Barbara Turley

Founder & CEO at The Virtual Hub | Speaker | Podcast Host 🎙| Operational Efficiency Enthusiast 💥| Passionately helping businesses remove bottlenecks & scale 🚀

A 'Mum first' entrepreneur who has bootstrapped and scaled a 350 employee, digital first support assistant company with clients spanning the globe, all while attending toddler ballet, kids ski club, playdates and living between the mountains of Europe and the beaches of Australia.The usual question I get asked is 'how the hell did you do that?' To which my usual reply is ......'By focussing on building great systems, nailing process delegation and leveraging cost effective teams of support assistants in The Philippines.'Platforms. Processes. People. Everyday I see great companies full of great people who are roadblocked by the vortex of busywork. From small businesses with 5 people to large organisations with 500 people the story is the same. Great people bogged down by necessary but inefficient and time consuming busywork. By identifying the 20-50% of most peoples day that is taken up by admin and/or process driven tasks any business can strategically optimise their human capital budgets by delegating to a team of offshore virtual assistants. From e-commerce and SAAS to coaching and service businesses, we help unlock business growth by freeing great people from the time-suck of busywork.At The Virtual Hub, we provide fully managed, in-house trained and dedicated virtual assistants starting at $1,000 USD per month.By integrating great support assistants inside your business we act like a 'bolt on' scaling partner to your growth plans.

Founder & CEO

Helping companies work smarter, move faster & scale better with a combination of operational efficiency frameworks, tech stacks that work and offshore team strategies.

Sheila R. Carmichael, MCC, MEd, CPEC, CPC

Here's what no one tells you after the promotion: the rules just changed, and you don't have six months to figure it out.

I'm Sheila R. Carmichael, and I help Directors and VPs navigate exactly that moment.
After 30+ years inside Fortune 500 companies across seven industries—and earning my Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential—I've learned that what stalls talented leaders isn't lack of skill. It's what they can't see.

I call myself The Blindspot Strategist because I help leaders transform those invisible barriers into their greatest competitive advantage.

Through my 90-day Leadership Intensive™ and proprietary ECHO Listening Intelligence™ framework, I partner with executives to:

→ Pinpoint what's actually getting in the way
→ Build a leadership playbook tailored to their reality
→ Develop executive presence that commands the room

📖 I wrote PRESENCE: Self-Coaching Strategies to Ignite Your Authentic Leadership for leaders ready to do the inner work that drives outer results.

👉🏾 Serious about your next level? Let's have a real conversation.
https://calendly.com/sheila_carmichael/strategic-alignment

Executive Coach, Associate Director

• Serves as an expert executive coach and provides individual coaching and thought leadership in areas such as leadership and career transitions, leadership growth, and transformational leadership
• Builds relationships with leaders and key stakeholders. Collaborates on best practices and seeks to understand and deliver on stakeholder needs.
• Influence management in key business issues that affect the development of their designated client group 

Sheila Carmichael

Leading across time zones and cultures. 🌍 

Fabio was struggling with cross-cultural leadership dynamics he'd never had to navigate before. 

His direct communication style was being interpreted differently across cultures. 

He was losing authenticity trying to adapt to everyone. 

Through virtual coaching sessions, we created space for him to share vulnerabilities about global leadership that he'd never articulated. 

We developed strategies to adapt without losing himself. 

Now he leads confidently across multiple countries and cultural contexts.  

Same authentic leader, expanded global impact. 

Ready to expand your leadership across cultures?  

Book Your Strategy call link in the comments. 👇






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#globalleadership #executivecoaching #crossculturalleadership #leadershipdevelopment #executivepresence

Sheila R. Carmichael, MCC, M.Ed.

Master Certified Coach (MCC) | The Blindspot Strategist™ | Neuroscience-Based Leadership Development & Executive Coaching for Directors & VPs | Author of PRESENCE | Speaker

I’m honored to support the April 2026 Meet Yourself™ Certification cohort alongside an exceptional group of practitioners committed to advancing strengths-based leadership.

In today’s complex organizational landscape, leadership effectiveness is no longer defined by technical expertise alone. It requires self-awareness, intentional presence, and the ability to align strengths with sound decision-making.

This work helps leaders define what matters, discover how they are uniquely designed, and decide how to lead with clarity and impact — strengthening trust, improving team performance, and building resilient leadership pipelines.

For HR and Talent Development leaders, investing in strengths-aligned leadership development is not a “nice to have.” It is a strategic imperative for engagement, succession readiness, and sustainable performance.

As an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC) and executive leadership strategist, I’ve seen firsthand how strengthening authentic leadership presence transforms not only individual leaders, but entire organizational cultures.

Only two seats remain for the April cohort.

If you are developing leaders to navigate greater scope, complexity, and influence, this experience delivers practical and lasting value.

#LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutivePresence #TalentStrategy #SuccessionPlanning #AuthenticLeadership #HigherPresence

Creating a World where Everyone is Living to their Full Potential

The Meet Yourself™ Certification has been gathering heart-centred forward thinking practitioners around an assessment tool with the sole objective of helping individuals and teams leverage their innate strengths. 

Grateful to have Sheila R. Carmichael, MCC, M.Ed. , Andrew Krisson , and Silvia Marteles as part of the facilitation team for the April 2026 cohort. 

Last 2 seats available for enrolment at: www.meetyourself.me/axon

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