Helping people redesign their lives through the science of human behavior.
Dr. Marla J. Albertie helps individuals and organizations move from stuck to intentional. Through powerful storytelling, research-backed strategies, and practical tools, she teaches audiences how to navigate change, reclaim their autonomy, and redesign the next chapter of their personal and professional lives.
Whether speaking to corporate teams, women’s leadership groups, veteran organizations, universities, or community-based audiences, Dr. Albertie brings a rare blend of academic expertise, real-world leadership, military service, and lived experience.
Her message is clear:
Change is inevitable. Reinvention is intentional.
The Science of Personal and Professional Reinvention
Many people find themselves caught between who they were and who they are becoming. They know something needs to change, but they feel overwhelmed, uncertain, burned out, or stuck waiting for permission to begin again.
In this powerful keynote, Dr. Albertie draws from Industrial-Organizational Psychology, human behavior research, and her own reinvention journey to help audiences understand why they feel stuck and how to move forward with clarity, courage, and intention.
This keynote helps audiences shift from simply surviving change to actively redesigning their next chapter.
Building Influence Without Authority
Leadership is not about control. It is about trust, influence, and responsibility. This presentation helps leaders understand how to build meaningful influence without relying on title, fear, or positional power.
Redefining Identity, Purpose, and Leadership
For many women veterans, the transition from military service brings questions of identity, purpose, and belonging. This keynote helps veteran women honor who they were while intentionally stepping into who they are becoming.
Creating Sustainable Success Through Human Behavior
Burnout is often more than a workload problem. It is a boundary, identity, and behavior problem. This presentation helps audiences rethink success and build lives and careers that are sustainable, meaningful, and aligned.
Dr. Marla J. Albertie is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, Navy veteran, educator, entrepreneur, nonprofit founder, researcher, and author. She has spent more than 25 years helping people grow, lead, learn, and transform.
Her work sits at the intersection of human behavior, leadership, career development, reinvention, and resilience. As a professor, researcher, speaker, and founder, Dr. Albertie is passionate about helping people understand themselves, take ownership of their lives, and create meaningful change.
She is the founder of I/O for Teens, Inc., an organization that introduces youth to career development, leadership, and life skills through the lens of Industrial-Organizational Psychology. She is also the founder of Truth Speaks Group Research & Innovation Lab and Marla J. Albertie LLC.
Dr. Albertie’s story, research, and work all point back to one central message:
You can redesign your life — not by waiting for perfect conditions, but by taking intentional action through the science of human behavior.
If your audience is navigating change, seeking clarity, rebuilding confidence, or preparing for their next chapter, Dr. Albertie delivers a message that is practical, powerful, and deeply human.
Book Dr. Marla J. Albertie for your next keynote, workshop, leadership event, conference, or professional development program.
