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PMO Strategies — 375 episodes

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373: Moneyball in Projectland with Grayson Barnard and Dawn Mahan

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372: How PMOs Can Cut Through AI Chaos with Paul McNamara

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371: 50 Years of Project Management: Lessons for What Comes Next with Lee Lambert

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370: How to Crush Your Authority Without Realizing It

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369: AI Is Exposing How Work Really Gets Done with David Dean

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368: Is Scarcity Mindset Limiting You?

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367: What Executives Really Think About Your PMO with Rich Smith

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366: When Your Organization Has Multiple PMOs

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365: Why Organizations Struggle to Make Data-Driven Decisions with Scott Ambler

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364: How PMOs Build Credibility

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363: AI Adoption That Sticks with Tracey Lovejoy

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362: 6 Powerful Steps to Building a PMO Executives Actually Trust

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361: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Every PMO Leader Needs Right Now with Eddie Monroe

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360: Top 5 PMO Mistakes That Keep PMOs from Demonstrating Value

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359: Trust and Alignment: The Real Drivers of Success with Dr. Kimberly Strickland

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358: 4 Questions to Ask Before Expanding Your PMO Services

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357: How to Lead Without Burning Out with Mita Broca

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356: Helping Executives Make Better Decisions

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355: The Strategy Gap Your PMO Must Close Now

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354: Stop Wasting Time: End Your Meeting-Based Culture Now

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353: Dangerous Risk Mistakes PMO Leaders Make Every Day with Russ Parker

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352: 5 Ways to Turn Failure Into Strategic Feedback

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351: From Releases to Results with Egil Østhus

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350: Industry Benchmarks Are Not a Strategy

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349: 5 Reasons Spreadsheets Are Killing Your PMO Credibility

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348: Does Your Schedule Reflect a Strategic Leader?

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347: Evolving PMOs: Agility and Data-Driven Value with Youssef Mouzahem

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346: AI-Powered Leadership Intelligence for PMO leaders with Ben Perreau

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345: 3 Questions to Align With Strategy

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344: 10 Things PMO Leaders Need to Know (But Probably Don’t)

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343: Why a PMO Charter is a Bad Idea

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342: Becoming a Confident PMO Leader

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341: Start Your Year Stronger

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340: Close Your Year Strong

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339: You Are Not Your Certifications

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338: What Role Do PMOs Play in Delivering Value? with Trevor Nelson

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337: Blockbuster Lessons for PMO Leaders with Dawn Mahan

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336: Your Overwhelm Is Showing

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335: Leveraging Imagination as a Strategic Superpower with Dr. Rebecca Sutherns

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334: Be the One They Can’t Lead Without

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333: Reclaim Your Time and Lead With Confidence with Jimmy Burroughes

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332: Simplicity Is the Key to Winning

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331: Leadership in an Era of Disruption with Ken Banta

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330: Does Experience Always Mean a Better Hire?

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329: What Project Success Really Means with Dave Garrett

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328: The 3 Stages of PMO Leadership Growth

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327: How to Create Exceptional Experiences with Neen James

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326: Strategy Isn’t a Scary Word

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325: Why Public Sector Projects Really Fail with Matthew Oleniuk

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324: Your First 90 Days to PMO Leadership Success

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323: Communicate With Courage with Dori Gilbert

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322: What are PMOs really for?

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321: The Rise of the Chief Project Officer with Aina Alive

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320: Don't Be the Best-Kept Secret

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319: You Get More Bees With Honey with Brandy Brown

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318: Stop Doing It All Alone

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317: Getting the Job Done with Kevin Torf

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316: What's Behind the Resistance

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315: 10 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner

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314: Mastering AI to Supercharge Your Project Delivery with Elise Stevens

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313: Confidence Isn’t the Prerequisite. It’s the Result.

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312: Your Next Leader Is Already in the Room with Dawn Mahan

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311: How Project and Product Teams Work Together

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310: Why Project vs. Product Is the Wrong Debate

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309: 5 Questions That Unlock Accountability

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308: "No" is a Leadership Superpower

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307: The Missing Link in Every Transformation

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306: Turning Late Projects into Big Wins with Mark Woeppel

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305: Stop Wasting Time on Training That Doesn't Stick

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304: Make Your Pain Their Pain

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303: Why Executive Decision-Making Fails

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302: From Process to Business IMPACT with Stephen Jenner

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301: Project Management Meets AI: Are You Prepared? with Tim Goodman

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300: The IMPACT Insiders Book Club – Join the Movement!

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299: Have We Outgrown Our Project Management Methods? with Jasmine O’Reilly

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298: Building Resilience: Turning Stress into Strength with Annmarie Curley

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297: The Costly Agile Mistake Holding Your PMO Back with Fatimah Abbouchi

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296: The Hidden Reason Projects Fail (And How to Fix It) with Alexandra Chapman

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295: How AI is Reshaping Project Management: Insights from Scott Ambler

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294: Elevate Your Leadership: Mastering the Resilient Mindset with Susanne Madsen

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293: How to Harness the Power of Community in Your PMO with Galen Low

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292: The Roadmap to Becoming an IMPACT Driver

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291: How to Talk to Your Executives

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290: From Project Execution to Business Value

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289: Why PMI’s New Definition of Project Success Changes Everything

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288: Reflect, Recalibrate, and Set Intentions for 2025

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287: Asking for Help with Deepak Daniel

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286: Transform Your Team Dynamics with Servant Leadership as a Service with Erik Rueter

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285: 3 Keys to Build Your Project Management Career with Candice Benson

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284: Is Your PMO Ready for the AI and Agile Revolution? with Tao Chin Liu

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283: The Ambidextrous Project Manager with Mark Burnett

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282: Leading from the Middle with Scott Mautz

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281: Unveiling the Why of Behavior to Inspire Change with Amanda Frye

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280: How Project Managers are Driving IMPACT for Nonprofits

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279: Is Your Team Trapped in the Triangle?

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278: From Struggles to Success: Samantha’s PMO Journey

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277: State of Organizational Flow what really counts! with Wolfram Müller

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276: Adaptive Management Styles: A Case Study with Beth May

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275: How to Talk With Your Executive Leaders About Projects with Lenka Pincot

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274: Navigating the PMO Journey: Insights from an Experienced CEO

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273: Real Stories, Real Wins: Readers Share Their Journey to Success

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272: Don’t Listen to This Episode

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271: The Final IMPACT Summit!

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270: Lessons from a Seasoned PMO Leader with Andrea Cirelli

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269: Root Cause Analysis and Three Powerful Words with Mike Hannan

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268: First-Time PMO Leader with Andrea Elkin

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267: The Power of Picking Three with Kendall Lott

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266: Are You Responsible?

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265: Reimagine Your Templates with Dawn Mahan

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264: Your Worth It Factor

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263: Is Prioritization Enough? with Stuart Easton

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262: The Boring Work

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261: Change Fatigue

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260: It’s Not You, It’s the Process

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259: The Game-Changing 6 Steps to IMPACT

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258: Latest PMO Research Revealed with Rachel Hentges & Joe Pusz

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257: It’s Not About Closing the Strategy-to-Execution Gap

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256: Defining Your Role in Strategy Delivery

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255: IMPACT Engine Book Sneak Peek

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254: Invitation to Celebrate and Elevate

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253: AI in Portfolio Management: Transforming Transformation with Stuart Easton

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252: 5 Steps to Earn Your Seat at the Table with Bill Dow

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251: Courageous Leadership: Women in Project Management with Apriel Biggs

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250: Navigating Projectland with Dawn Mahan

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249: Is Project Failure OK?

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248: When Workplace Conflict Strikes with Karin Hurt

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247: The Power of Workstreams

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246: Sustainably Delivering IMPACT with Brian Cohn & Mark Adler Madsen

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245: Delivering Sustainable IMPACT with Brian Cohn & Mark Adler Madsen

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244: Maximize Your PMO’s Value: From Support Function to Strategic Partner

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243: Addressing Resource Management Constraints

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242: The PMO Perception Gap

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241: Top Executive Complaint

134

240: Transform Your PMO into an Organizational Powerhouse

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239: 5 PMO Confidence Killers

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238: Take Your PMO Health Assessment

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237: 10 Reasons Your PMO Needs a Check-up

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236: Starting the New Year Right

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235: End of Year Recap

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234: Starting Your Own Business

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233: Mind-Reading Techniques for Project Leaders with Alex Chapman

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232: Shattering Ceilings: The Inspiring Journey of Women in PMO with Dr. Mona Zoughaib

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231: Organizational Change Maturity With the PMO with Isolde Kanikani

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230: Missing Link Between Vision, Strategy, & Execution with Wolfram Müller

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229: Driving Organizational Agility with Christoph Hirnle

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228: Customer-Focused Mindset for PMOs with Moussa Gherbi

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227: How PMs Can Break the Glass Ceiling with Pierre Le Manh

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226: Making the Case for a PMO

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225: Standing Up a Strategy Delivery Office as a New PMO Leader with Mike Welch

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224: Quitting and Bouncing Back with Paul Dunningham

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223: Applying a Strategic Perspective for PMOs with Willetta Love

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222: Why Mindset Matters

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221: IMPACT Summit 2023

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220: Project Culture Hits the Bottom Line with Amanda Oakenfull

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219: Storytelling for Project People with Dawn Mahan

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218: How Will AI Affect Project Managers? with Scott Ambler

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217: Lessons Learned from a Decade of Change Intelligently Leading Projects Around the Globe with Barbara Trautlein

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216: Scale Profits, Not a Bureaucracy with Mike Hannan

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215: Win Project Management Clients: 3 Key Strategies to Land Bigger Consulting Contracts with Candice Benson

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214: Architect Your Future in the Age of AI with Jonathan Brill

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213: Does Change Management Belong in the PMO? with Jennie Fowler

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212: What Executives Really Want From the PMO with Stuart Easton

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211: Critical Thinking, AI, and the Future of Project Management with Donna Fitzgerald

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210: Renegade Agility with Jesse Fewell

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209: The Importance of Emotional Intelligence for PMO Leaders with Susanne Madsen

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208: The Changing Scope of the PMO with Andy Jordan

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207: Executive Buy-In

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206: From Order Taker to IMPACT Driver

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205: Process vs. Principles: A Debate

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204: Typical PMOs Get Typical Results

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203: Resources for Starting a PMO

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202: A PMO Leader With No PM Experience

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201: What to Call the PMO

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200: IMPACT Engine Book Sneak Peek

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199: What Problems to Fix First

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198: Taking Your Seat at the Table

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197: Advice From Your Peers

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196: Why Portfolio Management is Critical to Delivering IMPACT with Stuart Easton

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195: Is a Sabbatical Possible? with Susanne Madsen

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194: International PMO Day

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193: Big Stakeholder Mistakes

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192: Engaging Stakeholders in Assessment Process

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191: PMO Templates

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190: Stop Doing These Things

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189: Must-Have Skills to Thrive

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188: What Held Me Back

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187: Why Annual Assessments Are a Must

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186: The Brand of Your PMO

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185: Change Management Simplified

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184: Your Best Career Year Yet

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183: Professional Reflection

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182: Your Most Important Investment

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181: Missing From Your Status Report

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180: Lean Into Your Strengths

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179: PM vs. PMO Leader

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178: 5 Ways to Shine as a PMO Leader with Gilly Kennedy

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177: Check Your Darts

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176: But You’re Right

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175: Life of a PM Entrepreneur with Nicole Jones

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174: Asking This Question is a Bad Idea (Part 2)

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173: Asking This Question is a Bad Idea (Part 1)

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172: The Secret to Fast Credibility

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171: Iterate Your Way to IMPACT

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170: How to Elevate the PMO

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169: Why Leaders Can’t Make Decisions

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168: Defining Projects from Strategy with Ben Chamberlain

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167: Why Speed Matters

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166: Community of Practice with Jennie Fowler

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165: Moving into a PMO Leader Role

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164: Agile vs. Business Agility with Ben Chamberlain

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163: When the Boss Takes Credit

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162: PMO Leadership: Strategies for Organizational and Personal Development with Ruffin Veal III

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161: Managing Projects While Building the PMO

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160: Why SPM is the Key to Business Agility with Ben Chamberlain

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159: Working in vs. on the PMO

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158: Agile Governance with Fatimah Abbouchi

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157: Minimum Company Size for a PMO

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156: Managing Up with Andy Kaufman

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155: Taking Credit for the Extra Work

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154: Managing Multiple Projects with Elizabeth Harrin

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153: IMPACT After Hours: PMO Value Discussion Part 2

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152: IMPACT After Hours: PMO Value Discussion Part 1

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151: Q&A Accelerate Your PMO IMPACT Part 2

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150: Q&A Accelerate Your PMO IMPACT Part 1

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149: Importance of Peer Connection

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148: Financial Management and the PMO

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147: Reporting and Success Metrics

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146: Project Prioritization Challenge

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145: Is it Really a Resource Management Problem?

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144: PMO Outlook for 2022 and Beyond

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143: Two Words To Increase Stakeholder Buy-In

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142: I Don’t Have Time For…

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141: Digital Transformation and the PMO

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140: PMOs in 2022 and Beyond with Top Global PMO Influencers

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139: How to Engage Stakeholders in the PMO

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138: Resource Utilization Myth

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137: Don’t Talk About Project Management

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136: Why Templates and Tools Aren’t Working

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135: After the Project – Delivering ROI

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134: Don’t Fix Project Delivery First

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133: The Voice of Experience – PMO Lessons Learned in the Trenches with Dev Ramcharan

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132: Your Annual PMO Health Assessment

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131: 2021 Podcast Review

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130: Cultural Impacts on the Project Delivery Process with Michael Boyle

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129: How to Create a High-Performance Project Team with Gabriele Maussner

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128: Strategic Thinking: A Rare and Valuable Competency with Greg Githens

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127: There are No Politics in Business with Joe Perzel

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126: Planning a Positive Journey with a Focus on Mental Wellness with Cathy Dolan-Schweitzer

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125: Build a High-IMPACT Team Using Character Strengths with Ruth Pearce

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124: Do You Have What It Takes to Lead with Skip Weisman

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123: The Role of the PMO in Strategic Planning with John Cable

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122: How to Align Strengths in Your PMO with Jennie Fowler

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121: What Senior Leaders Expect from Project Management Professionals with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

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120: Now is the Time to Build Your Project Management Consulting Business with Candice Benson

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119: PMO Value in a Changing Landscape with Steven Fullmer

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118: PPM is Dead, Long Live Strategic Portfolio Management with Ben Chamberlain

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117: The Expanding Role of the PMO in Driving Organizational Change with Michael DePrisco, PMI’s CEO

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116: Why Agility Should be the Watchword of the PMO with Donna Fitzgerald

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115: What We Mean by Outcomes Over Outputs with Alexandra Chapman

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114: How the PMO Can Become a True Strategic Business Partner with Aimee Rodrigues

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113: How Artificial Intelligence and Process Automation Make the PMO Stronger with Matt Muldoon

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112: Is Resource Planning the New Frontier for PMOs with Jerry Manas

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111: Agile Transformation Myths with Jesse Fewell

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110: Using CQ to Lead your PMO with Barbara Trautlein

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109: How the PMO Can Generate More Strategic Value for the Organization with Wolfram Muller

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108: How to Improve Business Agility Using Strategic Resource Management with Greg Bailey

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107: The Most Important Change to Vastly Improve Your PMO’s Performance with Michael Hannan

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106: Harnessing the Power of Energy in Our Projects with Rick Maurer

269

105: Why Curve Benders are Critical to Your Future Relevance with David Nour

270

104: Get Better at Getting Better with Scott Ambler

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103: Expanding Your Reputation, Reach and Results with Dawn Mahan

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102: Future PMO Leader with Andy Jordan

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101: PMO IMPACT Summit 2021

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100: IMPACT Driver Journey

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099: Creative Way to Accelerate Your IMPACT

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098: Why Less is So Much More with PMOs

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097: The Googled PMO

278

096: Start with PPM

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095: Successful One Person PMO

280

094: The Right Way to Rescue a Project

281

093: Dealing with Process Resistance

282

092: Who Owns the PM Process

283

091: The Right Time for Process

284

090: Huge Mistake PMO Leaders Make

285

089: Do you need a PMO

286

088: Difficult Stakeholders

287

087: Should Your PMO Have a Charter

288

086: PMO Maturity Models

289

085: PMO Types

290

084: When Leaders Take Communication for Granted with Skip Weisman

291

083: Why Project Management is All About Relationships with Annmarie Curley

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082: Building Your Organization’s PM Competency with Allison Primack

293

081: The Most Important PMO Habit

294

080: Accelerate Your Career

295

079: The Purpose Driven PMO with Joe Pusz

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078: PM of the COVID Pandemic with William Volpe

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077: The Future of PPM with Andy Jordan

298

076: How PMOs Can Lead Change with Valerie Zeller

299

075: Give Yourself a Break

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074: Stop Wasting Time, First Address Resource Management with Sean Pales

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073: Tying Strategy to Projects with Rani Pangam

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072: Top Skills for PMO and PM Leaders with Elise Stevens

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071: New PMO Role? Do This First

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070: 5 Ways to Rescue Your PMO Fast

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069: Top 10 Mistakes PMO / PM Leaders are Making (and how to solve them TODAY)

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068: The Gymnastic PMO with Sunil Prashara, PMI’s CEO

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067: The Missing Secret to Project Manager Development

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066: The PMO of Tomorrow with Jennie Fowler

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065: The Portfolio Management Dream with Rick Morris

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064: Leadership in a Time of Crisis with Amir Younes

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063: Applying a Disciplined Agile Mindset to the PMO with Scott Ambler

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062: How a SRO Can Make an IMPACT with the PMO with Philip Martin

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061: From PMO to Strategy Implementation Office with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez

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060: The Diverse and Equitable PMO with Sherry James

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059: Agile PPM with Tim Short

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058: Courageous Cultures with Karin Hurt and David Dye

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057: The Difference Between Adaptability, Agility and Agile with Angela Bunner

318

056: Elevating Your PM Career with David Barrett

319

055: Untapped Agility with Jesse Fewell

320

054: What Makes a Great PMO Leader with Christoph Hirnle

321

053: PMOs Going Virtual with Amanda Oakenfull

322

052: Continuing Project Momentum During COVID-19 with Steve Salisbury

323

051: PMO Pivot Story: Evolving During COVID-19 with Andrea Cirelli

324

050: PMO IMPACT Summit and Community Announcement

325

049: Ways a PMO Can Support Agile Projects

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048: Keeping Your PMO Relevant During Chaos with Erick Means

327

047: Pitching PMO Services

328

046: Coronavirus – A Catalyst for a PMO Pivot

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045: Creative Ways to Thrive While Working From Home During Coronavirus and Beyond with Erick Means

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044: Taking Care of Your Team During Coronavirus

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043: Q&A: Project Leadership Guidance During Coronavirus

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042: People Are Not Resistant to Change

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BONUS: PMO/PM Leader Guidance During Coronavirus Crisis

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041: Accelerate Your Productivity in One Hour a Day

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040: Managing Projects During Chaos: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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039: Yes, the PMO CAN Drive an Agile Transformation!

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038: 3 Techniques to Move Past the Agile vs. PM Discussion

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037: PMO Career Evolution

339

036: Project Communications Even Your Sponsor Will LOVE

340

035: How to Get Your Sponsor’s Attention

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034: The Impossible PMO®

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033: The Culture Made Me Do It!

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032: Sneak Peek into PMBoK 7 with Jesse Fewell

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031: Are you making sure your PMO stays relevant?

345

030: The Career Limiting Mistake You Might Be Making

346

029: Women of Project Management with Asya Watkins

347

028: Finding the Right PMO Talent

348

027: What to Look for When Hiring A PMO Consultant

349

026: Why You Shouldn’t Outsource Your PMO

350

025: Burnout Solutions with Beth Genly

351

024: Making the PMO Sustainable

352

023: Delivering IMPACT with the PMO

353

022: Building Your PMO Value Delivery Road Map

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021: The Right Services for Your PMO

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020: The Secret to a PMO They’ll Love

356

019: Questions to Ask Before Starting a PMO

357

018: Mentoring vs Coaching with Elizabeth Harrin

358

017: CQ – Change Intelligence with Barbara Trautlein, PhD

359

016: Emotional Intelligence with Colin D. Ellis

360

015: Attention vs. Intention with Neen James

361

014: Business Agility with Peter Taylor

362

013: Resolving the Methodology Wars with Mike Hannan

363

012: Realizing the Potential Value of PPM with Lee Lambert

364

011: PMO Hierarchy of Needs and Effective Learning with Emma-Ruth Arnaz-Pemberton

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010: Project Portfolio Management and the Role of the PMO with Andy Jordan

366

009: Nudging Organizational Change with Mark Price Perry

367

008: The IMPACT PMO Mindset: Action Plan

368

007: The IMPACT PMO Mindset: Transform Mindset

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006: The IMPACT PMO Leader Mindset: Communicate with Purpose

370

005: The IMPACT PMO Leader Mindset: Adapt to Thrive

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004: The IMPACT PMO Leader Mindset: Perform Relentlessly

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003: The IMPACT PMO Leader Mindset: Measure Outcomes

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002: The IMPACT PMO Leader Mindset: Instill Focus

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001: The PMO Reset

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000: Podcast Introduction