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4 Ways to Celebrate Project Success  pm pmo leadership project delivery project management project success teams Jun 01, 2023

Kool and the Gang figured it out years ago when they sang, “Celebrate good times, come on! Let’s celebrate!” But, it’s easy to lose sight of the importance of celebrating project success. Deadlines, m...

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How to Develop Your Project Management Green Thumb May 30, 2023

Seems like just yesterday that the new year ushered in all the hopes and promises of 2023. A runway of 12 full months laid ahead of us, and we had plenty of energy after our end-of-the-year vacations ...

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A Project Manager’s Personal Plan for Career Growth career growth mentorship pm project management training soft skills May 29, 2023

Someone was overheard saying she was just one lottery winner away from being the next VP. What did she mean? Her career growth plan was based on her boss winning the lottery so she could take his plac...

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5 Steps for PMO Leader Succession Planning project management May 25, 2023

“Succession” is a hit HBO series about the dysfunctional Roy family, media moguls and owners of a global entertainment conglomerate. The story centers around Logan Roy, a ruthless and domineering tyco...

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How to Define the PMO’s Role leadership pmo pmo leadership project management May 17, 2023

You may have seen memes themed “You Had One Job.” They demonstrate supposedly simple or basic jobs that have gone terribly wrong. For example, instead of painting FIRE on the road in front of a fire h...

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5 Steps to Establish Your PMO’s Vision career executive leadership pmo project delivery project management May 15, 2023

20/20 is the gold standard of excellent vision.  Without 20/20 vision, people do what they can to get close to that mark, from wearing glasses or contacts to having corrective surgery. Why? Because vi...

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Celebrate International PMO Day May 9! career growth pmo pmo day project management teams May 03, 2023

People love a reason to celebrate. For example, there’s National Dress Up Your Pet Day (January 14), National Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19), National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (last Monday ...

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5 Ways to Help Your Project Management Team Succeed as an Executive Sponsor career pmo project management May 01, 2023

You’re sitting in your favorite pizzeria, and take a bite into your first slice. You’ve been waiting for this meal all week and are eager to dig in. However, your first bite is surprisingly lukewarm. ...

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5 Ways to Manage Stakeholder Expectations Apr 26, 2023

Your friend just told you about the most amazing, best, phenomenal movie they’ve ever seen. It had everything–action, comedy, romance, intrigue, special effects–it was the movie for all moviegoers! Yo...

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Get Your Project Management Questions Answered in Seconds! Apr 19, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now. And in this race to develop AI language models, ChatGPT appears to be in the lead, with plenty of competition on the horizon and more to come, i...

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Organizational Executives vs. Baseball Executives Apr 10, 2023

The team owner sits in a private, exclusive area at the stadium to watch the game. They have made it to the World Series, where everything rests on this final game! If his team wins, all the pride, pr...

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PMO Leaders vs. Baseball Team Managers career pm pmo project management Apr 05, 2023

The camera zooms in on the MLB Manager, who paces back and forth in the dugout. He had put in the work to train them, now the team needs to step up the game to pull ahead. He looks at the lineup. The ...

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