Michelle Steffes

Michelle Steffes builds leaders who can take a hit and keep driving performance. Through IPV Consulting, she works with executive teams and regional organizations that need real behavior change, not another motivational talk that fades by Monday. With more than three decades in leadership and over 13 years growing a national practice, she steps into environments where stress is high, margins are tight, and people are burning out. While most companies treat leadership, resilience, and emotional intelligence as separate check-the-box topics, she treats them as one operating system that either drives execution or quietly drags it down.

Her edge starts with how she reads people and patterns inside a company. Michelle digs into how leaders think, decide, communicate, and respond under pressure, then designs Leadership Mastery courses that run a year or longer so the new habits actually stick. She combines in-depth workshops, executive coaching, and targeted training modules to hard-wire Heart-Mind Leadership into the culture, whether the team is spread across hospitals, foodservice distribution networks, or multi-property franchise operations. The result is visible: stronger bench strength, sharper performance, more resilient teams, and organizations that keep calling her back for new phases of work because the last round moved the needle.

In high stakes moments, Michelle gives leadership teams clarity they can act on the same day. Her style is direct, practical, and disciplined, with no fluff and no theatrics. She translates concepts like resiliency and emotional intelligence into concrete behaviors that show up in meetings, on the floor, and across multi-site operations. Leaders walk away with aligned priorities, a common language for performance, and the confidence that their people can handle sustained pressure without losing their edge. When the cost of misalignment is measured in millions and lost momentum, Michelle is the partner you want shaping how your leaders think, decide, and execute.