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What if the way you show up were treated with the same rigor as the work you deliver? Audiences get a woman who has sat in the boardrooms and steering committees she describes, and who turned what she learned there into a bestselling book and a teaching method women can use the next morning. Every session blends research on first impressions, a plethora of real examples from Fortune 500 rooms, and hands-on exercises: attire analysis, a style archetype, and a pre-meeting presence ritual. Formats include keynotes, interactive workshops with worksheets, fireside conversations, and ERG and Women's History Month programs, in person in the New York metropolitan area and virtually anywhere.
Signature Style, Signature Leadership: Presence Is How You Lead
45 to 90 minutes (keynote or interactive workshop)
What if the way you show up were treated with the same rigor as the work you deliver? Delivered as a workshop for Parsons School of Design and the Women's Media Group of New York, this keynote walks women through the research on first impressions, the myriad ways professional style communicates authority, and a practical method for building a signature look that reflects who they are and where they are going. Attendees leave with a style archetype, a pre-meeting presence ritual, and a plan they can apply the next morning.
Audience
Women in corporate, association, ERG, and university audiences
Duration
45 to 90 minutes (keynote or interactive workshop)
Presence Under Pressure: How Women Build Credibility in the Highest-Stakes Rooms
Keynote, Workshop • 45 to 60 minutes
The board meeting, the executive review, the negotiation where the outcome is uncertain: these are the rooms where presence is tested. Drawing on 20+ years leading enterprise transformation and 10+ years leading M&A integration for Fortune 500 companies, Michele shares five strategies women can use to establish credibility before they speak and hold it when the pressure rises: a three-part pre-meeting presence ritual, dressing for the decision rather than the calendar, holding authority when the news is bad, being direct without being dismissed, and the style archetype that aligns with the leader you are becoming. Attendees leave with a worksheet and a plan for their next high-stakes meeting.
Audience
Women leaders, ERGs, women's leadership conferences, professional associations
Format
Duration
45 to 60 minutes
The Power of Color in Professional Settings
Workshop • 60 to 90 minutes
Which colors make a room lean in, and which make it look away? This highly interactive workshop, first delivered for a private members' organization and drawn from the research Michele shared in Yahoo Entertainment, explores how color shapes perception in professional settings and how women can use it deliberately for authority, warmth, and memorability. Attendees analyze real scenarios, identify the palette that works for their coloring and their role, and leave with a personal color strategy for interviews, presentations, and high-visibility meetings.
Audience
Women's networks, ERGs, members' organizations, Women's History Month programs
Format
Duration
60 to 90 minutes
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