Free Lesson
Get strategic alignment around executive's expectations
60 min
Feb 12, 2026 12:00 PM
What you'll learn
Have conversations that solidify executive alignment
Identify and form questions for executives that set project agendas based on business outcomes
Allocate resources based on closing capability gaps
Connect-the-dots for sponsors about projects, resources, and the capabilities that produce outcomes
Double-down on differentiating capabilities
Even as conditions and preferences change, keep project focus on sustaining and extending differentiating capabilities
Why this topic matters
Focusing projects on closing capability gaps is the connective tissue for alignment; gaps that effect ability to deliver solutions, and gaps that prevent the return on investment.
Project / Program Managers who bring these insights to the conversation demonstrate commitment to value production and thoughtful management of risk.
Those PMs are seen as high-value leaders not administrators.
You'll learn from
Jim Dowling
Innovator & strategy to results guide
Rich Lynch
Business performance methodology innovator
Previously at
