Episode 291

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19th Jan 2025

291: How to Talk to Your Executives

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Have you ever walked out of an executive meeting wondering why your project didn’t get the green light—despite all the hard work your team put into it?


The problem isn’t the project. It’s how you’re presenting it.


In this week’s episode, we’re diving into the critical skills you need to master to speak the language of executives and secure buy-in.


You’ll learn:

✅ Why tasks and deliverables don’t grab executive attention – and what to focus on instead

✅ The framework I teach our mastermind students to position your projects as strategic, value-driving initiatives

✅ How to highlight the consequences of inaction to create urgency and executive alignment


I also share real-world stories from my own career and from students in the IMPACT Accelerator Mastermind who made small but powerful shifts in how they communicated – and saw immediate results.


💡 Ready to shift from managing tasks to leading outcomes?


🎧 Listen to the episode now and discover how to elevate your executive conversations.


P.S. Stop the chaos—start leading with confidence! The IMPACT Accelerator Mastermind gives you expert coaching, hands-on support, and the blueprint to deliver real business value. Ready to accelerate your success? Join us here!


Let’s make this the year you lead with IMPACT!

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Laura Barnard

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About the Podcast

PMO Strategies
with Laura Barnard
In this podcast, PMO leaders and those wanting to capitalize on the best of project management to deliver the organization’s strategy will uncover the hidden secrets of the best PMOs, learn the game-changing techniques that transform any PMO into a value-driven IMPACT Engine, and explore the best ways for the PMO to become an integral part of the fabric and future of an organization. After spending two and a half decades helping organizations deliver change, with 15 of those years in the shoes of PMO leader inside organizations, Laura strongly believes that there is more to making an IMPACT than templates, tools, and process. She’ll show you how to make the shifts necessary to become a business-focused PMO that will become an invaluable organizational asset. With her guests and insights, we explore the sticky situations and tough challenges PMO leaders face, from sorting through all of the “noise” about what the PMO “should” do to finding the best ways for your PMO to make an IMPACT. Listen in, and you can discover how to shift your focus from outputs to outcomes, fundamentally changing the game for your PMO and personal success.

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