Michelle Welton - M.A., CCP, PCC
Michelle Welton, M.A., CCP, PCC, is an accomplished Executive Coach and Organizational Change Management (OCM) Consultant specializing in leadership effectiveness, behavior change, and transformation adoption. With over a decade of experience, she partners with executives and teams across industries to navigate large-scale change with clarity, confidence, and measurable impact. Michelle combines deep coaching expertise with structured OCM methodology—including Prosci, ADKAR, and human-centered design—to help organizations strengthen leadership capability, drive adoption of new processes and technologies, and improve team engagement and performance.
Throughout her career, Michelle has guided enterprise-wide transformations and executive coaching engagements that enhance leadership alignment, business outcomes, and employee experience. She has led HR and digital transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, building change strategies that achieve high adoption rates and measurable performance improvements. In addition, Michelle leverages her background in Industrial/Organizational Psychology to design leadership programs, succession strategies, and talent development frameworks that equip leaders to succeed sustainably.
Beyond her professional work, Michelle is an active contributor to the leadership and coaching community. She has written for the Forbes Coaches Council on topics including empathy, followership, and the intersection of coaching and change management. She also serves on the development board for PAWS Chicago and volunteers with the Jewish United Fund, reflecting her commitment to social impact. Michelle’s approach is insight-driven, practical, and human-centered, helping leaders and organizations embrace transformation with resilience and purpose.
• Certified Change Professional
• Professional Certified Coach
• DiSC Profile
• FIRO-B
• Hogan Assessment Certification
• MBTI
• IPAT 16-PF
• International Coach Academy
• Loyola University Chicago- B.A.
• Roosevelt University- M.A.
• SIOP
• Chicago Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
• PAWS Chicago
• Jewish United Fund
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to my tenacity and my refusal to take no for an answer.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I’ve ever received is to remain flexible and be willing to pivot when opportunities or challenges arise.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
One of the biggest challenges in my field right now is that it remains largely dominated by men, which presents both obstacles and opportunities for advancing diversity and inclusion.