Practical Leadership Insights That Drive Immediate Results

Equip your teams with leadership skills that drive business growth, improve communication, and build high-performing organizations.

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Your Guide to Leadership Excellence

Therese Miclot

Therese has helped 4,000+ technical specialists become influential leaders who scale with their business. As a keynote speaker, Master Certified Social Style® practitioner, and co-author of The Facilitation Advantage, she brings 25 years of experience transforming technical experts into enterprise leaders.

Miclot specializes in mid-market companies where technical excellence alone isn't enough, helping organizations break through growth ceilings with practical leadership tools that work under pressure.

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Leadership Talks That Transform

The Hidden Cost of Over-Functioning: Why Top Talent Gets Stuck and How to Free Them

The people who know the most often struggle to lead the most. This talk unpacks why your highest performers become accidental bottlenecks and how to turn deep expertise into scalable leadership without burning them out.

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Leading Beyond the Work: What High Performers Need to Learn Before They Burn Out

You don’t scale a business through brilliant execution alone. Learn the 3 behaviors that separate individual contributors from enterprise-ready leaders and how to develop them before it’s too late.

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Building Leadership Bench Strength Without Losing Your Best Experts

Succession planning isn’t about replacing people, it’s about retaining what makes them great while expanding their impact. This session offers a behavior-based playbook for turning specialists into strategic leaders.

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The Influence Skill No One Taught Your Smartest People

They solve problems others can’t but struggle to get buy-in. This keynote teaches the hidden skill that unlocks cross-functional trust, fast decisions, and the kind of presence that gets people promoted.

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How Leadership Behaviors Become Culture—One Habit at a Time

Culture isn’t created in values statements. It’s built in the daily behaviors your leaders reinforce, ignore, or model. This talk shows how behavior-based leadership development (with habit tracking) becomes your culture engine.

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What Leaders Say About Therese

  • “I sought out Therese as I was designing a workshop for women leaders. She is exceptional at transforming concepts into engaging, outcome-driven learning experiences that draw people out and unlock their ability to learn."

    Benita Fitzgerald-Mosley Olympic Gold Medalist and Vice President, LeagueApps

  • ”Therese is the perfect blend of warmth and competence. SHe not only embodies executive presence, she knows how to unlock it in others in an authentic and practical way. She has a gift for articulating concepts in a way that makes it relatable and easy to consume.”

    Jeff Schnoonover, MD Chief Medical Officer, Indiana Bein Specialists

  • "Shortly after meeting her, Therese became one of my go-to collaborators. She has a 'listen first' mindset along with a keen sense for practical, high impact solutions."

    Chris Taylor, President & CEO, Actionable

Ready To Transform Your Leadership & Your Organization?

Contact Therese for speaking engagements and workshops.