PMI Carolina Metro Virtual Meeting - Match: Meeting People Where They Are to Deliver Better Project Outcomes
Power Skills
Learning outcomes:
- Recognize why a one-size-fits-all approach to leadership, coaching, and communication often limits project success.
- Assess what team members, stakeholders, and colleagues need in a given moment to perform at their best.
- Adapt their leadership and coaching approach to provide the right balance of direction, support, challenge, and autonomy.
- Create stronger engagement, accountability, and results by meeting people where they are, not where you wish they were.
Inputs for PDU Director
Activity Type: Power Skills
- Top Skills - Strategic Thinking & Creative Problem Solving
- Highly Desirable/Market Driven Project Skills - Aligning projects and organizational strategy
- Talent Triangle - Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Self-assessment
Speakers:
Mike Mackie
Suzy Bishop
Speaker Bio's
Mike Mackie serves as an Executive Coach at The Center for Leadership Studies, where he focuses on helping the next generation of executives master the Situational Leadership® Model to bridge the gap between technical skills and elite behavioral influence. Mike brings a diverse background shaped by elite mentorship, academic rigor, and real-world experience.
He spent two years being personally mentored by Marshall Goldsmith—the world’s #1 executive coach—gaining over 5,000 hours of direct exposure to the challenges faced by leaders at the highest level. Mike also holds a Master’s degree in Leadership and Organizational Performance from Vanderbilt University. Prior to joining CLS, he spent over a decade at entertainment industry-leading companies including Disney, Paramount, and Creative Artists Agency.
SUZIE BISHOP is the Vice President of Product Development at The Center for Leadership Studies, the global home of the Situational Leadership® Model, which is the most successful and widely adopted leadership framework available worldwide. As an established leader and presenter in the field of leadership development, Suzie drives innovative, experiential learning solutions to better equip leaders for the
modern workplace.
She is a Certified Professional in Training Management (CPTM), a Stakeholder Centered Coach, member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches community, columnist for Training Industry Magazine, and was recognized as an Elliott Masie 30 Under 30 leader.
modern workplace.
She is a Certified Professional in Training Management (CPTM), a Stakeholder Centered Coach, member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches community, columnist for Training Industry Magazine, and was recognized as an Elliott Masie 30 Under 30 leader.
Suzie is the co-author, with Marshall Goldsmith, of Match: The Situational Coaching® Approach to Meeting Leaders Where They Are, publishing November 2026. She is also the coauthor, with Sam Shriver, of Situational Leadership®: The Model for Leading Others, Navigating Change, and Unlocking Performance, a practical framework for helping leaders adapt their approach to meet the needs of their people and drive performance.
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