LEADERSHIP TRAINER · SPEAKER · BUSINESS COACH
Helping businesses grow by developing the people who lead them.
Does this sound familiar?
- Your managers were brilliant at the job. Nobody showed them how to lead.
- The same difficult conversations keep getting put off.
- Everyone still brings every problem to you.
I'm Michelle Reade. Through leadership training, workshops, speaking and 1:1 coaching, I help managers, teams and business owners change that. No death by PowerPoint. No role-play nobody wanted to do.
For Your Team or Event →Coaching for You →
Based in Wimborne, Dorset. Working across Bournemouth, Poole, the UK and beyond.
26+
years in business and leadership
1,000+
business owners supported
17 years
inside franchising
Finalist
UK StartUp Awards 2026
SPOKEN AND TRAINED AT
HOW I CAN HELP
Where would you like to start?
Two ways in. Same honest, practical approach, and the same cuppa.
FOR YOUR TEAM OR EVENT
Leadership training, workshops & speaking
For the managers who got promoted for being brilliant at the job, then got handed a team with no instructions. And for the teams where the quiet one needs to speak up and the loud one needs to listen.
- New Managers Training and leadership development
- Team workshops and bespoke training
- Conference keynotes, panels and facilitation
- Team days, retreats and mastermind dinners
- Franchisee and head office development
Tailored to your people, with a clear proposal and price up front. In person across the UK, or online.
See talks, training and how booking works →
Let's Talk About Your TeamFOR YOU
Business coaching for owners & leaders
You're the person everyone turns to. But who do you turn to? For the decision you've been sitting on, the conversation you've been avoiding and the plan that's been stuck in your head for weeks.
- Try me first: a Power Hour, £197
- Level 1: Your Business Yoda, £199 a month, rolling
- Level 2: Owner to Leader, 90 days hands-on
- Level 3: Leader of Leaders, your strategic right hand
Just me, properly in your business. Not a programme with 200 people in it. Start with a free 30-minute call, no pitch, no pressure.
See all coaching options and prices →
Book A Cuppa & a NatterWATCH MY SPEAKER REEL
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Still being talked about months later.
TURNOVER UP 60% IN A YEAR
Dawn's care business was stalling, and she was still doing the hands-on work herself. A year on: turnover up 60%, new premises, a manager leading the team, and she's finally had a holiday.
Dawn, care business owner
"Michelle was a beacon of enthusiasm and inspiration when she conducted a training on self belief for my team. Everyone felt so empowered and excited to move forward with their businesses after the session. I can't recommend Michelle enough for bespoke tailored training to motivate teams."
Heather O'Brien, Manager, Utility Warehouse ★★★★★ Google review
"Still getting really good comments from your presentation at the conference."
Alex, Host, STA Conference (three months after the event)
"Working with Michelle has been one of the best investments I've made in my business."
Katy Oxley, Business owner ★★★★★ Google review
Spoken and trained at: the STA Conference, Womanifest, Utility Warehouse and Chamber of Commerce events.
AS FEATURED IN
Bournemouth Echo · The International Franchise Entrepreneur · MSN · Dorset Business Matters podcast
Board Director, Bournemouth Chamber of Trade & Commerce · Finalist, UK StartUp Awards 2026
WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGES
Nobody books me for “leadership development”.
They book me because something isn't working and they're tired of it. Here's what it looks like afterwards:
- The manager finally has the conversation they've been avoiding for months.
- The team meeting stops being the thing everyone dreads.
- The owner takes a proper day off, and the business doesn't fall over.
- Decisions get made instead of sitting in someone's head for weeks.
- The quiet ones speak up. The busy ones stop firefighting.
- Everyone knows what's next, and actually does it.
HI, I'M MICHELLE
I know what leadership really asks of people, because it asked it of me.
I started my first business on an army base in Germany, then built and ran three franchise businesses of my own. After that I spent 17 years in franchising, supporting more than 1,000 business owners and the teams around them.
Then I took a role that looked perfect on paper and fell apart in reality. I cried in the car on the way to head office and blamed the traffic. Then one day I couldn't hold it together any more.
That's why I do this. I know what happens when good people are stretched, unsupported and left to work it out alone. And I know how much changes when someone finally invests in them.
I don't train from a script or coach from 30,000 feet. I get into the detail with you.
Read my storyQUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Leadership training, speaking and coaching FAQs
What kind of training and sessions do you deliver?
Do you work with organisations or business owners?
How much does training or speaking cost?
Do you work online, in person or internationally?
How much does 1:1 business coaching cost?
What happens on A Cuppa & a Natter?
Am I tied into a long contract?
Let's talk about developing your people.
Whether it's your team, your event or you, it starts with a conversation. Usually over a cuppa.
Let's Talk About Your Team →Book A Cuppa & a Natter →
Not sure which? Message me and I'll point you in the right direction. Honestly, even if it's not me.
