Bio

Michèle M. Taipale

I am a creative and ardent advocate for human potential: a catalyst for exceptional performance and true well-being.

I combine a pragmatic worldview with a joyful curiosity about the vagaries of human behavior. I want you to lead a bigger life, to be generous with your gifts and your love, to have more impact, to have better relationships, to improve the world, to lead a life you unequivocally love.

I work with high achievers who want to become more powerful, intentional and effective leaders in all realms of their lives; a thought partner who helps leaders of impact throughout the world challenge themselves to take their careers and their companies to the next level.

With a broad range of experience, from entrepreneur to strategy consultant to mindfulness and positivity scholar, I help you see professional and personal challenges from many perspectives and provide unique insights. I bring compassion, intelligence, humor and energy, and a full spectrum of tools to help you evolve as a leader not only at work but also in your family, in your community and in your own life.

I received my MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Affairs from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. I am a fellow of the Lauder Institute and have been a member of Ellen Langer's Mindfulness Lab in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. I am a certified Happiness Advantage Coach with Shawn Achor's GoodThink, Inc., and a certified Motivation Factor Practitioner. I am certified with The Coaches Training Institute, and am a founding coach of the The Women's Impact Alliance (formerly The Coaching Fellowship). I have an extensive international background and speak English, French, and German.

And I'm above averagely quirky.

Learn more about my business focused on the relational aspect of our lives, from the bedroom to the boardroom: Sex, Love & Leadership

Interested in my musings on relationships? Follow me on Medium. I love writing, I love words and the way language works.

For more general posts, you can follow me on LinkedIn.