Michelle Tillis Lederman

Michelle Tillis Lederman, named to Forbes Top 25 Networking Experts, is the author of The 11 Laws of Likability, Heroes Get Hired, and Nail The Interview - Land The Job. Michelle is the CEO of Executive Essentials, a training company that provides customized communications and leadership training and coaching programs.

An expert in workplace communication and management, Michelle specializes in teaching people how to communicate with confidence, clarity, and connection. Michelle was an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and serves on the faculty of the American Management Association and Rutgers Executive Education and the advisory board of Kean’s Global Business School.

Michelle’s has appeared on NBC, CBS, Fox, and hundreds of radio shows across the country including; Gayle King, NPR, and Martha Stewart Living. She has been featured in, quoted by, and contributed to the NY Times, Star Ledger, MSNBC, Working Mother, Real Simple, US News & World Report, Monster.com, USA Today, AOL, Forbes, CNBC, About.com among others.

Michelle spent ten years in finance beginning her career as a CPA in Arthur Andersen's audit practice, later joining Primedia as a mergers & acquisitions analyst. Her experience ranges from venture capital to hedge funds and includes positions as a financial strategist with Deloitte Consulting, a hedge fund investment adviser for HypoVereins Bank, and a director of communications at Investor Analytics, a risk management firm.

She received her BS, Summa Cum Laude, in Accounting and Communications from Lehigh University, her MBA, with honors, from Columbia Business School, and her coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Empowerment Coaching and is accredited by the International Coaching Federation. Michelle is certified in numerous assessment tools including Myers Briggs (MBTI), Lominger Voices 360, Whole Brain (NBI), Social Styles, Thomas Kikman (TKI), and Insights Inventory. Executive Essentials is a certified Women Business Enterprise.