Michelle Weber
Top Expert
Struggling with Team Challenges? Build Confidence as a Strong People Leader
Pennsylvania State University
Amazon
Successful clients at
1.9k
Expert mins
172
Followers
Available tomorrow
Starting at 5:00 PM UTC
Questions?
You can start chatting with Michelle before you get started.
Work with Michelle
About
I bring over 15 years of experience in Human Resources, leadership development, organizational training, recruiting, and leading large-scale programs within complex organizations. Throughout my career, I’ve worked closely with people navigating career decisions, leadership challenges, heavy workloads, changing expectations, difficult workplace dynamics, and periods when work and life simply felt like a lot. But what I bring to coaching goes beyond my professional background. I’ve been there. I’ve seen how things work behind the scenes including how decisions are made, what leaders are looking for, how performance is evaluated, and what can help someone move forward. I’ve also experienced enough of life and work to know that there isn’t always a simple answer or a perfectly defined next step. That perspective is a big part of why I coach. I’m genuinely drawn to helping people, and I want to share what I’ve learned so you don’t have to figure everything out on your own. Maybe you’re trying to advocate for yourself at work, navigate a difficult manager or team situation, prepare for an important interview, decide what you want next in your career, manage an overwhelming workload, or become more confident as a leader. Sometimes the challenge is more personal. Something happening outside of work may be affecting your confidence, energy, or ability to make decisions, and you need a place to sort through what’s happening and understand your options.
Michelle also coaches for Career Coaching and Life Coaching. View all.
Michelle’s Leadership Coaching Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Director
60+ people coached for Leadership Coaching
Michelle has helped clients get into these companies:
I bring over 15 years of experience in Human Resources, leadership development, and organizational training, including experience as a leader of leaders, managing large-scale global programs, and designing and delivering learning and development initiatives within complex organizations. But what I bring to coaching goes beyond my background. I've been there. I've seen a lot of what leaders encounter behind the scenes, and I understand how organizations and senior leaders think. I know what leaders are often looking for from you, how your performance may be evaluated, what builds confidence in you as a leader, and what can quietly get in the way of your growth. I help you navigate those realities. That might mean figuring out how to manage an underperforming or difficult employee, having a conversation you've been avoiding, setting clearer expectations, delegating without losing accountability, or balancing the needs of your team with the expectations coming from above. It might mean advocating for yourself, your team, or work you know matters. And sometimes it means helping you recognize options you didn't realize you had. I also understand that leadership doesn't happen in a vacuum. Personal challenges, stress, organizational changes, difficult relationships, or simply having too much on your plate can affect how you show up at work. You don't have to pretend those things don't exist. We can look at the whole situation, separate what you can control from what you can't, and identify practical ways forward. My approach is supportive, calm, and practical, but I will also challenge you when it will help you grow. I'm not here to give you generic leadership theory. We'll talk about what's actually happening, what may be happening behind the scenes, what your options are, and what I would be thinking about if I were sitting on the other side of the table. My experience includes HR, recruiting, leadership, and leading large-scale programs at companies including Coca-Cola and Amazon. I've worked in environments where expectations are high, priorities change quickly, performance matters, and leaders are expected to make difficult decisions with incomplete information. Whether you're stepping into leadership for the first time or you've been leading for years and have encountered a situation you're not sure how to handle, my goal is for you to leave our work with greater clarity, confidence, and a practical plan for what to do next.
Michelle can help with:
Change Management
Coaching and Mentoring
Conflict Resolution
Diversity and Inclusion
Emotional Intelligence
Ethical Leadership
Innovation and Creativity
Problem Solving
Team AI Upskilling
Time Management
Why do I coach?
Over the course of my career, I’ve learned a lot through my own experiences, the leaders and professionals I’ve worked alongside, and the challenges I’ve had the opportunity to navigate. I want to share what I’ve learned so someone else can feel more confident, see their options more clearly, and have support when they’re trying to figure out what comes next. I’ve also had the opportunity to see how things work behind the scenes including how decisions are made, what leaders are looking for, what drives performance, and what can help someone move forward in their career. Too often, capable and talented people are left trying to figure those things out on their own. I want to make that knowledge and perspective more accessible. What I enjoy most about coaching is being able to meet someone where they are, understand what they’re navigating, and help them see possibilities or options they may not have considered. Sometimes that means sharing perspective from my own experience, sometimes it means asking the right questions, and sometimes it simply means giving someone the space to work through something with a person who is genuinely in their corner. At the core, I coach because I want what I’ve learned to help someone else who might just need a little extra support to be successful. If I can help someone recognize what’s possible, advocate for themselves, navigate a difficult situation, or move forward with greater confidence, that work is meaningful to me.
Work Experience
Professional Coach
SYME Professional Coaching & Consulting
January 2025 - Present
As the Founder of SYME Professional Coaching & Consulting, I design and deliver leadership development, sustainable productivity strategy, and burnout recovery frameworks that improve performance without sacrificing well-being. With a background in corporate training, leadership and talent development, I specialize in helping professionals and organizations build systems that increase clarity, resilience, engagement, and long-term effectiveness. My work bridges leadership psychology, energy management, and performance science — helping individuals and teams move from reactive survival to intentional, sustainable execution. Core Responsibilities Provide 1:1 executive and leadership coaching focused on sustainable productivity, burnout prevention, and aligned performance Design and deliver corporate training programs on leadership effectiveness, energy management, and high-performance culture Develop scalable learning systems that elevate onboarding, role clarity, and professional growth Speak at leadership events and professional forums on burnout risk, influence, decision quality, and sustainable output Partner with organizations to implement measurable strategies that reduce turnover risk and increase engagement Areas of Focus ✔ Sustainable Productivity Strategy ✔ Leadership Effectiveness & Influence ✔ Burnout Risk Mitigation ✔ Energy Management & Decision Quality ✔ Corporate Learning & Development Systems ✔ Career Alignment & Professional Growth Mission To help leaders and organizations increase performance, retention, and clarity by building sustainable systems — where energy, strategy, and execution work together.
Sr. Program Manager
Amazon
November 2022 - January 2025
• Developed and executed strategies for student new hire onboarding experience and aligning with business objectives. • Enhanced team performance through the implementation of self-service learning tools and motivational coaching. • Established operational priorities and scalable solutions, consistently meeting deadlines and staying within budget. • Continuously inspected, measured, and optimized onboarding processes based on key metrics and data analysis.
Global Training Manager
Amazon
December 2018 - November 2022
• Oversee end-to-end ownership of the training program for over 2,500 global employees, including new hire onboarding, job specific training and ongoing professional development. • Oversee design, curation, measurement and maintenance of training programs and curriculums for globally dispersed employee base (leadership development, sustainable productivity etc.). • Lead and develop a team of training managers and training professionals. • Keep up to date on industry trends and best practices. • Analyze data and leverage business acumen to understand business needs, prioritize program roadmaps, and measure effectiveness of training programs.
Training Consultant
Amazon
November 2017 - December 2018
• Owned specific program training development for over 20,000 trainees nationally • Worked cross-functionally across teams to improve department-wide performance with internal and external partners by designing and implementing processes, metrics, and programs that enhanced the end to end employee experience. • Built and led teams to address project goals and objectives for multiple projects. • Identified and solutioned for program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to stakeholders. • Managed strategic projects and training for key business initiatives, process improvements, and geographic expansion.
Employee Relations Partner
Coca-Cola
January 2016 - July 2016
Global HR Leader
Coca-Cola
February 2014 - March 2017
Human Resources
Coca-Cola
May 2011 - February 2014
Human Resources Coordinator
Logan Simpson
January 2010 - May 2010
Sr. Recruiter / Recruiter
Solutions Staffing
July 2008 - March 2009
Education
Pennsylvania State University
Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources and Employment Relations
2014 - 2016
W. P. Carey School of Business - Arizona State University
Communication
2007 - 2010
5.0 average review
27 reviews
Overall rating
Michelle has helped clients get into these companies:
Michelle also coaches for Career Coaching and Life Coaching. View all.
Michelle’s Leland+ Resources
Access expert resources from Michelle and hundreds of other coaches on Leland+
![From Constantly Overwhelmed to Back in Control [7/22/2026] (Recording)](https://customer-14xsjmjbqk93tdwp.cloudflarestream.com/2c450439d9dfd652e5863632cd7006ce/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg)
