Using the behaviours outlined in the PMO Competency Framework as a starting point, this experiential session explored how we can work with our inner world of thoughts, beliefs, and emotions to enhance our effectiveness and resilience.
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Matthew Syed's talk focuses on high-performance culture, examining the psychological and cultural factors that drive excellence. He emphasises the importance of understanding these factors to create and sustain a high-performance environment.
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In this session we take a look at the key behaviours for the different PMO roles which exist. Alongside competency, knowledge and skills, we need the right kind of behaviours to help us be successful in our roles.
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We get into the heads of senior executives, find out what’s happening, and understand what they care about. We explore psychology to discover how building a psychological contract with your senior executive can help you secure ‘permission to challenge.’
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In this session, we were live in the room in London with the APM London Branch. Eileen uncovered where the real value of the PMO is and addressed the elephant in the room – the friction that exists between the PMO and delivery teams.
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Whilst doing research for this and other blogs I came across a book by Shelle Rose Charvet
, entitled “Words that Change Minds”. It is a very comprehensive book on the subject of language and provides further food for thought on how we listen with our brains.
Set out below is an extract of a few of the items I think are most relevant to a PMO setting. But I would encourage you to get the book and review it in full to gain the greatest benefit.
By way of introduction, the book is all about “LAB Profiles” – related to language and behaviour. And to do it justice the following is a direct quote from the book.
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In this article we take a look at 'listening with our brains', something that really taps into that great PMO practitioner skills of active listening - plus we all love a framework and in this article there are two to take a look at.
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