Michele Woodward

Powerful Coaching. Powerful Results.

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Let’s create your success story.

If you're looking for highly personalized, customized coaching and support in a confidential and honoring space - you’ve found it.

Sometimes all success takes is having someone on your team who's got your back.

Our lives are in constant motion toward greater success.

In over fourteen years of coaching executives all around the world, I’ve learned that moving forward requires a sequence of specific steps. First, you have to understand yourself - fully and honestly. Then, you need to set an intention for what you need to change or how you’d like to be different. Only then can you move toward realizing your goal.

And, for the greatest possible success, this approach needs to be customized to you - to how you learn, to who you are, to how you work best.

This is what I do as your coach. This is my life’s work and I’ve been able to do it with people around the world who are now achieving things they never thought they could achieve.

It’s the best feeling ever.

And since I believe in transparency, my packages and offers are laid out clearly and straightforwardly on my Coaching page.

Are you ready to get started? Because I can’t wait to see what we’ll create together!



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Now Enrolling for 2019

Synergy. Validation. Acceptance. The support of many great minds.

I offer several dynamic groups and would love to have you join one if you’d like to make your progress in community with other people also committed to getting things done.

 

Emotional Intelligence for Men

Starting September 2019

In this six-week webinar-based class, we’ll work on the sixteen elements of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) so every participant will know where he stands and what he can do to improve his performance – and results.

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ECM: Executive Coach Mentoring Program

Starting September 2019

This 3-month intensive program is a small, high-touch, walk-with-you mentoring group created for established, working coaches who want to amplify their work with organizations and with executives. ECM is offered annually and by application only.

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Powerful Coaching. Powerful Results.

"I first went to Michele out of curiosity. I come back for the results! It is amazing how she knows just which questions to ask to generate a new energy and thought process. When I’m stuck, I call Michele. When I want to test an idea and have someone turn it on its ear, I call Michele. There are lots of people with experience but Michele just has that something extra – wisdom and a Zen-like quality – that helps me put it all together!"

Susan DeFife Askew
Entrepreneur, lifelong student

"Michele is both insightful and articulate. She has a wonderful way of giving and imparting her expertise so that both her clients and her audience come away with goals and a real vision of how they are going to make lasting changes that will serve them well at work and at home."

Fiona Gathright
President and CEO

"Michele has a keen intuition and gentle demeanor which enable her to ask the right questions in the right way, so I feel safe to explore uncomfortable and powerful issues. She is a first rate executive coach that I highly recommend for her creative approach, thoughtful technique and superb listening skills."

Julie M Hodack
Leadership Coach and Educator

Crys Wood

"Michele's eye is forever on the prize, which isn't making the most money, but making the most of your gifts, skills, and potential, and making danged sure you know the value of those things to the people you can best serve. I walked in with one offer and walked out with three, the main idea solidified, a fledgling idea validated, and an idea I never saw coming."

Crys Wood
Consultant

James Minichello

"Michele has a forward thinking approach that was would benefit anyone in pursuit of professional growth. Her capabilities as a coach along with her teaching skills are outstanding."

James Minichello
Association Executive

Denise Canellos

"Michele cut through two years of stuck in just two sessions. She identified the real problem almost immediately, and moved me through it all with compassion. My business is now moving forward, growing and I feel confident and hopeful for the first time in a long while."

Denise Canellos
Business Owner

Erin Yudchitz

"Michele helped me to approach challenges with confidence. Rather than providing answers, she offered perspective and helped me to reframe situations, always empowering me to be in control. With her guidance, I learned new tools for making plans, taking action, and getting results."

Erin Yudchitz
Program Director

Senya Rahmil

Michele is an experienced professional. She understands her customer needs, she listens, and she is smart, articulate, and practical. Michele is a delightful person and an excellent pro."

Senya Rahmil
Vice President

Lisa Dewey Wells, M.Ed.

Working with Michele wasn't just game-changing for my coaching business but for my heart and soul. Michele has an uncanny ability to see the best in people and to bring together people who complement and support each other. Advancing my business to the next stage would have been a messy process - that I may have abandoned - without Michele in my corner cheering and nudging me along.


Lisa Dewey Wells, M.Ed.

Grounded 2 Grow Coaching, Consulting & Wellness

Abbe Jacobson Kopf

Michele Woodward is a warm, wise, intelligent, skilled coach and leader. Michele’s astute observations have helped countless coaches develop and define their own businesses. With Michele’s guidance I have grown to be more calm, grounded and determined as a business owner.

Abbe Jacobson Kopf

Certified Health and Life Coach

Starla Fitch, MD

Michele Woodward is the real deal. She’s the “Coaches’ Coach.” Whether you’re a surgeon like me, an executive, a coach, a leader, she meets you where you are and truly listens to what you have to say — and, more importantly, to what you’re not saying. Michele is wise, thoughtful, and generous. She is amazingly succinct and cuts to the chase — so important in our busy lives. Life is short: working with Michele can help you get where you want to go!

Starla Fitch, MD

John Haeckel

I have found coaching to be among the most important components of evolving my career in a more fulfilling and rewarding direction. Though skeptical at first, once I embraced Michele’s approach and process, it not only opened new pathways forward, but I also found it so powerful that I encouraged my business partner to engage Michele and brought her into our company to help us.

John Haeckel

President and CEO

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Greater success and deeper transformation is on its way to you.
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3 Ways Managers Can Make Delegation Less Stressful and More Effective. Delegating isn’t lazy. In fact, it can be a learning opportunity for you and your team. Executive coach Michele Woodward talks with Thrive Global writer Jessica Hicks about successful leadership and the art of delegation.
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Why Forgetfulness Might Actually Help You. Executive coach Michele Woodward talks with WSJ writer Sue Shellenbarger about absent-minded moments and what they may really mean.
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How To Stick To Your New Year’s Resolutions CNN Headline News “Weekend Express” anchor Lynn Smith talks to Michele about making – and sticking to – your resolutions. Televised nationally on Tuesday, January 2nd.
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Knocking Out the Office Bully. Bullies don’t exist just on the playground. They also exist in the workplace as well. So what’s the best way to deal with your local office thug? Jenna Kagel interviews Michele Woodward on WNYC Public Radio.
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Your Workplace Transition Survival Guide by Yael Grauer. Whether you’ve decided to take the plunge into startup land after years in a big corporation, or chosen to move from a tiny startup to an enterprise position, there may be a few bumps along the way as you learn how to work with your new boss and team. Here are a few tips to help you find success in your new role.
 
 

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Who’s Ready For Some Homework?

Filed Under: Authenticity, Blog, Career Coaching, Clarity, Free Stuff, Getting Unstuck, Happier Living, Managing Change

I have the firm belief that it’s impossible to make a really great plan for the future unless you take time to reflect on the past.

That’s the thinking behind the Personal Planning Tool I’ve been offering you since 2009. Every year I update it for the coming year and this time when I wrote out the new date, I said something eloquent and thoughtful.

I said, “Whoa.”

As in, whoa, what a great opportunity to reflect on everything that’s happened in 2019 as we plan for 2020, but why not look waaaay back? Why not look at where we all were in 2010?

So I sat down, and I am known to do, and created a tool to do that reflection. What were the most powerful questions? What got to the heart of the matter?

I made a copy of my handwritten draft and walked myself through the emerging process. Tweaked. Refined.

Then I sent my handwritten, scrawled out notes to a dozen helpful souls who offered to try it and provide helpful and critical feedback.

I waited. But before long my email started to ping with messages like this:

“I was surprised by the theme of taking care of my physical body. I’m seeing my family age and it suddenly feels URGENT to care for my vessel in ways it never did before. This came through so loud and clear as I filled this out.”

“I thought the whole review was thought provoking and valuable. The big surprise to me was the question: If you could send a message from today to your 2030 self, what would you say? As I read it, I teared up. Big time.  At first I thought the question didn’t make sense – easier to give advice/share wisdom with 20/20 hindsight –  but then why did it bring tears to my eyes?! I realized the reason was that my thoughts about the future were pessimistic (which is not my usual personality default) and I didn’t know what to tell my future self beyond “Savor the butterflies now.” ;/ Not a useful way to move forward action-wise. And that I could do better for myself and values than that. Where I am currently is to say to my 2030 year self that the future is still wide open (props to Tom Petty) and to stay sturdy; my work here is not done.”

“I think the biggest thing I learned from this exercise is that you have no idea what the future could bring. Ten years ago, I was single, had not met my husband and could not have dreamt of what my future life could hold. I also noticed today – 10 yrs. later – that I omit my career and myself in much of this plan. I am in a supporting role and put my needs after those of others. However, this process reinforces a few things that I need to make a priority – working out, reconnecting with friends. I also realized how much I am driven [now] by personal vs. professional goals. It also makes me fear a bit for the next 10 years since things have been so good, similar to that of a recession after good economic times.”

“I cried on page 4.  These questions were POWERFUL.  When you compare 10 years the things that need to be fixed are in such plain sight. I focused on what was still not going well but, I also need to celebrate that I have doubled my income in 10 years.”

Deep and abiding thanks to the brave and kind folks who took the time to test drive the 10-Year Tool. Which is now up and ready for you!

Go to www.michelewoodward.com/resources to access both the new 10-Year Tool and its big sister, the 2020 Personal Planning Tool. These two worksheets are designed to complement one another – and also designed to be the sort of thing you take your time with. To think. To reflect. To grow your understanding.

This ain’t no Cosmo quiz, friends.

And, as always, the resources on my page are available to you at no charge.

After you use the 10-Year Tool or the 2020 Personal Planning Tool, drop me a note and let me know what you think. I can’t wait to hear about the things you learn!

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