Webinar: Bridging the Strategy-Execution Gap - 11 Sep 2025


Bridging the Strategy–Execution Gap

What PMOs Need to Know to Win Executive Buy-In

Live webinar with Dirk Withake & Stuart Easton

11 September 2025 @ 08:00 PDT / 11:00 EDT / 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST / 19:00 GST

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Too many strategies die in the gap between vision and execution. Decks get published, priorities shift, and the PMO is left trying to make sense of an impossible plan with limited context and even less buy-in. Sound familiar?

Join Stuart Easton, CEO of TransparentChoice, as he hosts a candid conversation with Dirk Withake, Business Unit Director at Frequentis and President of the PMI Austria Chapter. Together, they’ll unpack why the strategy-execution gap exists, how strategic plans so often set delivery teams up for failure, and - most importantly - what PMO leaders can do to change the game.

You’ll gain practical insights into:

  • Why strategies often fall apart - and how to spot a plan that’s doomed from the start.

  • What good strategic planning actually looks like - and who needs to be in the room.

  • How PMOs can secure early involvement to shape priorities and improve execution success.

  • The language executives respond to - and how to use it to earn your seat at the table.

  • Turning strategic goals into actionable portfolios that deliver measurable impact.

Whether your PMO is fighting to get into the strategic conversation or struggling to turn strategy into results, this webinar will give you the tools and talking points to build your business case - and win over even the most sceptical executives.

If you can't make it to the live webinar, that's no problem - we'll send a recording of the session to everyone who registers.

About the Speakers: 

Dirk Withake

An expert in program/PMO/project management across multiple industries, Dirk is the current president of the PMI Austria Chapter and a Business Unit Director (VP of Aeronautical Information Management) at Frequentis AG, leading up to 150 internal and external resources across four locations (Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania).

Stuart Easton

As CEO of TransparentChoice Stuart helps PMO and portfolio leaders build strategy-aligned project portfolios and improve ROI. A guest lecturer on project prioritization at the University of Oxford, he speaks widely on killing pet projects, focusing investment on value, and using decision science (AHP) to make clear, defensible choices

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