Michelle Chambers

About Michelle

Michelle Chambers is an award-winning systemic team and executive coach and Organization Development Consultant who partners with senior leaders and teams to transform how they think, collaborate, and lead. With a unique ability to surface unspoken dynamics and foster candid dialogue, Michelle enables leaders to navigate complexity, build alignment, and achieve measurable impact at the individual, team, and organizational levels.

Her approach is both direct and pragmatic, grounded in decades of leadership experience in corporate and consulting roles, and enriched by cutting-edge research and global best practices. Leaders consistently choose Michelle because she helps them unlock clarity, strengthen accountability, and accelerate results while creating lasting cultural shifts.

Education

With degrees in Business, Psychology, and a Master's in Workplace Learning and Change, Michelle bridges strategic insight with the human dynamics of change. She also has professional designations in HR (CHRL); Training (CTDP), Coaching (PCC)(ACTC) (CTPC)(TCQA)(EIA) and Organization Development (CSODP).

She is deeply educated and skilled in the areas of leadership development, change management, team coaching, culture, and organizational development, ensuring evidence-based, up-to-date practices for modern challenges. This diverse blend of credentials ensures clients benefit from rigorous academic grounding, practical business acumen, and internationally recognized professional expertise.

Expertise

Michelle’s expertise lies at the intersection of leadership, team dynamics, and organizational effectiveness. She brings decades of experience in executive roles and consulting across diverse industries, enabling leaders, teams, and organizations to achieve measurable impact. Areas of specialization include:

• Systemic Team Coaching & OD: Building high-trust, high-accountability networks of teams to align strategy, culture, and stakeholder value.
• Leadership Development: Designing and delivering journeys that grow the mindsets and skills leaders need to thrive in complex, fast-changing environments.
• Organizational Transformation: Guiding leaders through change, ensuring strategic clarity, engagement, and accountability.
• Culture & Collaboration: Shifting patterns, not just behaviors—so performance gains are sustained.
• Governance & Senior Team Effectiveness: Strengthening decision-making, role clarity, and enterprise execution.Experience

Experience

Her experience includes:

• Leading enterprise-wide Leadership Development at TELUS Mobility across Canada.
• Serving as a trusted advisor to C-suite and senior leadership teams in Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations, and non-profits.
• Partnering with boards and governance teams to modernize structures, strengthen accountability, and align strategy with execution.
• Serving as Program Director & Instructor for the Master's Certificate in Organization Development & Change at Schulich Executive Education (York University).
• Acting as Senior Faculty for Team Coaching International & Systemic Team Coaching at the Global Training & Coaches Institute (GTCI).

Michelle is known for fostering candid dialogue, surfacing unspoken dynamics, and creating the conditions for leaders and teams to achieve breakthrough results.

Thought Leader

Michelle is not only a practitioner but also a recognized contributor to the global dialogue on leadership and team effectiveness:

• Conference Speaker: Engaging presentations at ICF, I4PL, HRPA, TEDx, and industry events on leadership, systemic team coaching, and change management.
• Author: Contributed to The Team Coaching Casebook by David Clutterbuck and published articles in HRPA Magazine, The Toronto Star, and other platforms.
• Innovator: Creator of practical toolkits, frameworks, and diagnostics for leadership and team development.
• Podcast Guest: Featured on leadership and change podcasts, sharing real-world stories and lessons on transformation and teaming.
• Recognized thought leader and practitioner, awarded the ICF Prism Award for excellence in leadership team coaching and finalist for the Change Leader Award.