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Michelle Weber

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Is My Strategy Enough? Build Confidence as a People Leader

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    Pennsylvania State University

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    Amazon

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You can be capable and hardworking and still feel unsure about your next move at work. Maybe you’re starting a new role, navigating a difficult manager, preparing for an interview, or taking on more responsibility without clear expectations. I help professionals and leaders understand what’s happening, identify their options, and take practical steps forward. Some of the things we can work on together: • Starting a new role and building a clear plan for your first 90 days • Navigating manager relationships, feedback, and workplace dynamics • Strengthening communication, boundaries, and self-advocacy • Managing a heavy workload and setting realistic priorities • Growing as a leader and handling people-management challenges • Preparing for interviews or deciding what comes next in your career I bring over 15 years of experience across human resources, leadership development, recruiting, training, and large-scale programs, including roles at Amazon and Coca-Cola. That experience gives me insight into how organizations work, how performance is evaluated, and what leaders look for. My approach combines coaching with practical guidance. I’ll ask questions to understand your situation, help you think through your options, and share relevant tools and perspective. Depending on what you need, we might prepare for a difficult conversation, build an onboarding plan, practice interview answers, or work through a career decision. You don’t need to have everything figured out before we meet. Schedule a free intro call, and we can talk about what you’re navigating and whether working together feels like a good fit.

Michelle’s Leadership Coaching Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Director

60+ Leadership Coaching clients

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:

AI Fundamentals

AI Strategy

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?

Throughout my career, I’ve seen capable people struggle because expectations were unclear, support was missing, or they were left to figure things out on their own. One of my strengths is taking something that feels complex or overwhelming and making it easier to understand. I get fulfillment in helping people untangle what’s happening, see their options more clearly, and find a manageable next step. I coach because I want to share what I’ve learned and help people feel more confident navigating their own challenges. Sometimes that means offering practical guidance, sometimes it means asking questions, and sometimes it means giving someone space to work through a situation with a person who is in their corner.

Work Experience

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Employee Relations Partner

Coca-Cola

January 2016 - July 2016

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Global HR Leader

Coca-Cola

February 2014 - March 2017

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Human Resources

Coca-Cola

May 2011 - February 2014

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Human Resources Coordinator

Logan Simpson

January 2010 - May 2010

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Sr. Recruiter / Recruiter

Solutions Staffing

July 2008 - March 2009

Education

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Pennsylvania State University

Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources and Employment Relations

2014 - 2016

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W. P. Carey School of Business - Arizona State University

Communication

2007 - 2010

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