Leadership can no longer be a passive privilege. Those who serve today must embrace it as a call to action.

Michele Lawlis Shelton, CDP, CPC is Chief Experience Officer and Principal Consultant for Michele Shelton LLC, a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) firm based in Louisville, KY. As an international speaker, author, executive coach and thought leader on DEI, Michele guides courageous leaders beyond barriers (inside and out) that impede success. As a performance consultant, Michele continues to be a trusted advisor to leaders, in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, committed to creating inclusive and equitable cultures that acknowledge, affirm, and add value to the total experience of every person under their influence. 

For over twenty years, Michele's multi-sector career in pursuit of justice and equality for all included stages where she has personally seen, suffered, and survived the impact of poor leadership and toxic work cultures. To that end, she remains unapologetically committed to empowering others to join her in building the strength and stamina to confront and conquer the -ism's that threaten both our humanity and the bottom line at work and beyond...