Meet Michelle Stephens
I have more than 20 years of experience in leading high-performing teams. In my career, I have a successful track record of developing thriving teams and leaders, achieving goals, and engaging people. I am a wife, mom, and grandma. I am passionate about connecting with family and friends, meeting new people, travel, and learning about different cultures.
Experience & Qualifications:
- MHA, FACHE
- Certified High-Performance Coach™
- 20+ Years of Leadership Experience
- Master of Science Degree - Healthcare Administration
- Fellow of American College of Healthcare Executives
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Clinical Laboratory Science and a Master of Science degree in Healthcare Administration. I have been in leadership positions in healthcare and in my community for more than 21 years and am passionate about developing people and helping them reach their highest potential. I feel the best leaders show compassion, care about their people, and build trust by listening to their teams and helping them to be successful as well as continue to learn and grow. According to Gallup research, approximately 70% of employees in the workplace are currently disengaged and unhappy with their job. A large percentage of the dissatisfied workers are leaders. At one point in my career, this was me.
I was advancing in my career and continuing to achieve professional goals. I couldn’t understand why I was “successful” but feeling so unhappy but kept telling myself this is what I’ve been working so hard for. I would set a new goal and think to myself I’ll finally be happy when I’ve accomplished X. After I do Y I’ll finally have more time to focus on my family and myself. I worked long hours, had no healthy boundaries set, and had very little time for the people in my life that are most important to me and I was not getting time to take care of myself. I had confidence issues, imposter syndrome at times, and also experienced health-related issues such as insomnia, weight fluctuation, and rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups. I was in my head all of the time and definitely not present for myself or the people that I care about. One Mother’s Day, my youngest daughter made me a fill-in-the-blank card at school that said, “My mom loves to work.” “My mom is good at working.” “Working is my mom’s favorite thing.” This was a wake-up call for me and I realized I needed to make some changes.
I believe life is too short to be dissatisfied 5+ days per week so I hired an executive coach. My goal was to gain clarity on the next steps in my career. The outcomes that I received from my coaching experience include improved productivity, better focus, more energy, clarity about my purpose and career, as well as an increased influence which led to better relationships. I have also improved my health and now have more time to spend on self-care and the things that I value in life. My confidence improved and I made a major career change and started my own business which is something that I previously would never have thought was possible. This was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. This experience was so beneficial for me and my family that I decided to get certified in high-performance coaching so that I could offer this service to others and help people to advance in their personal and professional development. With my coaching business, I get to take the parts of my previous career that I am most passionate about while using the High-Performance Institute’sTM coaching framework to help people achieve their personal and professional goals faster, improve relationships and be happier.
MY
COMMITMENT
excellence
I’ll share the best of what I’ve learned in my 20+ years of leadership experience, research, education, mentoring, and coaching teams and individuals. Each session will be tailored to your specific goals.
focus
Together, we will determine what level of agency or control you feel you have in your life right now and what habits you have that are supporting you or pulling you away from your high performance.
clarity
I will help you to understand where you have strengths and gaps in the amount of clarity you have in your life right now. I will work with you to gain clarity about what principles and practices will keep you progressing and performing at your best.
energy
My goal is to assist you in gaining immediate improvements in the energy you feel and generate each day so that you have the vibrancy and stamina to achieve your goals.
productivity
I will help you to become more effective and productive every day by sharing tools and concepts to help you quickly and easily improve those areas.
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