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What Should a Good PMO Actually Do?
What Should a Good PMO Actually Do? A Project Management Office can create standards, dashboards, governance, meetings, and status reports. But those aren’t outcomes. They’re tools. I recently presented Developing PMO Standards: Building Visibility, Predictability, and Confidence to the PMI Southwest Virginia chapter. The presentation looked at PMO standards through…
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Episode 430: New Year. New Intent.
I explore why a new fiscal year should be part portfolio reset and part previous-year re-evaluation.
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Build Resilience Ahead of Time Not During the Emergency
In ‘Build Resilience Ahead of Time Not During the Emergency’, I share how resilience is not built in the crisis, it is built in the consistency.
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Lead Early, Not Respond Later
In this episode, Lead Early, Not Respond Later, I share how in 2015, during the UCI Road World Cycling Championships in Richmond, I learned a hard lesson about leadership. As part of the Resource Unit, our team was responsible for checking in, supplying, and briefing hundreds of first responders at…
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Program and Portfolio Leadership Under Pressure
In this episode of the People, Process, Progress podcast, I share lessons from real-world leadership—how to think strategically, mentor effectively, and build operational excellence that drives lasting results.
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Owning Your Response to Grief
In this Reset Friday episode of the People, Process, Progress podcast, I share tools that have helped me face grief and keep moving forward. These are practical steps, not theories, pulled from my experiences as a son, a veteran, and a leader.
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How are YOU Mentoring Others?
In this Reset Friday episode of People, Process, Progress, I share my experience joining a mentorship program and reflect on how we can all be better about passing on what we’ve learned.
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How to Lead Through Information Overload
In ‘How to Lead Through Information Overload’ I share a mindset and process to help filter out what’s important from what’s stressful noise.
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Why People, Process, Progress Matters Now
In this episode of People, Process, Progress, I share how the 7 Project Pillars of Intent, Definition of Done, Objectives, Organization, Resources, Communication, and Handoff, apply not only to project management but also to our everyday lives.
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Focus on the Pizza not the Picture
Sharing the importance of focus on quality in the moment and not praise in the future.