L. Michelle Smith
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L. Michelle Smith

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L. Michelle is a certified executive and personal coach, Fortune 100 advisor, best-selling, award winning author and the CEO/founder of no silos communications llc. NSC is a media and consulting company that develops high-performing executive leaders with a specialty in women and women of color. Positive psychology and neuroscience-informed and credentialed by the International Coaching Federation, she runs an international coaching and consulting practice where she works with professionals and organizations to create learning and coaching experiences that inspire exceptional lives and leadership. She specializes in moving mid-level and GM leaders to the C-Suite and co-creating opportunities for C-Suite leaders to have lasting impact. L. Michelle has authored three books and holds editing credits for a children's book. Her fourth title is due in Feb 2026 and is a collaboration between Amistad-HarperCollins and JVL Media, an imprint by Viola Davis, Julius Tennon and Lavaille Lavette. She is the only author creating leadership books that merge culture with applied sciences, including No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself (two editions), the companion journal, Slay Everyday: 52 Weeks to Rockstar Leadership and her latest, Yes Please! 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite. She is a certified hybrid instructor and facilitator and is on faculty and a global executive coach for the Executive Leadership Council Institute and the Coaching & Applied Positive Psychology Institute. She also sits on the Board of Visitors at Bob Schieffer College of Strategic Communication at Texas Christian University where is also an adjunct professor of strategic communication. 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 300 episodes. She also hosts Her Next Power Move, a short-form leadership podcast that originates on Substack. She is one of the most-sought after contemporary keynote speakers on technology, business and culture, and has been featured across the country on some of the most important stages. L. Michelle has been an executive board Co-Chair for Opera America and is currently an advisory board member of The Denyce Graves Foundation.
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    • 7 Ways to Say I'll Just Include Myself: A Guide to Rockstar Leadership for Women of Color in the Workplace
    • By: L. Michelle Smith
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    • Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-2021
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    • 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
    • By: L. Michelle Smith
    • Narrated by: L. Michelle Smith
    • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 16-11-2023
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