Michelle Ann Johnson

Michelle Ann Johnson Speaking Topics

• The Secret to Powerful Presence Is Personal Power: Leading with Authenticity, Confidence and Purpose

  No matter what role you’re playing, at home, in your community, or within an organization, your most valuable skill is influence – whether it be to lead, engage, connect, sell, or solve. The problem is that we’re only taught to “present”. But the path to influence isn’t in your presentation. It’s in your presence.

  In my signature keynote, I'll draw on my acting background and years of coaching senior leaders to teach your audience how to embody powerful presence by cultivating the building blocks of personal power: authenticity, confidence, and purpose.

  Your audience will walk away with:

  • The ACP Presence Model: a framework to develop the inner principles of authenticity, confidence, and purpose
  • An elevated sense of personal power that translates into greater executive presence
  • A deeper understanding of how greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence make you a more powerful, engaging leader
  • Concrete strategies to develop and practice authenticity, confidence, and purpose every day

  This program is perfect for:

  • Managers and business leaders that want to model authentic, confident, and purposeful leadership
  • C-Suite and director-level executives that want to create a culture that fosters authenticity, confidence, and purpose
  • Professionals that need a starting place to address disempowering beliefs and behavior that may be getting in the way of goals and relationships
  • Women leaders that want to embody personal power

• Navigating Uncertainty with Intuitive Decision-Making

  A New Framework for Confident, High-Impact Leadership

  In today’s fast‑moving business landscape, leaders are expected to make clear, confident decisions — even when the data is incomplete, contradictory, or nonexistent. What separates leaders who freeze in uncertainty from those who move forward with clarity and conviction?

  This transformative and energizing keynote reveals how to integrate intuition — your most underutilized leadership asset — into your decision‑making process. Through compelling stories, neuroscience, and practical tools, Michelle Ann Johnson shows leaders how to access their internal guidance system to cut through noise, reduce overwhelm, and make better decisions with greater confidence. If time permits, she can even guide volunteers through real‑time intuitive decision‑making exercises.

  Your audience will leave with strategies to:

  • Use intuition as a strategic advantage: understand how intuition complements data, accelerates clarity, and unlocks innovative solutions — especially in ambiguous or high‑pressure situations.
  • Apply a simple, repeatable intuitive decision‑making process: discover the three-part framework — Learn, Practice, Heal — to access intuition on demand, ask better questions, and receive clearer internal guidance. - Regulate stress and calm the amygdala for better decisions: strengthen your inner compass so you can lead with grounded confidence, even when external opinions conflict or the stakes are high.
  • Differentiate intuition from emotional triggers: recognize when past experiences are clouding judgment and learn how to neutralize triggers so they don’t masquerade as intuition.

  This program is perfect for:

  • Senior leaders navigating complex, high-stakes decisions
  • Executives responsible for strategy, innovation, and organizational direction
  • Teams experiencing rapid change, uncertainty, or transformation
  • Leadership development programs focused on emotional intelligence and decision-making
  • Women leaders seeking to strengthen confidence and personal power
  • Professionals who want to reduce analysis paralysis and lead with clarity

• Leading With Intuition

  Harnessing inner clarity for confident leadership

  Leading with Intuition addresses a challenge every leader faces today: too much data, too little clarity. When information is incomplete or conflicting and past experience falls short, decision-making can stall. Michelle Ann Johnson shows audiences how to tap into their most underutilized yet powerful asset: intuition.

  For the past 20 years, Michelle has relied on intuition to navigate challenges and reinvent herself - from Hollywood actor to corporate VP to sought-after executive coach and keynote speaker. Now, she equips professionals with a practical blueprint - Learn, Practice, Heal - to recognize, trust, and apply intuition alongside data for faster, clearer, and more confident decisions.

  The result? Professionals leave her sessions ready to break free from analysis paralysis, uncover hidden opportunities, and lead with conviction even in the most uncertain times.

• Be a Binge-Worthy Speaker: Hollywood Tips for Business Leaders

  Every day in the business world, leaders at all levels must communicate to their teams, clients, and other crucial stakeholders. What makes some leaders confusing and forgettable while others are clear and memorable when they speak?

  This highly informative and entertaining talk shows how to use three proven techniques Hollywood uses to keep you binge-watching your favorite shows - story, emotion, and charisma – to communicate with clarity, confidence, and presence. If time permits, she can even bring volunteers on stage to demonstrate real-time transformational coaching.

  Your audience will leave with strategies to:

  • Turn your message into a story – discover a storytelling formula used by Hollywood writers that convert messages into narratives that lead to measurable outcomes.
  • Bring your message to life with personality and emotion – emotionally engage your audience with simple acting techniques that will transform your delivery.
  • Find your charisma for powerful presence - learn simple principles that manage public speaking anxiety while cultivating your own brand of magnetism.
  • Communicate with a holistic approach – apply a methodology that enhances the internal and external components of communication.

  This program is perfect for:

  • Senior leaders who must communicate with a wide range of stakeholders
  • Executives who want to enhance their leadership brand
  • Professionals who need to be more visible to move forward in their careers
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) and - Business Resource Groups (BRG)'s
  • Women Leaders looking to have greater influence

• Lessons from Hollywood: What Business Professionals Can Learn From Actors

  It might seem like Big Business and Show Business are miles apart, but there are many parallels. In fact, Michelle Ann Johnson was a corporate manager and professional actress at the same time: she led two quality control teams at a leading insurance brokerage while also guest starring on some of the most popular television shows. She credits many of the intangible skills she learned pursuing her acting career with her success in the corporate world.

  This keynote features stories from Michelle's acting career to teach valuable skills and principles that business professionals can apply to their own careers. Learn an artist's approach for navigating the corporate environment from a Hollywood actress with an MBA.

  Your audience will leave with:

  • Strategies for being agile, adaptable, and flexible
  • Greater trust in themselves and willingness to share their voices
  • Inspiration to be more courageous personally and professionally
  • Strategies for how to show up with more confidence and authority
  • Tactics for infusing creativity into any activity

  This program is perfect for:

  • Managers and business leaders who would like to be more self-directed, creative, resilient, and comfortable with uncertainty
  • Professionals who need to be more visible to move forward in their careers
  • Professionals who would like to take more control of their careers and be more intentional about how they show up • Employee Resource Groups (ERG's) and Business Resource Groups (BRG)'s