This week The PMO Podcast™ Featured Story presents, "Live from Riyadh, an interview with Bassam Al Kharashi, CEO of ES Consulting" presented by Mark Perry (about Mark), host of The PMO Podcast™. Today, we are coming to you from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where we are talking with Bassam Al Kharashi who shares with us the state of project management and the PMO in the MENA, Middle East North Africa, region. The PMO Podcast™ Points Memo presents, "Do project managers need to be leaders?" Recently, I was asked about the importance of project managers becoming and being leaders, not just folks that plan and report on project progress. I have to tell you, my first reaction was a bit defensive, because from my perspective project managers are inherently leaders. The PMO Podcast™ Mailbag answers a listener question about PMO staffing. The PMO Podcast™ is sponsored by BOT International, the provider of Processes On Demand, a PMO Setup solution used by more than 1,000 companies. Request a Demo Login The PMO Podcast™ is a trademark of BOT International. The PMO Podcast™ and its RSS feed are copyright © by BOT International 2013. All rights reserved.