Speaking Engagements with PML
Inspiring Project Leaders to Perform at Their Best Without Burning Out
Project Management Life (PML) founder Natalie Berkiw-Scenna, PMP helps project managers and leaders navigate the realities of today’s demanding work environments through practical, engaging, and evidence-based presentations focused on sustainable performance, resilience, stress management, and human sustainability.
Whether presenting at international conferences, corporate leadership events, PMO summits, or professional association gatherings, Natalie delivers actionable strategies that help attendees improve performance while protecting their energy, well-being, and long-term success.
Meet Natalie
Natalie Berkiw-Scenna, PMP is the Founder of Project Management Life (PML), a community and platform dedicated to helping project leaders lead, perform, and live their best life. With a passion for redefining what high performance looks like in today’s demanding work environments, Natalie brings a human-centered perspective to modern project leadership that values both results and well-being.
Drawing from her 25 years of experience leading complex projects and working with diverse teams, Natalie focuses on helping project professionals navigate pressure, complexity, and constant change with greater clarity and resilience. Her work empowers leaders to move beyond reactive ways of working and toward more intentional, sustainable approaches to performance.
Through her work with Project Management Life, she supports a global community of project professionals committed to growth, balance, and long-term success.
Natalie has international project experience in both Canada and the United States, and has worked primarily in the healthcare sector. She continues to manage corporate, strategic projects within the largest healthcare system in Michigan, U.S. From this experience, she brings the lens of health, well-being, and self-care to the project management community.
Featured Presentations
Sustainable Performance for
Project Leaders: Driving Results
Without Burnout
60 Minute Keynote, 4 Hour Workshop, or Full-Day Retreat
Sustainable performance is the ability to deliver consistent, high-quality results without burning yourself out in the process.
Project management is constantly evolving and today’s project leaders are navigating increasing complexity, tighter timelines, and rising expectations. Beyond execution, we’re expected to think strategically, influence stakeholders, and lead with confidence in high-pressure environments.
However, sustaining this level of performance requires more than technical skills. It requires a deliberate approach to managing focus, energy, capacity, and boundaries.
In this session, we’ll introduce the Sustainable Performance Framework™ for Project Leaders, a practical model designed to help project professionals drive results more effectively, improve overall project outcomes, and lead more sustainably without burnout.
Participants will explore four core elements: protected focus, intentional energy management, realistic capacity planning, and professional boundaries. Through real-world examples and actionable strategies, you’ll gain practical tools to reduce overwhelm, improve effectiveness, and lead with greater clarity and resilience in demanding environments.
Learning Objectives:
- Define and recognize the difference between sustainable and unsustainable performance.
- Identify common habits and ways of working that contribute to overwhelm and reduced effectiveness.
- Walk away with practical strategies to improve your focus, manage your energy, plan your capacity, and set healthy boundaries.
Regain Your Balance and
Strengthen Your Resilience
60 Minute Keynote / Workshop
Project management is a demanding, high-pressure profession. With tight timelines,
various constraints, and the responsibility of leading project teams, it comes as no
surprise that project managers often experience high levels of stress. Balancing
expectations at work and home can feel like we’re running a marathon, and high-
performing project managers are often more susceptible to burnout.
Join us for an uplifting and practical webinar designed to help you reset, regain your balance and strengthen your resilience to reduce your stress and avoid burnout.
We’ll discuss actionable tips, tools and mindsets to better manage your time, set healthy boundaries, and keep your well-being front and center.
Learning Objectives:
- Prioritize and protect your time when everything feels urgent
- Set clear boundaries at work and home without guilt
- Simplify overwhelming demands using project management tools
- Incorporate realistic self-care and moments of joy into your daily routine
- Build in time for meaningful rest and reflection
Under Pressure: Managing Stress
Without Losing Performance
60 Minute Keynote / Workshop
Project leaders today operate in environments defined by constant change, competing priorities, and relentless demands. The result? High levels of stress that impact your well-being and quietly erode your focus, decision-making, communication, and overall performance.
This engaging and practical session challenges the traditional approach to stress management by shifting the focus from “coping” to working differently.
Participants will explore how stress is often driven not just by workload, but by cognitive overload, fragmented work patterns, and unsustainable expectations. Through relatable examples and actionable strategies, this session introduces a simple but powerful framework to help project leaders reduce overwhelm, improve clarity, and lead more effectively, even in high-pressure environments.
Attendees will leave with practical tools to better manage their cognitive load, structure their work more intentionally, protect their energy, and respond to pressure with greater control and confidence.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify key drivers of stress in project environments, including cognitive overload and fragmented workflows
- Apply practical techniques to manage attention, reduce context switching, and improve clarity
- Implement simple strategies to better manage energy and respond more effectively to high-pressure situations
- Recognize the connection between stress management and long-term sustainable performance
Ideal Audiences
PML presentations are ideal for:
- Project Management Conferences
- PMO Summits
- Leadership Conferences
- Community Events
- Corporate Learning and Development Programs
- Team Development Events
Why These Audiences Connect With These Presentations
- Designed specifically for project leaders.
- Research-informed and experience-based.
- Focused on practical application
- Interactive and engaging
- Suitable for conferences, leadership events, PMOs, and corporate learning programs
In addition to PML-hosted events, Natalie has connected with audiences from around the world through the following organizations:
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