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Why Lessons Learned are Broken and What You Can Do About It executive leadership pmo pmo leadership project management project success Sep 13, 2023

It would be unimaginable for the frontrunner in a race to make it to the finish line and then stop before crossing it. But let’s say it does happen; a runner stops one step short, throwing...

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Are Your PMO Measurements All Wrong? pmo pmo leadership project delivery project management project success Sep 11, 2023

An adage in construction says to measure twice, cut once. It means that taking the extra time up front to make sure your measurements are accurate saves time and reduces waste by not making...

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Driving PMO Value by Getting Rid of Suckers pmo pmo leadership project delivery project management Aug 25, 2023

Tomato plants are known for their vigorous growth–so vigorous, in fact, that “suckers” or “side shoots” will appear between the stem and the branches and drain...

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How to Develop PMO Standards and Best Practices leadership pmo pmo leadership project delivery project management Aug 08, 2023

Congratulations! You’ve been promoted from project manager to PMO Leader. With this promotion comes an entirely different way of looking at how you work and will succeed in your new...

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How to Create a Roadmap for Your PMO Vision executive leadership pmo leadership project management Jul 07, 2023

We recently wrote about how an executive establishes a vision for their PMO in 5 Steps to Establish Your PMO’s Vision. As a refresher, a vision for your PMO is a clear and inspiring statement...

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Motivate with A Carrot Rather than Punish with a Stick career leadership motivation pmo leadership project management Jun 28, 2023

Motivating people with the carrot-and-stick approach is to offer employees something positive (the carrot) if they do what you want, OR,to inflict negative consequences (the stick) if they...

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How to Create a Strategy for Your PMO pmo pmo leadership project management Jun 26, 2023

The game of checkers has been around for a very long time. There’s evidence that it originated over 5,000 years ago in the ancient city of Ur in Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq. Besides being...

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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...

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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...

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