The Project Manager’s Secret Weapon: Emotional Mastery in a World of Relentless Change
In today’s world of accelerated disruption and shifting priorities, project and program managers are being asked to do more than deliver on time and under budget. They’re being called to lead through uncertainty, navigate emotional complexity, and drive transformation that sticks.
So what if the next major skillset in your toolkit… wasn’t just strategic or technical, but emotional?
Join Cassandra Worthy, Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm Global, for a powerful conversation at the intersection of project leadership and emotional intelligence. She’ll be joined by two seasoned program managers who are also Certified Change Enthusiasm® Practitioners and who are proving that emotional fluency is not a “soft skill”… it’s a success skill.
In this conversation, you’ll explore:
✔ How the emotional toll of transformation is changing the role of today’s PMs
✔ The impact of CEG’s methodology on stakeholder alignment, team morale, and leadership effectiveness
✔ How CEG certification can complement and even extend your PMI credentials
✔ What emotional processing speed has to do with better project outcomes
✔ The emerging future of program leadership in the age of AI, disruption, and human complexity
Whether you’re leading enterprise-wide change, managing day-to-day delivery, or seeking powerful credits to renew your PMI certification, this session will open your mind, expand your toolbox, and reenergize your purpose.
About our panelists
Stefanie Maccarone
Director of Operations and Sales at Change Enthusiasm Global, PMP
Stefanie is a strategic operations leader and program management expert who has successfully delivered large-scale change initiatives across industries. A Certified Change Enthusiasm® Practitioner, Stefanie applied her credential toward her PMI certification renewal making her uniquely positioned to speak to the value of integrating CEG’s emotional mastery tools with formal PM training.
🔗 Connect with Stefanie on LinkedIn
Radha Desai
Senior Transformation Leader with Program Manager Expertise
Radha Desai brings over two decades of experience leading large-scale transformation programs across healthcare, imaging, and the automation industry. Her end-to-end healthcare background spans direct patient care, R&D, regulatory compliance, and global service delivery transformation, particularly in radiology and connected technologies.
As an Agile PM Practitioner and Certified Change Enthusiasm® Practitioner, she brings a global lens to the emotional dynamics of change, helping project leaders navigate disruption with clarity, confidence, and curiosity.