L. Michelle Smith, M.S. ACC

L. Michelle Smith, M.S. ACC

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Does it feel like one of those seasons when everything demands more of you? May 20, 2025
How do we achieve happiness for a more successful life and leadership journey? May 16, 2025
Life Coaching for Leaders: It’s About Strategy, Not Magic May 16, 2025
Overcoming Cognitive Distortions: Your Mindset Matters May 13, 2025

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Does it feel like one of those seasons when everything demands more of you?

Does it feel like one of those seasons when everything demands more of you? May 20, 2025
How do we achieve happiness for a more successful life and leadership journey?

How do we achieve happiness for a more successful life and leadership journey? May 16, 2025
Life Coaching for Leaders: It’s About Strategy, Not Magic

Life Coaching for Leaders: It’s About Strategy, Not Magic May 16, 2025
Overcoming Cognitive Distortions: Your Mindset Matters

Overcoming Cognitive Distortions: Your Mindset Matters May 13, 2025
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Overcoming Cognitive Distortions: Your Mindset Matters May 12, 2025

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Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons…(Amistad-HC/JVL Media) Positive Psych & Neuroscience-Informed Exec Coach, Speaker/Facilitator, C-Suite Advisor

🔔 Leadership isn’t just a title—it’s a ca

🔔 Leadership isn’t just a title—it’s a calling.
What if some of the most enduring leadership strategies weren’t born in boardrooms but in pulpits, pews, and choirs stands?

Today I’m launching a Leadership Revival, inspired by the upcoming release of Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church.

This book brings together the wisdom of Black Church traditions with insights from neuroscience, positive psychology, and modern industry leaders across business, the arts, and beyond. And I didn’t just write it—I lived it.

Thirteen business leaders lend their voices. One historical voice rises through her descendant. And what seems “old-fashioned” proves itself through strategy, legacy, and evidence.

📖 Read the first essay on my Substack. The link is in my bio: Her Next Power Move.
#LeadershipDevelopment #BlackChurch #OrganizationalLeadership #CallAndResponse #BusinessWisdom #Culture #LegacyAndInnovation #LeadershipRevival

Recently, I had the privilege of visiting with TCU

Recently, I had the privilege of visiting with TCU seniors studying ethics just before they crossed the stage into the next chapter. One question stood out:

“How do you guide your clients through ethical decision-making—as a coach or mentor?”

So I took time to describe the concept of "pull coaching" which activates self-awareness and taps into their intrinsic motivation—what neuroscientists call "self-directed neuroplasticity." In other words: When a leader arrives at their own insight, they’re more likely to act on it and own it.

Ethics rooted in values, not just rules, is how you build not only better decisions, but better leaders--because ethics is what happens in the grey area between the rules.
BTW, Mentoring is just another word for "push coaching."

Mentoring > Coaching when…

There’s a clear skill or domain knowledge gap.

The leader is new and needs scaffolding.

The goal is rapid execution, not transformation.

And this, my friends, is why I facilitate and teach through SOAR Academy and for organizations who hire me to do so, and coach through NSC Coaching.

My practice is integrated.

🧠 Curious how each approach really works?

I break it down in the video.

#LeadershipDevelopment #EthicalLeadership #ExecutiveCoaching #Neuroscience #PositivePsychology #PullCoaching #TCULeadOn

So many leadership books today are all story, no r

So many leadership books today are all story, no receipts.
But what if we had both?

Call & Response is backed by 132 citations—from neuroscience to the Black Church to leadership theory.
Three pillars. One foundation.
This isn’t just wisdom—it’s evidence.

Go behind-the-scenes with me in a soulful prelude of an anthology on my Substack—13 articles that take you deep into my thoughts along the journey; and be sure to subscribe so that you won’t miss a beat before pre-sale happens.

Link in bio
#CallAndResponse #LeadershipBook #PositivePsychology #Neuroscience #BlackAuthors #BlackChurchLeadership

OperaCon allows me to lean into my artist a bit ha

OperaCon allows me to lean into my artist a bit harder when it comes to style. Thanks to @be.studios for helping me look the part. 👗 #style #speakerlife #leadershipcoaching

Coach L taps in from OPERA America’s #OperCon be

Coach L taps in from OPERA America’s #OperCon between a speaking engagement and a coaching cohort kickoff.

It’s time to stop throwing a feedback box at your team or implementing employee surveys as a knee-jerk “one-size-fits-all,” solution.

It’s time to get under the sticking points, and that means a willingness to put a bit more heart into your efforts.

Your corp comm team is good, but it’s time that emotional intelligence became a part of your business strategy as well.

Here are some quick takeaways from her talk.
#EmotionalIntelligence
#motivators #communication #valuesalignment #speaking

I didn’t just write a book—I documented the jo

I didn’t just write a book—I documented the journey.

If you’ve been following Her Next Power Move, you’ve already had a front-row seat to the making of Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church.

You’ve seen the stories behind the story—from discovering I grew up on plantation land, to learning how little people in the pews become bold leaders, to conversations with brilliant minds like Cynt Marshall, Carla Harris, and Xavier Williams.

Together, these posts form a behind-the-scenes tour of the book’s soul.
Come see what shaped every word.

Read the full series on my Substack. The link is in my bio.
#CallAndResponse #Leadership #BlackChurch #HerNextPowerMove #CulturalIntelligence #BehindTheBook #BlackLeadership #StorytellingWithSoul #Neuroscience #positivepsychology

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