L. Michelle is the CEO/founder of no silos communications llc a media and consulting company that blends talent development and strategic communications to develop high-performing executive leaders with a specialty in women and women of color. Credentialed by the ICF, she runs a private, international coaching and consulting practice where she works with executives and organizations to create programs that inspire exceptional leadership across nearly every industry. She specializes in moving mid-level and GMs to senior executive leaders to the C-Suite and co-creating opportunities for C-Suite leaders to have lasting impact at their companies and industries. These leaders have hailed from American Express, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Bank of America, AT&T, Lenovo, Netflix, Warner Media, CNN, Merck, Capital One and even some of the most recognizable organizations in the arts. She is also a go-to executive coach for the Executive Leadership Council. L. Michelle is also the author of the award-winning and best selling No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself: A Guide to Rockstar Leadership for Women of Color in the Workplace (two editions) and the companion journal, Slay Everyday: 52 Weeks to Rockstar Leadership. She is now working on the second in the series: Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite, Secrets Women of Color Need to Know Now to Find Their Happy and Win in an Exclusive Corporate Culture (2022). She is the creator, executive producer and host of The Culture Soup Podcast®, heard in more than 70 countries. It debuted at #6 on Apple Podcasts in the business categories. In its fifth year, the show boasts more than 200 episodes with guests like USA Today business writer Charisse Jones, opera diva Denyce Graves, Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., all of them friends. She has more than 25 years of experience as an elite, award-winning strategic communicator at global agencies, in corporate and her own boutique ag
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