Lisa was making daily to-do lists by age seven—not to be productive, but because it brought her peace. That instinct stayed with her and evolved into a leadership superpower. In this episode, Lisa shares how her natural drive to plan and prioritize led her into project management, how she grew into a PMO leadership role, and how Project Insight gave her team visibility across IT, marketing, and business portfolios.⏱ Timestamps & TopicsLisa’s earliest memory of planning: daily checklists at age 7Why planning brought her peace—and how that ritual stuckHer method for avoiding overwhelm with fast-win sub-listsProject management felt like a natural extension of who she wasHer nonlinear journey: from project coordinator to PMO managerOn underselling herself and learning to step into leadershipLaunching the PMO at Rimkus and supporting company-wide transformationImplementing Project Insight to bring visibility and structureExpanding the PMO to include marketing and business projectsTailoring project approaches to fit different teamsAdvice to future PMO leaders: trust your instincts, and stay organizedSubscribe to Wear Your Cape to Work Podcast on:YouTube: / @projectinsightpmsw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WMdTji...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...RSS: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2419669.rssFollow Lisa Haymes: / lisahaymes A link to Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide on the PMO website. PMI Members can download it for free now: https://www.pmi.org/standards/pmoA link to Project Management Offices: A Practice Guide on Amazon - available August 9: https://www.amazon.com/Project-Manage...Sponsored by: Project Insight Project & Portfolio Management Software. Helping growing companies automate, execute, and measure project work across teams, systems, and portfolios. www.projectinsight.com