About Me
About Me
I've had a lot of great jobs in my career, but none has been as fulfilling - or as long-lived! - as my executive coaching work has been.
I get to work with women and men who live all over the world. To a person, they're looking for ways to step up their performance and ensure their success. They want to be clear, to find new approaches, to quiet the worry, to defeat stress.
In my 16 years as an executive coach, my clients have managed $150m budgets and the employees that go with an organization that size. And I've also helped people step into their first role as manager of other people. People have started businesses, gotten promoted and made peace with their office nemesis.
It's very satisfying.
When a client tells me, "I think differently after working with you" - that is music to my ears. Not because their thinking was impaired before, but because they have new tools and new ways of dealing with the things which used to throw them for a loop.
My idea situation is a real partnership with my clients, where I can support them - and challenge them - over several months. This is how real change happens.
If you really want to know what I'm about, let me tell you about my senior year in high school. I was voted "Class Clown" and won the "Most Valuable To School" award. Which only proves that I'm hilarious and also clearly work my ass off.
You know, I had no idea when I set out to become an executive coach that my experiences in high-pressure, high-stakes environments - like The White House, politics, government and corporate life - would be so relevant to so many clients. I'm really glad I found this field because it's ideal for me, and every day I know my work makes a difference.
Specialties:
• Growing leadership skills
• Improving communication
• Managing effectively
• Organization and efficiency
• Dealing with difficult people
• Career management
• Addressing burnout
Executive coaching; leadership coaching; career coaching; strategic planning; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI); DiSC 2.0: seminars; workshops; speaking engagements; writing; mentoring
CLIENTS PAST AND PRESENT HAVE INCLUDED:
PAST SPEAKING AUDIENCES AND VENUES
Georgetown University Alumni Association - Seminars
Investment Advisor Association - Team alignment
Eleanor Crook Foundation - team building
Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association, Washington, DC - panel
International Coach Federation, Chicago Chapter - Breakout Workshops
AdvaMed Women's Leadership Development Conference - Panel
Tribal Tech, LLC - Keynote
Business of Coaching Conference - Keynote
Women's High-Tech Coalition - Panel
Emergency Nurses Association State & Local Leaders Conference - Keynote
99.1 WNEW/94.7 Fresh FM Working Women's Luncheon - Panel
S.P.O.R.T.S.- The Relationship Conference - Keynote
Lia Sophia Leaders Conference - Keynote
Academy Women Career Conference (3 times) - Keynote, Panel
CNN – DC Bureau - Seminar
USO - Keynote
Williams & Connelly - Seminar
Martha Beck Coaches Summit (3 times) - Keynotes
The Sulgrave Club - Seminar
Discovery Communications - Seminar
Zuckerman, Spaeder - Lunch & Learn
American Hematology Association - Lunch & Learn
Equal Justice Works Career Conference (twice) - Seminar
US Dept. of Commerce (Political Appointees) - Seminar
St. Columba Episcopal Church (Professional Women’s Group) (twice) - Seminars
Greater Washington Academy of Women Dentists - Seminar
Montgomery County Correctional Facility (MD) - Seminar
Bingham, McCutcheon - Lunch & Learn
The National Presbyterian Church - Seminar
Wellness Corporate Solutions - Seminar
National Alcohol Beverage Control Association - Lunch & Learn
Oblon, Spivak - Lunch & Learn
Millen, White, Zellano (twice) - Lunch & Learn
The Norwood School (twice) - Seminars
International Coach Federation Capital Coaches Conference - Breakout Session
ProFunds - Seminar
To book Michele as a speaker at your event, send an email to: michele@michelewoodward.com