The Den
Welcome to the Den
The Den is for you if you are just starting to get to grips with PMO as a career choice. Or if you have “done other things” and have a working “back-story” and are now entering the world of Change and PPM, and PMOs.
There can be / is a lot of science around project, programme and portfolio management. Big text books. Tailored and bespoke software.
But a lot of it comes down to common sense. The Den is somewhere to go for a slightly different view of what being good at PMO might involve.
The Den aims to debunk the strange world of “P3M”, make it simpler and help you a) recognise you already have many of the skills required and b) help you develop those skills.
Ultimately we want to help you forge a fantastic and interesting career in PMO – not as a step to something better but as a career choice in itself.
How Does Having a PMO Help the Organisation?
Lodger Graham answers a number of questions from Members to celebrate International “Ask a Stupid Question” Day, the question, “How Does Having a PMO Help the Organisation?” gets us started
Getting Your First PMO Job: An Interview
Hello everyone. For those in the UK, I do hope the improving weather and longer days are increasing your energy levels as we start to get outside more and more. This Den update is a little different. Not an article but an Interview for you to take a look at. James and...
Active Listening – LAB Profiles
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.
Graham Burke
Short, bald and bespectacled 50-something who has “been in PMO” for 20 plus years.
Worked in and at all of the “P” levels – Project, Programme and Portfolio – across multiple sectors.
Had and still having a bit of a mid-life crisis and to try and work through that I re-examined what is important to me. What is my purpose!
Now want to share my work and life experience to help others – to “give back”.
Get in Touch with Graham
Book recommendation from the article on active listening
