Michelle Tillis Lederman
CEO & Founder | Women after Grace
New York, NY, UNITED STATES
Author, Communications Speaker & Trainer, Networking & Likability Expert, Featured on CBS, CNBC, NPR, Forbes, & NY Times
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Biography
I truly believe that communications is the foundation of everything. Leadership, management, teamwork, negotiation, sales, conflict resolution and everything else that leads to our professional success is founded in our ability to communicate effectively.
So now you are trying to come up with something to counter my absolute language which I usually tell people not to use. I would do the same thing. Tell me what you come up with.
Whatever the situation my personal mission is to help individual and organizations communicate with clarity, confidence, and connection. The last one is as important as the rest since real relationships lead to real results. That is the theory behind my book The 11 Laws Of Likability: Relationship Networking…Because People Do Business With People They Like.
I appeared on CBS Money Watch, Fox 5’s Good Day NY, and over 70 radio shows across the country including; Gayle King, NPR, Martha Stewart Living, and the John Tesh show. I have been quoted in the New York Times, The Star Ledger, Working Mother and Real Simple magazines, US News & World Report, on MSNBC, and Monster.com among others. My book, articles, quizzes and videos have been featured on USA Today, AOL, Forbes, CNBC, & About.com.
My official credentials:
• Education: BS Lehigh, MBA Columbia Business School, Coaching credential iPec.
• Certifications: PCC certification International Coaching Federation. Myers Briggs (MBTI), Lominger Voices 360, Whole Brain (NBI), Social Styles, Thomas Kikman (TKI), and Insights Inventory. NY and NJ Women Business Enterprise.
• Clients: Too many to list look here: http://www.michelletillislederman.com/clients/#Clients,
• Faculty appointments: Professor at NYU Stern School of Business. Faculty of the American Management Association and Rutgers executive education.
• Former Life: 10 years in finance– see past jobs.
Want results? Want a customized program? Want a speaker, trainer, or coach that has a passion for the work. Contact me.
Specialties
I provide keynotes, breakout sessions, customized training and executive coaching programs. People call me for many reasons but most frequent topic requests are:
• Communications Training, Interpersonal Communications, Collaborative Communications
• Public Speaking Workshops
• Performance Management, Performance Feedback Programs
• Networking & Relationship Building Talks
• Leadership, Management, & Team Building Training
• Interviewing Training
Industry Expertise (10)
Human Resources
Banking
Women
Investment Banking
Pharmaceuticals
Media - Print
Non-Profit/Charitable
Corporate Training
Military
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (2)
Relationships
Networking
Accomplishments (1)
"The 11 Laws of Likability" is Published (professional)
2011-09-15
My first book, "The 11 Laws of Likability" was published by AMACOM.
Education (2)
Lehigh University: BS, Accounting, Writing and Communications 1993
Columbia Business School: MBA, Entrepreneurship 1999
Testimonials (6)
Amy Bell, Vice President - IT Process and Controls | Citi
“Michelle is a dynamic speaker who is not only a subject matter expert in her field, but also presents to a roomful of strangers as though she’s talking to a group of friends, while maintaining her professionalism. Her book, the 11 Laws of Likability puts on paper, thereby confirming, what we should all be doing to further personal networking efforts. Michelle puts a new perspective on a taking an important, though occasionally considered mundane, task, and makes people want to network, by building authentic connections and not how to avoid the ‘what can they do for me’ attitude.” August 6, 2012
Cassandra Ondich, Creative Recruiter | Update Graphics
“Michelle is the most engaging communicator that I have had the privilege to watch present and to speak with. She has the skills of listening to what is being asked or said, analyzing, and being a phenomenal motivator to anyone, whether it be for an individual or for an entire team. Michelle’s ability to connect with any audience relays to her experience and I would recommend that everyone seize the opportunity to listen or chat with her -- she IS The Likability!” July 9, 2012
Aida Visakay, CFP, CEO | AxisPointe, LLC: Employee Benefit Advisors, AxisPointe Inc.
“As a committee member of the Women in Business through the Morris Country Chamber of Commerse, Michelle was a speaker at one of our recent events. Michelle was energetic, informative, put humor into her presentation and kept us involved as an audiance. I highly recommend having Michelle as a speaker at your next event and her book "The 11 Laws of Liakability" is a must read.” July 9, 2012
Paula Parker, Wellness Chiropractor | Inspiration Chiropractic Studio
“Michelle is a fun and dynamic speaker who's calm confidence and playful spirit make her 11 LAWS OF LIKABILITY presentation believable and valuable for any professional wanting to learn to make authentic business and personal connections with others. She has a "plug and play" method outlined in her book and presentation for being authentic so that you can create deep and meaningful professional relationships. It was a pleasure to meet Michelle and listen to her presentation.” June 30, 2012
Michelle Aikman, Owner | Progressive Employment Strategist, Skilled Assets, LLC
“Michelle was a fabulous presenter for the Mothers Work initiative provided by Mothers & More. I am a member of the initiative team working with speakers to produce these nationwide webinars. Her message aligned with the content focus of the initiative while adding another set of tools and perspective to the program. I am delighted to recommend Michelle Tillis Lederman as a speaker.” June 29, 2012
Dani Ticktin Koplik, Principal | dtkResources
“I've had the privilege of knowing Michelle both professionally and personally for a number of years and am continually impressed by the projects she takes on. She was a fantastic speaker at my bubble2boardroom professional development event for recent college grads and was both eloquent and entertaining. Clearly, she knows how to engage and hold an audience, I look forward to working with Michelle again in the near future and can highly recommend her and her work.” June 26, 2012
Event Appearances (4)
Keynote Presentation
Touro College Touro College
2012-03-27
Networking: Building Connection Through Conversation
A Mothers Work Webinar MothersandMore.org
2012-04-25
]Women in Business: The Natural Networker
Women in Business The Madison Hotel, Morristown, NJ
2012-06-20
Michelle Tillis Lederman
Keys to Effective Networking Morris County Chamber of Commerce, Florham Park, NJ
2012-09-28
Sample Talks (1)
Networking for Life
Michelle Tillis Lederman talks to the Morris County Chamber of Commerce Women in Business in 2012. Business networking and building relationships is critical to success. Watch to learn how to do it naturally and without it feeling like a thing you are doing but rather a way of interacting with people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1CWpktWtTs&list=UU1mQr92jidBusQfTPdrD7cA&index=1&feature=plcp
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- Keynote
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- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Host/MC
- Author Appearance
- Corporate Training
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