards/pmo A link to Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide on Amazon - available August 9: https://www.amazon.com/Project-Manage... Sponsored by: Project Insight Project & Portfolio Management Software. Helping growing companies automate, execute, and measure project work across teams, systems, and portfolios. www.projectinsight.com #wyctw #projectmanagement #PMOleadership #womeninprojectmanagement #forensicengineering #organizationaldevelopment #careergrowth #productivitytips #planningmindset #PMP

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🎙 Episode Title: The Peace of Organization Guest: Lisa Haymes, Director of PMO at Rimkus Podcast: Wear Your Cape to Work by Project Insight Episode Summary: Lisa was making daily to-do lists by age seven—not to be productive, but because it brought her peace. That instinct stayed with her and evolved into a leadership superpower. In this episode, Lisa shares how her natural drive to plan and prioritize led her into project management, how she grew into a PMO leadership role, and how Project Insight gave her team visibility across IT, marketing, and business portfolios. ⏱ Timestamps & Topics 00:00 – 03:00 Lisa’s earliest memory of planning: daily checklists at age 7 03:00 – 06:00 Why planning brought her peace—and how that ritual stuck 06:00 – 08:00 Her method for avoiding overwhelm with fast-win sub-lists 08:00 – 10:00 Project management felt like a natural extension of who she was 10:00 – 13:00 Her nonlinear journey: from project coordinator to PMO manager 13:00 – 16:00 On underselling herself and learning to step into leadership 16:00 – 18:00 Launching the PMO at Rimkus and supporting company-wide transformation 18:00 – 21:00 Implementing Project Insight to bring visibility and structure 21:00 – 23:00 Expanding the PMO to include marketing and business projects 23:00 – 25:00 Tailoring project approaches to fit different teams 25:00 – End Advice to future PMO leaders: trust your instincts, and stay organized Subscribe to Wear Your Cape to Work Podcast on: YouTube: / @projectinsightpmsw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WMdTji... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2419669.rss Follow Lisa Haymes: / lisahaymes A link to Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide on the PMO website. PMI Members can download it for free now: https://www.pmi.org/standards/pmo A link to Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide on Amazon - available August 9: https://www.amazon.com/Project-Manage... Sponsored by: Project Insight Project & Portfolio Management Software. Helping growing companies automate, execute, and measure project work across teams, systems, and portfolios. www.projectinsight.com #wyctw #projectmanagement #PMOleadership #womeninprojectmanagement #forensicengineering #organizationaldevelopment #careergrowth #productivitytips #planningmindset #PMP

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