Michelle Ray has worked with these exceptional organizations:

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MICHELLE RAY, HoF Leadership & Change Expert, Hall of Fame Speaker, Bestselling Author

If not YOU, then who?

If not NOW, then when?

How do you take charge of yourself and others during crucial moments of change?

As a leadership and change expert with more than 25 years experience, I’m passionate about giving leaders and teams the tools to take action and rise above challenges – even the ones they didn’t expect.

I will show you how to shift your mindset to be effective in real-time and ready for the inevitable disruptions to come.

Are you ready to be change-ready?

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MICHELLE RAY
Leadership & Change Expert, Hall of Fame Speaker,
Author and Educator

Take the lead, ignite positive change, anticipate the future

Keynotes

Take the lead and treat your audience to any of my dynamic keynotes. I’m on a mission to create unforgettable experiences, providing thought-provoking messages to delight and engage your attendees.

Workshops

Transform your culture and resolve your most pressing challenges with hands-on leadership workshops. Together we will engage in comprehensive learning activities that will spark the momentum you need to reach the next level.

Online Learning

Unleash the power of customized virtual learning for your organization. I’ve created an extensive library of online programs to educate and inspire your team so they can be ready, responsive, and relevant in a radically changing world.

Top challenges for leaders
and how Michelle Ray can help

Increase
accountability

Clearly and effectively communicate your expectations and deadlines. Create connections between leaders, teams, and customers.

Retain top
talent

Create and implement strategies for talent management, acquisition and retention, succession planning, mentoring, and project planning.

Improve team engagement

Identify the root causes of low morale and disengagement. Evaluate employee engagement initiatives and implement customized solutions.

Leadership development

Clearly identify leadership competencies and learn ways to encourage and improve these skills such as personalized coaching or group training.

Embrace
change

Define desired outcomes and analyze current transition strategies. Identify roadblocks to determine the ideal execution of new initiatives.

I help leaders build critical, collaborative skills so they can

Keep their talent

Communicate and connect on a human level

Achieve greater buy-in to change initiatives

If you’re ready to set up your leadership programs for success, let’s talk!

Leadership & change starts with you

Who Moved My Future: How to Cultivate a Change-Ready Mindset

Leading In Real Time: How to Be Ready, Responsive & Relevant

Leading in Real Time by bestselling author Michelle Ray book cover

Leading in Real Time

How to Drive Success in a Radically Changing World

In the face of uncertainty and radical change in the way we work and live, we need to be ready, responsive, and relevant leaders. Michelle Ray’s dynamic and engaging new presentation provides strategies and solutions to ensure leaders learn the essentials to lead in the NOW.

Are you ready to:

Lead your team with greater effectiveness in a new world of work?

Manage ongoing change and uncertainty with renewed confidence?

Build dynamic workplace relationships through heightened understanding of generational and cultural shifts?

Based on powerful lessons from Michelle Ray’s latest leadership book, Leading in Real Time, your audience will be inspired to shift their thinking, gain new insights and apply key leadership tools for immediate momentum and results.

“Leading in Real Time is a must-read for all leaders and all those who motivate teams. As a beneficiary of Michelle Ray's wisdom, I’m so glad to see its essence captured in this informative and engaging book.”

– Aimée Meher-Homji, Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, Adidas

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