Meet Your Coach
Sheila R. Carmichael
M.Ed, CPEC, CPC, MCC
Recognized as a Global Executive Coach and Leadership Development Strategist, Sheila has leveraged over three decades of talent management experience to develop her unique leadership brand. Her guiding philosophy is to help clients understand how they presently view leadership and discover new perspectives on how they can evolve their skills and become the most brilliant version of themselves. Out of Sheila’s passion for coaching, and wanting to support coaches in their development, she mentors coaches to receive their ICF certifications as a Master Certified Coach.
Sheila’s corporate experience with global Fortune 500 companies includes industries ranging from manufacturing, consumer goods, insurance and financial services, telecommunications, hospitality services, and retail. Her corporate career has enabled her to extend her unique coaching and consulting brand to help leaders think differently about their leadership capabilities.
In her current role at Ernst & Young (EY), Sheila serves as an Executive Coach, Associate Director, where she provides individual and team coaching as well as thought leadership in areas such as career transitions, leadership growth, and transformational leadership
As an experienced corporate educator, Sheila has trained and coached over 7,200 professionals and has obtained over 30 certifications in executive coaching, leadership development, emotional intelligence, and behavioral styles.
Her executive coaching, organizational development consulting and professional development programs are certified by The CaPP Institute (Coaching and Positive Psychology), Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), Cornell University, University of North Carolina – Charlotte, Center for Creative Leadership, Association of Psychological Type, Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, and Development Dimensions International Inc. (DDI).
A doctoral candidate with a Masters in Education, Sheila holds over 30 certifications, notable learning distinctions, was an active member of the Forbes Coaches Council 2020-2022, and is designated by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as a Master Certified Coach.
Sheila’s Leadership Philosophy
Every opportunity to connect with another is an opportunity to learn something you didn’t know, to gain a deeper insight into what you think you know, and to reciprocate an educational moment about who you are, your thoughts, your values, and more importantly, your boundaries.
Continue your life journey, reflect on your learnings to increase your awareness, and mitigate the internal noise. During the most challenging moments, anchor your thoughts to your values of respect, dignity, and self-care with choices of response to what I’m presented with at the moment.
When experiencing an uncomfortable or overwhelming emotion, identify this as an emotional trigger to PAUSE in that exact moment and ask yourself, “What is this situation truly asking of my leadership? What do I need to support, understand, or possibly disregard?” It is during these moments you are given the opportunity to make a more conscious choice for your best authentic self.
How we choose to respond is a decision we can all make. Embrace the feeling, the thought, or what you’re sensing, and decide how long you want to live in that state. Even with rules, laws and guidelines, you have the freedom of choice: to follow, to lead, to let go, or to go rogue. Your freedom of choice is always there.
Coaching and Development Credentials
Forbes Coaches Council Member
Master Certified Coach (MCC) credentials, International Coach Federation (ICF)
Certified Personal and Executive Coach (CPEC) from The CaPP Institute
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) from iPEC
Energy Leadership Index (ELI) - Master Practitioner
COR.E Dynamics Specialist: Leadership, Transitions, Performance and Wellness
Leadership Circle Profile Certified
Korn Ferry: KF360, KF4D, and KFALP
Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Benchmarks® 360 Assessment Suite
Birkman Certified Professional (BCP)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI)
TTI Success Insights Suite (DiSC)
Gallup Certified CliftonStrengths Coach
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Strategic Human Resources Leadership: Certificate from School of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University
What they’ve said …
Sheila is a very energetic, passionate, and knowledgeable executive coach. She was extremely instrumental in my professional development during the time when I needed to both be supported and pushed outside of my comfort zone the most. Every coaching session left me feeling like I had someone in my corner and I attribute much of my successful transition into my executive role to her guidance, perspective, and coaching.
~ Jene Pulliam, Assistant Vice President, Accounting
Sheila gets it. In her own professional career she builds relationships - both personal and professional, that facilitate getting things done. She knows how to coach it as well. I've watched her and worked with her as she partnered with senior executives to develop talent management strategies and core programs for developing leaders while also directly coaching internal leaders and future executives. She was a great thought partner for me as I navigated my own career and looked for opportunities to develop key leaders on my team. Sheila understands leaders drive results, but that they also do it the right way. She shows up with constant energy and enthusiasm and will challenge you to think differently about yourself and your career.
Stuart Reichenbach, Global Supply Chain Executive