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A Solid Foundation Builds A Winning PMO
Nearly a decade ago, I conducted an interview with the leader of what was, at the time, a unique PMO on the Center of Excellence model. We had looked around to find an organization that was a "best-practice" leader in the area of creating career paths for project managers. At the time, that organiza
Back to the Future: Some Thoughts about the PMO of the Year Finalists
This is in the nature of an appetizer; the main course will come out on Sept. 8 in the form of our new ebook about the PMO of the Year Award and this year's winner and finalists. Reading through the application essays, which we edit down into briefer summaries of the winning characteristics of eac
PMO of the Year ... Are You Curious?
Just wanted to drop a line to our readers about the results of the PMO of the Year Award competition. The results are in, and we're pretty excited ... but ... we decided to hold off the announcement until Sept. 8 so we can make a splash with a nifty e-book all about the award and this year's winner
Summertime ... and the Leavin' Is Easy
Recently, the HR director at our company shared a thought she had gleaned from one of her HR colleagues on the topic of exit interviews. Why, she asked, do we only do exit interviews? Instead of focusing on why people leave, why not ask the employees who stick around what keeps them engaged with our
The PMO ... It's Everywhere ... and It's Green
Yesterday's big news here was that the PMO of the Year Award judges had returned their results, and after crunching the numbers (applicants are evaluated on a wide array of factors, each of which is rated by the judge on a Likert scale, so the final choice comes down to, sometimes, a .01 difference)