Episode 320

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10th Aug 2025

320: Don't Be the Best-Kept Secret

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You’re delivering results. You’re solving problems. But if no one knows about it, it’s like it never happened. 

 

In this episode, I’m sharing why it’s not enough to simply do great work—you also need to make that work visible. I’ll walk you through how to market your IMPACT with intention, earn executive buy-in, and make sure your results actually get the recognition they deserve. 

 

Learn how to build credibility, boost morale, and position your PMO as an indispensable part of the business—all by making your value clear, consistent, and impossible to ignore. 

 

If your work is driving real outcomes behind the scenes, this episode will help you bring those wins to the forefront.  

 

What You'll Learn:  

  • Why “doing the work” isn’t enough to earn support 
  • How to build a real-time win file to track your team’s results 
  • Ways to translate project activity into business outcomes 
  • How to set up visibility rhythms that make your IMPACT stick 
  • Why executive buy-in starts with strategic communication 
  • How celebration drives morale, momentum, and recognition 

👉 Press play to learn how to make your results visible, your value clear, and your team truly unforgettable. 

 

P.S. Ready to make your value visible? Inside the IMPACT Accelerator Mastermind, you'll learn how to lead with strategy, earn executive trust, and position your team as essential to business success. Get the coaching, tools, and support to drive real outcomes. Click here to learn more. 🚀 

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Warmly,

Laura Barnard

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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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