Articles Published on External Sites
New! 2026 Predictions for the PMO
Posts in three parts on my predictions for PMOs in 2026. The first post reviews the systems that will be sparked, the second post shares how the PMO will show up in partnerships, and the third post is the mindset behind sparking the actions that will bring about, in 2026 and beyond, fully aligned PMOs that demonstrate high value in project and portfolio decision making.
The first one, posted on December 23, 2025 was my top post to date in impressions. The confirming comments, like "a grounded set of predictions" came from other thought leaders and executives.
The second and third posts had great response, too.
- "I like how you’re positioning partnerships as enablers of judgment and value, not just interfaces between functions."
- "What stood out to me is how every one of these mindsets asks PMO leaders to shift from managing projects to managing themselves first."
2026 PMO Predictions: Partnerships
2026 PMO Predictions: Mindsets
Integrating Organizational Change Management into Projects
This is a three-part series on LinkedIn on integrating Project Management and Change Management. In the first part, I discuss what Organizational Change Management is and why it’s important to know about and integrate with your projects, the second part explores ways to incorporate it, and the third part goes into more detail about the sources for the suggested practices while describing how people react to change and how it’s managed.
Article 1 of 3 - Why Organizational Change Management in Projects?
Article 2 of 3 - Incorporating Change into the Project without Burdening the Project Manager
Listening Intelligence for Project Leaders: Guest Blog Post
Meisterplan, a project portfolio management software vendor, hosted a webinar I presented on Unlocking Listening Intelligence: Boosting Leadership and Team Synergy for project leaders. This is the companion blog post on Listening Intelligence. See my Kite Agility site for more information on how Listening Intelligence can help your team improve communication!
Influence through Listening: Elevate Your Project Leadership
The Impact of a Strategic PMO
In this series of articles on LinkedIn, I was inspired by and/or summarizing my experience at the online Impact Summit hosted September 18-22, 2023 by PMO (Project Management Office) Strategies and its CEO Laura Barnard. Each article contains my take based on my experience. The eighth article links to all the others. The marked articles (*) indicate my affinity areas.
Article 1 of 8 - PMO Impact Reflections
Article 2 of 8 - Common Project Delivery Problems and Their Solutions
Article 3 of 8 - Strategic Portfolio Management
Article 4 of 8 - Artificial Intelligence in Project Management
Article 5 of 8 - Organizational Agility*
Article 6 of 8 - Creating and Delivering Value*
Article 7 of 8 - Building a PMO*
Article 8 of 8 - The PMO Impact Rev Up
Risk Management
Over the years, I have seen gaps in how risks are identified and categorized in project management, so this article covers overcoming barriers in risk identification and widening the lens while considering risk.
Project Resourcing
Based on my own observation and experience, I summarize options for skills agility and project prioritization as it relates to resourcing.
Project Team Resourcing Agility
Suggestions for the project manager to become an advocate of the organization's most valuable assets - staff time, expertise, and focus - with quantitative and qualitative data.
Project Benefits Management
Project Benefits Realization was a discussion topic at a PMO Mastermind group. I didn't have direct experience, and when I researched it, the models seemed so complex and heavy! So I simplified it and came up with an efficient way to start a Benefits Realization Program. Let me know if I missed anything in the comments on LinkedIn.
Starting a Benefits Management Program
After obtaining my certification in PMO-CP (Project Management Office Certified Practitioner) from Project Management Institute (PMI), I distilled their 30 benefits into a need for PMO leaders to have Communication Agility Skills as a key in delivering benefits to the organization.
PMO Benefits and Communication Agility
Leadership Principles for Ecosystem Agility
These leadership principles are at the core of my Kite Agility project leader/PMO solutions.
The Tigger Effect - What Can You Take Responsibility for?
Be the Leader You Wish You Had
Hold the Space, Share the State
Project Leaders are Insight Reflectors
Manager to Leader Series
How to transition from manager to leader in 15 posts inspired by questions I've seen from project managers and middle managers. While I believe leadership skills are developed over time by anyone at any level, I offer practical actions, approaches, and practices that can be started now.
All the original articles are on my Kite Agility site
Starting with Article 5, I posted a summary to LinkedIn with suggestions for AI prompts that could help provide relevant actions. Those AI prompts are not in the original articles! Here's the LinkedIn posts:
8. The Dragon Tamer – Organizational Conflict Leadership
7. Framing Upward Leadership – the Art of Coaching Up
5: Listening is a Technical Skill
I also posted a mid-way reflection on the series as an article in LinkedIn:
The Esoteric Path from Manager to Leader.
Miscellaneous PM/PMO or Leadership topics
Revved up and Ready for Career Change
When Undercurrents are More Important than Data
True Empathy at Work: Empathetic Action
Project Manager Ecosystem Skills (vs Org Chart Skills)
Everyone has "Peopling" Skills
Making an Impact from Middle Management
This series ties back to being interviewed on the PMO Strategies podcast:
Strategic Presence Part 1 of 3: Courage
Strategic Presence Part 2 of 3: Context
Strategic Presence Part 3 of 3: Conflict
Supporting Ruthless Prioritization Part 1
Supporting Ruthless Prioritization Part 2
Essential vs. Noisy Information