About

Michelle is a workplace expert. Internationally recognised, she is the award-winning author of three books and is welcomed on stages globally to help inspire leaders, teams, and organisations to create successful workplaces. From her penmanship to her captivating keynotes, Michelle’s relentless pursuit to empower people is palpable. She is on a mission to change workplaces for the better – helping people to step ahead, step up, and leap into their brilliant future.

Experience

Working with leading-edge organisations, Michelle optimises outcomes by building the capability, courage, and conviction of their leaders to lead. Her expertise is underpinned by extensive corporate experience, much of it in senior leadership roles including large-scale transformation programs and risk and strategy. You'll regularly see her popping up in national media outlets as a commentator on a range of workplace topics.

Areas of Expertise

• Organisations Working with global organisations, Michelle helps manage the complexity of optimising organisational decisions and outcomes. She delivers sustainable results by building the in-house capability and capacity to lead in ambiguous, changing times and ultimately, create the workplace culture where people thrive and great things happen.
• Teams Building lasting connections, cohesion, purpose, and values within teams, Michelle creates an innovative, courageous, and trust-based working environment in which people excel.
• Leaders Supporting and guiding leaders, Michelle elevates them to new levels of leadership capability and effectiveness, so they are able to secure accelerated progress at work, and meaningful success in their career and life.
• Individuals Working one-on-one, Michelle builds the courage to help people make wise and congruent choices, whilst enhancing competencies in critical future-ready skills including decision making, change leadership, negotiation, and influence.

Key Skills

• Global keynote speaker
• Organisational and leadership development
• Organisational culture assessments, culture plans, and renewal
• Executive coaching and mentoring
• Team facilitation
• Strategy facilitation
• Corporate training

Qualifications and Memberships

• Ph.D. in leadership and ethical decision making (underway), Swinburne University
• Company Directors Course, AICD
• Masters of International Trade and Diplomacy, Monash University
• Bachelor of Commerce, Deakin University
• Bachelor of Business Communications, Queensland University of Technology
• Certified Dare To Lead™ Facilitator (Dr. Brené Brown, USA)
• International Coaching Certification (PCC)
• Advanced Diploma in Group Facilitation