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Michelle Tillis Lederman

CSP
Author, Executive Coah, Speaker
11 Laws of Likability, Nail The Interview
Country or state 
United States
Available to 
Global
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
No
Timezone 
America/New_York

Personal Details

Bio

Michelle Tillis Lederman, CSP, SCC Michelle Tillis Lederman, is an expert on workplace communications and relationships. Named by Forbes as one of the Top 25 Networking Experts, and one of the Top 30 Communications Professionals in the World by Global Gurus.

Michelle is an accomplished speaker, trainer, and MG100 Executive Coach. She is CEO of Executive Essentials and author of four books including The Connectors Advantage and The 11 Laws of Likability. A former finance executive and NYU Professor, Michelle is a regular in the media appearing on NBC, CBS, Fox, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, NY Times, CNBC, and others.

Michelle is known for helping people work better together and advance their individual impact.

To learn more about Michelle, visit:

Websites: www.executiveessentials.org

YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/MichelleLederman

Instagram: www.instagram.com/mtlederman

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/communicationexpertspeaker

Books by Michelle

The Connector's Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact

The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking… Because People do Business with People They Like

Heroes Get Hired: How to Use Your Military Experience to Master the Interview

Nail The Interview - Land The Job: A Step-by-Step Guide for What to Do Before, During and After the Interview

Current position (4)

Author, Executive Coah, Speaker

11 Laws of Likability, Nail The Interview

Connected Leadership

The Relationship Driven Leader

CEO & Founder

Executive Essentials LLC

Co-Founder

The Connected Leader Club

Achievements (5)
To 30 Communications Professional - Global Gurus

Michelle was names one of the top 30 communications professionals in the world by global Gurus for three years in a row.

Top 50 Thought Leader - Coaching

The holder of this credential participated actively in building their profile, portfolio and media kit on Thinkers360 and successfully placed within the Top 50 thought leaders and influencers in this category based on their personally-authored content, awards and recognition.

Top 25 Thought Leader - Career

The holder of this credential participated actively in building their profile, portfolio and media kit on Thinkers360 and successfully placed within the Top 25 thought leaders and influencers in this category based on their personally-authored content, awards and recognition.

Top 10 Thought Leader - Personal Branding

The holder of this credential participated actively in building their profile, portfolio and media kit on Thinkers360 and successfully placed within the Top 10 thought leaders and influencers in this category based on their personally-authored content, awards and recognition.

Top 50 Thought Leader - HR

The holder of this credential participated actively in building their profile, portfolio and media kit on Thinkers360 and successfully placed within the Top 10 thought leaders and influencers in this category based on their personally-authored content, awards and recognition.

Degrees (2)
MBA
Columbia Business School
1996 to 1998
Accounting, Writing & Communications
Lehigh University
1989 to 1993

Presentations

Presentations (7)
Keep Connected in a Virtual World

We live in a network economy – – it’s all about who you know, who knows you, and what they know about you. But in this remote working, socially distant period in time, connecting has taken on new challenges.

In this interactive presentation, author Michelle Tillis Lederman will inspire you to leverage the benefits of a virtual environment to create personal connection and a thriving network. More now than ever it is the strength of your relationships that leads to your success.

What You Will Learn:
-Recognize the benefits and limitations in the new networking environment
-Move from responsive to proactive connecting
-Create opportunities to add value to teams, colleagues, and clients
-Reduce the excuses that hold you back from reaching out and following up
-Leverage technology and social media in simple ways to increase familiarity

Connected Leadership: Foster and Retain an Engaged Team

Do you want to be a leader people want to work for? Creating a strong, engaged team translates into a more positive work environment, lower turnover, and greater productivity and collaboration. It also has a direct effect on your organization’s bottom line: companies with highly engaged employees outperform others by over 200%.

Connected Leadership will help you develop the specific skills you need to better connect with your employees. Discover how you can become a leader who attracts and engages an eager, committed team.

- Discover the correlation between a relationship driven leader and the bottom line
- Increase your authenticity and productive energy in interactions
- Improve productivity, morale, loyalty and retention
- Nurture your network and increase your influence
- Connect in conversation and deal with difficult coworkers

Perfect for: Leadership, Team Building, Improving Performance, and Strengthening Relationships

How To Get What You Want: Influencing Others into Action

What do you want? How likely are you to make it happen in the time frame you want? The truth is we often need the actions of others to accomplish our goals. The best way to get what you want is to figure out why someone else wants you to have it.

In this interactive talk, Michelle Tillis Lederman, author of The 11 Laws of Likability and The Connector's Advantage will reveal the three reasons people take action and how to increase your aptitude of each technique.

What you will learn:
- Recognize the three reasons people take action
- Incorporate the Inquiry vs Advocacy model to reveal motivations
- Discover how to position requests using WIIFT
- Adopt a Connector mindset to leverage relationships
- Ask for what you want with ease and increase the odds of getting a yes

Perfect for: Leadership, Team Building, Improving Performance, or Sales

You the Brand: Determine and Drive How Others See You

What do people say about you when you leave the room?  Is it what you want them to say? How you show up in the room, get listened to and are known amongst your colleagues are all critical components of your future success. 

In this workshop Michelle Tillis Lederman, CEO and Founder of Executive Essentials, will discuss how to determine you brand attributes, demonstrate the nuances of body language on your professional presence, and discuss how to strengthen the lasting impressions you make on your
network, expanding upon lessons from her book The 11 Laws of Likability.

What you will learn:
- Recognize the attributes that impact first and lasting perceptions
- Tweak your body language to enhance your professional presence - Discover the verbal tools and distractors the impeded your image - Learn how word choice impacts responses
- Determine how to select your brand personality

Perfect for: Individual Impact, Executive Presence, and Relationship Building

Boost Your Likability: Boost Your Business

Research studies consistently reveal that people prefer to do business with, hire, buy and work with people they like. Yet the desire to be liked is often minimized and even mocked in its importance in business. Discover how authenticity in our interactions, adopting a giving approach and finding common ground are the foundation for boosting your likability. The highest levels of achievement come to those who mix expertise with likability.

In this talk author Michelle Tillis Lederman explains how to leverage the Laws of Likability resulting in more business, more career opportunities, and a more engaged team.

What you will learn:
- Understand why likability matters in business
- Increase your authenticity and productive energy in interactions
- Discover how to find common ground
- Learn multiple ways to add value to your network
- Connect in conversation and deal with difficult personalities

Perfect for: Business Development, Entrepreneurs, and Relationship Building

The Lost Art of Conversation in the Digital Age

In the fast moving world where everyone is communicating through email, text and instant messaging we have forgotten the power of face-to- face conversation. Communication and connection is the foundation for building a thriving network and business.

During this talk, The 11 Laws of Likability’s author, Michelle Tillis Lederman will inspire you to leverage the power of personal connection in the digital age while still incorporating the efficiency of virtual communication.

What you will learn:
- Move from first conversation to lasting connection
- Learn what to do before the first conversation ends
- Leverage technology and social media in simple ways to increase
familiarity
- Discover specific ways to increase your value to your network

Perfect for: Effective Communications, Individual Impact, and Relationship Building

Get Known, Get Connected, Get Ahead

What do you need to get ahead? In this day and age, we live in a network economy; it’s all about who you know, who knows you, and what they know about you.

In this talk The 11 Laws of Likability’s author Michelle Tillis Lederman explains the types of relationships you want and need, how to create positive mood memory, and how to ask for what you want. At the end of the day it is the strength of your relationships that leads to your success.

What you will learn:
- The correlation between relationships and promotion, hiring, and business results
- The key relationship types that impact success
- How to create positive mood memory and extend relationships
- How to make an ask and ask for what you want

Perfect for: Individual Impact, Networking and Career Advancement

Past talks (4)
How to Get to the Next Conversation
FX Audio Conference: The Natural Networker
Audio Conference
December 31, 2015
Personal Connections for Professional Results
Columbia Women in Business Communication & Leadership Workshop
Columbia Business School, New York NY
December 31, 2013
Professional Networking
Wall Street Council Networking Event Featuring Michelle Tillis Lederman
TRYP Times Square South, New York NY
December 31, 2012
11 Laws of Likeability
Connector Con 2013
New York, NY
December 31, 2012
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Books & Articles (11)

The Connector's Advantage
Page Two,
2019
The 11 Laws of Likability
Amacom,
2011
Nail The Interview, Land The job
NBC,
2015
Heroes Get Hired
2013
Forbes Coaches Council Spotlight
The Art of Charm Interview
Vulnerability Leads to Credibility
Get Ahead by Obeying the Laws of Likeability
Small Steps to Break Down Big Walls
14 Tips for Leading a More Effective Meeting
Are You Charming Them on the Interview?

Expertise (11)

Leadership
Business
PR & Communications
Business Leadership business networking Motivational speaker Interviewing Business Coaching Journalism Business Communication Building business relationships

Awards & certifications (3)

Top 30 Communication Professionals in the World
Global Gurus
2024
Top 25 Networking Expert
Forbes
2015
eSpeakers Certified Virtual Presenter
eSpeakers
2020

Reviews

Testimonials (5)
  • Michelle is a fabulous and engaging speaker. I was already a fan of her videos and books. Yesterday I had the “Michelle” experience in person and was blown away. Limited to a one-hour presentation, all I can say is I absolutely wanted more. Michelle is great at demonstrating the behaviors that can make one successful.
    Stephen R. Fairbrother
  • Michelle went the extra mile. She stayed well past her presentation time to answer questions and talk with the women attending the session, showing such investment and passion for her work. It was no surprise that the feedback I received from the participants reflected how much they enjoyed Michelle's warm, engaging, and fun approach to the session.
    Kara Van Norden
  • We have worked with Michelle Lederman and the Executive Essentials team for the last three years and I cannot say enough good things about Michelle and her team. Michelle' company "Executive Essentials" is a one step shop for all training needs and I feel fortunate to have come across her. She is incredibly dedicated, insightful, smart, hard-working and effective. No matter the topic that we have her teach, she always delivers 110%!!! Most recently, I have been using Michelle as a communications.
    Kristina Birukova
  • Michelle accepted an invitation to participate as an expert in the Business Networking Online Summit held in April 2016 where I interviewed 42 of the world’s leading authors, practitioners, thought leaders and experts in all topics related to business networking. Michelle was a gracious and enthusiastic interviewee, teaching the principles and importance of likability in relationships. How important is likability in business? In her book, Michelle shares the 11 Laws of Likability and how you can leverage your network to greater success by being someone people know, LIKE and trust. I loved this book and highly recommend it and Michelle.  I highly recommend Michelle Tillis-Lederman to you.
    Adele McLay
    Verified
  • I thoroughly enjoy working with Michelle Tillis Lederman. When I hire her to teach communications modules in the Rutgers Mini-MBA programs, I love to watch as she engages each and every person in the room. Michelle consistently receives rave reviews from our program participants. She is always able to adapt the content to the audience. In a recent program, she addressed physical aspects of communications with people transitioning from military to business careers. It was exactly what they needed to appropriately express non-verbals in a civilian setting. Needless to say, they were among the many to applaud her style and content. Big fan of Michelle Tillis Lederman!
    Margaret O'Donnell
    Verified
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