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🧠 PMI NS Virtual Lunch & Learn: Beyond the Blueprint – Leading Projects with Empathy and Inclusivity

Power Skills | Business Acumen

In recognition of Invisible Disabilities Week, join PMI Nova Scotia for a meaningful and thought-provoking virtual Lunch & Learn led by Siobhan Carlson, PMP. Drawing from her lived experience with chronic illness and her professional work in capital infrastructure and inclusive leadership, Siobhan will highlight how non-visible disabilities affect professionals—and how we can all become more empathetic leaders, inclusive teammates, and thoughtful allies.

This session is ideal for project professionals seeking to build equitable, people-centered workspaces that empower individuals of all abilities to thrive.

🎯 Event Highlights

🧩 Lived Experience Perspective: Siobhan shares her personal journey with chronic illness, offering honest, practical insight into navigating work with an invisible disability.

🤝 Inclusive Leadership in Action: Learn how to lead with empathy and create a workplace culture that supports and uplifts team members facing non-visible challenges.

💼 Project Management Lens: Discover how inclusive leadership aligns with servant leadership principles, team productivity, and successful project outcomes.

💡 Why Attend?

• Grow Your Leadership Skills: Learn what it means to lead with empathy in diverse, cross-functional teams.
• Earn PDUs: 1.0 PDU under Power Skills | Business Acumen
• Be Part of the Conversation: Explore an often-overlooked workplace topic that affects professionals across all sectors.

📅 Event Details

🗓️ Date: October 15, 2025

🕛 Time: 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM (Lunch Hour Session)

💻 Location: Zoom (link provided upon registration)

💵 Cost:

$5.00 (Members, future members and students)

🎟️ Capacity: Open (registration required)

📝 Agenda

12:15 PM – Welcome & Speaker Introduction

12:20 PM – Presentation by Siobhan Carlson

12:45 PM – Q&A Session

1:00 PM – Event Wrap-Up & Close

📘 PDUs

1.0 PDU (Power Skills | Business Acumen) – Claim code to be provided after the event.

📣 Speaker Bio

Siobhan Carlson is a PMP-certified Project Coordinator (Construction and Planning) at Nova Scotia Power, specializing in major capital improvement projects. She possesses extensive experience in various project management and project control roles across consulting, non-profit, and regulated utilities sectors. Her lived experience with a chronic illness has significantly informed her leadership approach, cultivating resilience, empathy, and adaptability in supporting complex projects and stakeholder engagement.

Siobhan is known for bringing authenticity, warmth, and humor to complex topics, helping teams navigate challenging workplace conversations with insight and compassion.

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Cancellation

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