Onsite #1 · Live Onsite · 6 hours
Kickoff
The live opening intensive that sets firm-wide intent before the virtual modules begin.
Onsite #1 · Before the first module, the whole firm aligns on one thing: what “good” delivery looks like, and who owns it.Module Overview
How to prepare, what to expect, and how the day flows, with the full run-of-show.
Available Open →Participant Files
Materials for use during and after the session.
Quick Reference Guides
The field guide: the standard, the economics, owner vs. coordinator, and the two maps.
Available Open →Session Recap
Photos and the Ideal-PM artifacts from each office’s Kickoff, by location.
Recaps Live View →Participant Feedback SummaryOpen →PDF Download ↓Session Recap · By Office
Recaps & Ideal-PM artifacts
A short story of each office’s Kickoff and the Ideal-PM drawings their tables produced. New Orleans is live. The rest populate after each session runs.
All Offices · The Champions
One recap across every cohort: the through-line, plus the winning Ideal-PM drawing each room sent forward.
View the Champions View →New Orleans
The first cohort: the balance beam, the yin-yang, the many-handed PM, the spinning plates.
Recap ready View →Orlando
Second cohort: the octopus, the train, the phoenix, the orchestra.
Recap ready View →Nashville
Three offices: the Grace Success journey, Milo the turtle, the butterfly, the three circles.
Recap ready View →Phoenix
The room that leaned in hard: the cactus, the recipe, the mountain, the boat.
Recap ready View →Dallas
The room that dug into the business: the cake, the climb, the lighthouse, the all-in PM.
Recap ready View →What we will accomplish
- ✓Define firm-wide intent and what “good” delivery looks like.
- ✓Mandate accountable ownership over project outcomes.
- ✓Establish clear standards and core skills for consistent performance.
What you will build
Outputs & tools
- Project Process Map
- Project Responsibility Map
- Project Manager Resource Pages
Listed items are the governance and operational tools tied to this section. Items marked “Participant generated” are built during the work.
The Archetype Lens
Four patterns recur across this program, including your own.
These four are a shared language. Three are highly capable professionals whose strength in one dimension creates blindness in another. The fourth is the standard. Watch for them in every module and learn to catch the one you are most at risk of becoming.
Competent Coordinator
Logs and documents instead of intervening. Trusts the meeting cadence over the timely call.
Obsessed Designer
Optimizes for the design. Treats budget, client ops, and team load as someone else’s problem.
People Pleaser
Leads with relationship. Says yes, softens bad news, absorbs cost to dodge the hard conversation.
Accountable Owner
Owns the intersections. Reads signals early, stops work, presents options, protects the outcome.
A decision the team is building on has not been made yet.
Logs it, assigns an owner, sets a follow-up for Thursday’s meeting.
Stops the work now and forces the decision before the next deliverable. The stop is a financial intervention, not an administrative one.
Meet the four archetypes in depth →