Meet Michelle

Executive Communications Expert, Michelle Tillis Lederman

Author of The 11 Laws of Likability, keynote speaker, executive coach, and founder of Executive Essentials, a training company that provides communications and leadership programs, as well as executive coaching services. Michelle believes real relationships lead to real results and specializes in teaching people how to communicate with confidence, clarity, and connection. She has delivered seminars internationally across industries. See her client list. Michelle is an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and serves on the faculty of the American Management Association. Michelle’s has appeared on TV and radio shows across the country. Her expertise has been quoted and her books, articles, and videos have been highlighted in papers, magazines and websites. See her press and citations below.

Michelle spent ten years in finance beginning her career as a Certified Public Accountant in Arthur Andersen’s audit practice, later joining Primedia as a mergers & acquisitions analyst. Her experience ranges from venture capital to hedge funds and includes positions as a financial strategist with Deloitte Consulting, a hedge fund investment adviser for HypoVereins Bank, and a director of communications at Investor Analytics, an alternative asset risk management firm.

Michelle is involved in extensive volunteer and community advocacy. She has developed a youth curriculum called Leadership Essentials which provides workshop and assembly programs. Having already reached over 1,000 teens, it is her mission to bring these critical communication and life skills to high school students to increase their likelihood of success. As an animal advocate, she has organized multiple benefits to raise awareness and donations for New York City animal rescue.

She received her BS, Summa Cum Laude, in Accounting and Communications from Lehigh University, her MBA, with honors, from Columbia Business School, and her coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching and is accredited by the International Coaching Federation. Michelle is a member of the National Speakers Association and Executive Essentials is a certified Women Business Enterprise.

TV and Video:

Ask the Experts: Improve Your Networking Skills — CBS MoneyWatch.com
Smart Networking Tips– CBS
Part 1, Part 2 – Business Beat Live
How to Be Fair While Being a Manager– About.com
How to Provide Constructive Criticism at Work– About.com
How to Interview a Candidate– About.com
Three Questions for Michelle Tillis Lederman– The American Management Association

Radio:

The Gayle King Show –Discover why it’s good to be liked.
Martha Stewart Living Radio –Find out what the simplest law is.
Business Marketing Strategies on CDTV.net — Find out what Michelle wants to pitch to hedge-fund managers.
The Rude Awakening with Bulldog — Find out Michelle’s greatest fear.
Converting Conversations Into Connections on AMAnet.org — Find out how to make connections.
The WHAM Morning Show — Find out what advice Michelle’s dad gave her.
Kacey on the Radio — Find out how to relate to people we don’t like.
The Doug Noll Show — Find out how Michelle got into communications.
On The Money with Steven L. Pomeranz — Learn to find someone’s interesting qualities.
“How Being Likable Helps You Win Sales” – Find out which law Michelle finds hardest to follow.
“How To Be More Likeable” with Mike Carruthers — Find out how to be more “likeable”.