Transformation

Nonprofit Leadership and Business Coaching

If you’re here, you’ve found what you’re looking for—transformation. You’re looking for guided support to get you to where you want to be in your life and in your career, whether you’re a business owner or a nonprofit or B Corp founder. And let’s give credit where credit is due!

You’ve already achieved so much as a visionary leader. But there’s something holding you back, and that’s where I come in. I’m here to hold you accountable, show you that you were meant for more, and help you cultivate courage so you can create lasting change in your life for good.

CREATE OPPORTUNITIES

Cultivate the Courage to Change for Good

Whatever your specific goal may be--stopping imposter syndrome in its tracks, taking your confidence to a new level, or rebuilding your life (or business) piece by piece--we can achieve it together. We will face the setbacks head-on, we will trade self-doubt and patterns of self-abandonment for self-ownership, and we will build momentum, shift perspectives, and create a plan to move forward; it'll look something like this:

  • Let’s stop the broken record that keeps on playing and learn how to release the patterns of the past that are keeping you stuck and spinning in place.

  • You deserve to be excited about your future and what you’re working toward, so let’s map out what that looks like and bring back the joy!

  • You are the one in charge of your future and all that it encompasses so let’s get out a vision board and create a life you’ll fall in love with!

  • It’s not over until it’s over, so we have to do the work to get to where we’re going, meaning it’s not just about intention setting but following up with aligned action.

“Every time I talk with Michele, I feel unconditionally accepted. I can be fully myself with her largely because she is one of the most authentic, real people that I have ever met. She walks with me side by side as a support and witness to my process. She helps me to discover possibility when I feel hopeless and uncover layers of truth in a way that feels like a gift. Michele has an innate ability to inspire through her sense of humor, understanding and sense of timing about when to be still with me and when to nudge me forward into action. The combination of her genuine heart connection with people and intuitive skill at facilitating movement toward change has helped me tremendously.”

-ANDREA G.

GET TO KNOW

How Leadership Coaching Works

You can’t have courage without encouragement.

The reason I do this work is because I found the courage a long time ago to own who I am and the story I’m here to tell. It’s empowered me to encourage others to find their own sense of courage on their journeys toward truth.

We all deserve to be seen, heard, and known as the truest and most whole version of ourselves. And to do that? We have to tap into our calling—the compass that guides us and helps us come home to ourselves so we can own our magic, our mission, and our vision!

We work with visionary leaders in business and in the nonprofit sector helping them cultivate the courage and confidence within themselves to create lasting change.

Courage Unlocked

1:1 Coaching and Signature Program

Courage Unlocked is for high performance professionals, entrepreneurs, and visionary leaders who are striving yet not fully thriving. You’ve likely survived a massive transition like a chronic illness, divorce, suffered some type of major loss (empty nester perhaps), or you may be ready for that next level of recovery not simply from an addiction but rather the enduring patterns of self-abandonment including codependency, people pleasing, and perfectionism.

WHAT’S INLUDED

  • Three (3) month container

  • Twelve (12) 60 minute 1:1 reclamation + results coaching sessions

  • Unlimited Voxer support between sessions during specified working hours M-F

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Peace of mind

  • The power of presence

  • A sense of safety within

  • A sense of worthiness

  • A mind-body connection

  • Self-care and loving practices

  • Self-ownership

  • Personal empowerment

  • A growth mindset

  • A personal brand of excellence

  • A life you love

Founder’s Way

Group Coaching and Business Consultancy

Business strategy and leadership coaching for nonprofit and B Corp founders and cofounders 9-month business consultancy and coaching in a community impact container for founders and cofounders breathing life into their vision, requiring guidance to map their mission + strategic planning and knowledge/skill building in nonprofit leadership. This is a curated experience.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

  • Nine (9) month container

  • · Curated startup incubator; a nonprofit leadership academy.

    · Nonprofit start-up and strategic planning.

    · Crafting communication strategies and branding.

    · Board development and leveraging leadership.

    · Putting the fun in fundraising.

    · Grant writing 101 + garnering volunteers.

    · Growing grassroots movements.

    · How to create community impact.

  • Kick-off weekend, curated weekly on-line coaching with myself + other thought leaders, founder's retreat, and more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Breathe life into your business vision

  • Guide you to clearly map your mission

  • Strategically plan and focus on leadership

  • Build your knowledge base and skill build

**Application only. Scholarships available through Use Your Voice for Good

Ready for Real Change?

We are going to turn the beliefs that aren’t serving you anymore on their head and transform your actions so that you can clearly see the incredible opportunities life wants to offer you.

Transformational coaching is transformational. Interested in learning more?

“Meeting and working with Michele has been a life changing experience for me. Michele has a unique ability to help me process through my thoughts and assess why I feel or respond the way I do. She holds my fears and thoughts without judgment. With every conversation, I feel like she unlocks one more door, that has started this life transformation that is full of joy and potential.”

-ELLEN H.

MEET YOUR COACH

The Business & Personal Growth Coach That You Need

I’m Michele Waterman, and I am a Nonprofit Business Strategist and a Certified Professional Coach, but more than that, I am a human being with lived experience and a wealth of knowledge to share. I am trained and skilled at helping people who are committed to creating lasting change in their lives. I help people unlearn the mistruths they’ve been told that have turned into the stories they keep telling themselves and the patterns they keep getting stuck in so they can finally tap into who they are and learn a new way of being themselves in the world.

For some, this may look like mentorship, and for others, it may look more like strategy. No matter how we do this work, this work will be all about reclaiming who you are and learning to drown out the noise of who everyone else is telling you to be. The internal work we do here is customized and individualized. While I will guide you, I can not do this work for you. I help to set you up for success and show you how to do the work so you can feel empowered.

Here are some things you should know about me before we get started so that we’re aligned:

  • I am ANTI hustle culture. I do not hustle, but I do believe in working smart.

  • I believe we need real people working toward real solutions to real problems.

  • I understand that you can’t bio-hack your way through transformation; it doesn’t work. But we can learn from the memos and early messaging we received growing up and unlearn what doesn’t serve us anymore—it’s in this messiness that we can find the true message.

  • I believe that we learn the most when we fail forward, work smart, focus on growth, develop discipline, persevere, have intention, unlock courage, and be willing to do the work (and it does take work!).

  • I’ve learned how to hold space and provide support, especially to those individuals who are in extreme states. I know what it means to be with people in their pain, see them for who they are in spite of their circumstances, and not feed them any bullshit—just the truth. I like to see the best in people and help them feel safe enough to show up as themselves where they are on their journey.

  • I’m the accountability partner you want, and I’m here to help you find the answers within yourself. I’m here to help you reclaim your authority, agency, and autonomy so you can get clear on who you are and who you want to become. While I coach visionary leaders in business and in nonprofits, I also love working with neurodivergent individuals because I too am neurodivergent (dyslexia + ADHD) and I know the pitfalls of thriving in an ableist society.

“Remember that you’re enough, friend. You always have been, and your truth is worth telling. Be willing to do the work, take aligned action, and fail forward on your way to becoming the whole version of you. This work takes compassion and courage—it takes willingness to be in the messy middle to uncover your message and use your voice for good.”

-MICHELE WATERMAN