by Paula Dieli | Mar 23, 2021 | Best Practices, Giving Back, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager
We can be so focused on our day-to-day work that we forget to step back, review the work we’ve been doing, and think about how we might share with our colleagues some of the things we’ve developed or enhanced. What work have you done lately that made things better for...
by Paula Dieli | Mar 9, 2021 | PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Self Care, Staycation
I was taking a walk with a former colleague recently–and yes, we were socially distanced and doubly masked up! We were having that conversation that I’ve started having with friends where you ask each other where you’ll travel to first when the pandemic lets up and...
by Paula Dieli | Feb 23, 2021 | PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Strategic Thinking, Time Management
I often hear program managers say they want to be more strategic but at the same time they tell me how busy they are just keeping their head (and those of their direct reports) above water, getting the many things done on their continually increasing task list. I get...
by Paula Dieli | Feb 2, 2021 | PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Sponsorship, Support
Everyone wants to know they’re supported. That goes for program managers too! For them, that person is usually the executive sponsor. Ideally a program will have one single executive sponsor, one “throat to choke” as the saying goes. I have run programs with...
by Paula Dieli | Jan 19, 2021 | PMO, Positive Impact, Program Management, Program Manager, Simplicity
Effective program management requires that you have your finger on the pulse of everything that’s going on related to the program and are available to the program team as needed. The number of programs a program manager can handle simultaneously varies but they know...
by Paula Dieli | Dec 29, 2020 | Impact, PMO, Program Management, Program Manager, Strategy Execution
While running the PMO at Zendesk, one of my program managers was trying to decide whether to stay in the PMO or move to another department — into a role that was also a good fit for her qualifications and experience in a domain that she loved. The department head and...
