Michele Rickman Coaching

What to Expect

If your audience came to see me, here’s what they’d get.

A room that wakes up. I bring energy, humor, and real stories, not a lecture and not a slideshow people read along with. People laugh, think, and usually see their own situation in what I share. Then they get to work. Every session includes action steps and tools your people can use the same day, so the talk doesn’t end when the applause does.

If you hired me, here’s what you’d get.

A speaker who does the homework. Before your event, we talk about your people, your goals, and what you want them doing differently afterward. I shape the content to fit your audience, whether that’s a leadership team, a sales floor, a room of licensed professionals, or four generations at one conference table.

You also get 30+ years of experience behind every word. I was an independent consultant for two internationally recognized businesses. In both, I started as a consultant, built a team, and worked my way up to regional vice president in one and senior division manager in the other. As their leader, I built record-breaking teams. Then I built my coaching business from the ground up.

My years in a high school classroom taught me how to hold the attention of a tough crowd. Today I’m also a regional representative for a high school foreign exchange program, where I coach local coordinators in three states to find host families, connect them with exchange students, and support a successful exchange year. That work gives me hands-on experience in cultural communication and keeps my generational communication skills sharp.

Programs you can book

DECODED™: Turning Generational Communication Into Business Advantage. Your team isn’t lazy and they aren’t impossible to lead. It’s a translation problem, not a work ethic problem. Your people learn to decode what each generation is really saying and turn the differences into retention, stronger teams, and better results.

STARpower: Magnetize Your Presence. Confidence and presence you can practice. Attendees learn how to embrace their expertise and value to show up as the illuminator in the room, not the dimmer switch.

Harness Your Fear. Nerves don’t have to hold anyone back. I created a program that teaches people to redirect that energy and use it as their superpower.

The Perfect 30. Everyone leaves with a 30-second introduction that makes people want to hear more and shows them why they need you to deliver the product or service.

Formats: Keynotes, workshops, breakout sessions, and team trainings, built for leadership and success events, business motivational programs, and inspirational and educational speaking.

What your attendees walk away with:
Practical tools they can use right away
Clear action steps, not just inspiration
A new way to see the people they work and lead with
More confidence in how they communicate and show up

Why planners say yes: I’m easy to work with, I’m prepared, and I make you look good. Your audience will remember how they felt and know exactly what to do next.

Let’s build something your people will talk about long after the event.

Looking for a speaker who will wake up the room and send people home with a plan?

Meet Michele Rickman, speaker, messaging strategist, and communication coach with over 30 years of experience helping leaders, business owners, sales professionals, and licensed professionals own their voice and communicate their value.

Michele has coached multiple record-breaking sales teams for two internationally recognized businesses and built her successful coaching business from the ground up. In addition to her coaching business, she is a regional representative for a high school student exchange program so she has experience working across ages and cultures. She’s a former high school educator, a mom of 3 young adults, a grandma, and a widow. She knows what it takes to lead, to rebuild, and to connect across every generation in the room. She also spent years afraid to speak up, which is why she’s so good at helping people get out of their own way.

Best fit for: Leadership and success events, business motivational keynotes, inspirational and educational speaking, conferences, team retreats, and workshops.

Signature programs

DECODED™: Turning Generational Communication Into Business Advantage
It’s not a work ethic problem. It’s a translation problem. Michele shows teams how to stop clashing across generations and start using each generation’s strengths to retain talent, lead better, and work together.

STARpower: Magnetize Your Presence
Presence and confidence, made practical. Participants learn to show up as the illuminator in the room, not the dimmer switch.

Harness Your Fear
Nervous energy isn’t the enemy. Michele teaches audiences to redirect it and make it work for them.

The Perfect 30
A 30-second introduction that makes people want to know more. Attendees build it on the spot.

What audiences get: Energy, fun, inspiration, and real knowledge. Every attendee leaves with action steps and tools they can use right away. Her dynamic presentation style, connection with the audience and her effervescent personality allows her not only educate and inspire her audience but entertain them as well.

Book Michele Rickman for your next event.

I keep things simple so your event runs smoothly, and I adapt to whatever setting you have.

For in-person events:

A projector or screen with an HDMI connection for my slides (I bring my own laptop and adapter) or I can send it to the facilitator
A wireless lapel or headset microphone for larger groups so I can move around the room
A quick tech check a few minutes before I begin when I’m speaking to a large group

For virtual and hybrid events:
I can present on Zoom, Teams, or your platform of choice
I present with a professional camera and microphone setup and reliable internet
Hybrid is no problem. I engage the people in the room and the people on screen so no one feels like an afterthought.

Every event is different. Tell me about your space, your audience, and your setup, and I’ll plan around it. I don’t need a big production to make a room come alive.