Episode 304

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20th Apr 2025

304: Make Your Pain Their Pain

Welcome to the PMO Strategies Podcast + Blog, where PMO leaders become IMPACT Drivers!

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Are you carrying the burden of every project challenge and organizational misstep? 

This episode challenges project leaders and PMO professionals to stop owning all the pain—and start translating it into executive priorities. Learn how to shift from outputs to outcomes and use our five-step IMPACT Communication Framework to finally get leadership buy-in, accelerate decision-making, and unlock real business value. 

Key Topics Covered: 

  • Why outputs ≠ outcomes—and how to stop confusing the two 
  • How to make your pain their pain using strategic language 
  • Five-step IMPACT Communication Framework in action 
  • The danger of wearing project chaos as a badge of honor 
  • Moving from being blamed to being a business partner 

👉 Press play to stop solving the wrong problems and start making a strategic IMPACT today. 


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Together, we’re unpacking The IMPACT Engine and activating what it means to be a true changemaker. This isn’t surface-level stuff — this is about real transformation, real connection, and real IMPACT. 


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➡️ Reserve your spot now and don’t miss the very first call. 


This is your calling. Are you in? 


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Warmly,

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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