PMI Carolina Virtual Meeting - Resilient Leadership in Action: Turning Project Challenges into Career Wins
Topic: Resilient Leadership in Action: Turning Project Challenges into Career Wins
As a mid-level project manager, you are not just managing tasks, you are navigating shifting priorities, demanding stakeholders, and high-pressure deadlines. This workshop delivers proven leadership insights and practical strategies to strengthen resilience, keep projects on track, drive alignment, and deliver measurable results in the face of challenges. Participants will leave equipped to turn obstacles into opportunities, elevate their leadership presence, and accelerate both project success and career growth.
Learning Objectives:
- Reframe challenges to keep projects moving forward
- Lead with composure and credibility under pressure
- Align executive expectations with project realities
- Build leadership presence that accelerates growth
Inputs for the PDU Processor:
- Top Skills - Collaborative Leadership, Strategic Thinking
- Highly Desirable/Market Driven Project Skills - Aliging Projects and Organizational Strategy
- Talent Triangle - Business Accumen: Stategic Planning, Analysis & Alignment.
Speaker: Shirley Ellis
Speaker Bio:
Shirley Ellis is the Founder and CEO of Intentional Impact LLC and a leadership development strategist who helps leaders move from hesitation to strategic execution. With over a decade of corporate experience as a Principal Project Manager, she has led cross-functional teams, partnered with senior stakeholders, and driven enterprise initiatives in complex, regulated environments. Known for translating strategy into disciplined action, Shirley has helped organizations accelerate execution and strengthen leadership impact. She has also contributed to leadership pipeline initiatives that identify high-potential talent, strengthen capabilities, and prepare leaders for expanded scope and promotion.
Today, through Intentional Impact LLC, Shirley equips leaders from mid-level professionals to C-suite executives with performance-driven frameworks that increase decision velocity, strengthen executive presence, and elevate influence across the organization. Through keynote speaking, executive coaching, and professional development workshops, she partners with organizations to help leaders navigate change, communicate with clarity, and lead with accountability so teams perform at a higher level and business outcomes move forward.
