Brand Leaders

Are you a subject matter expert, leader or entrepreneur ready to expand your influence but unsure how to position yourself for the next level.

Hi, I’m Michelle, a speaker, author, advisor and founder of Brand Leaders, a professional branding and LinkedIn visibility training platform. 

I help experts, leaders and teams position their personal brands, grow visibility on LinkedIn, and become in-demand authorities in their industries. 

Your personal brand should be your business advantage, but it needs a foundational strategy and plan first. That's why I created my Own Your L.A.N.E. framework to make so you're clear, credible and competitively advantaged in your field:

OWN YOUR LANE. OWN YOUR FUTURE. 

After years of watching brilliant professionals stay overlooked, I created the Own Your L.A.N.E.™ System, a proven roadmap for business development. 

L – Launch Your Vision (Purpose)
A – Assert Your Difference (Positioning)
N – Navigate Your Brand (Presence)
E – Elevate Your Authority (Proof)

Because when you’re clear on who you are and how you show up…

The right people find you
The right opportunities follow
And you become known for what sets you apart

I speak, teach & advise experts, leaders, teams and audiences to:

✔ Position and differentiate your expertise into a recognizable brand
✔ Grow a consistent presence and build influential relationships on LinkedIn®
✔ Elevate your authority through speaking, media and PR opportunities

👉 CASE STUDIES: MichelleBGriffin.com/results

TOPICS 
> Own Your Lane™ The Recognition Roadmap
> LinkedIn® Personal Branding for Experts, Leaders & Teams
> Brand is The New Demand 

Learn more about me in the About section.

LET'S CHAT
Book a call to learn more: 👉 MichelleBGriffin.com/chat

 I look forward to meeting you!

Own Your Lane™ - Personal PR/Personal Brand Speaker, Workshop Facilitator + Masterclass Presenter 

Brand Leaders® - Powered by Own Your Lane® helps subject matter experts and expertise business owners clarify their brand positioning, simplify their message and amplify their visibility to win clients and land PR opportunities.

Brand for Business Speaking, Advising and Workshops

Innovation Women

Innovation Women is a visibility bureau connecting event managers to women speakers. Our goal is gender-balanced panels and equal visibility opportunities for women. Join us on a FREE Speaker Friends Friday Zoom session: https://innovationwomen.com/events/speaker-friends/

My Innovation Women Profile: https://speaker.innovationwomen.com/users/15203
To book me as a speaker: https://michellebgriffin.com/speaking or email michelle@michellebgriffin.com

Member and National Speaker

Michelle B Griffin Speaker & Author

Own Your Lane®  is the go-to podcast for experts and leaders who are ready (but may struggle) to position their brilliance, clarify their message, and grow their visibility for next-level opportunities.

Host, Own Your Lane® Podcast

As a LinkedIn™ personal branding & PR expert, I speak, teach, educate, and host in-depth workshops for organizations, groups, and teams. My authority-personal branding-focused presentations focus on positioning profiles, presence, and publicity to align with brand and business goals. 

Need a Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Expert Quote, or Podcast Guest? Let's chat about how I can support you and your event/ team/group. I'd love to learn more about your goals and how I can partner with you. Please get in touch here or via LinkedIn DM.

LinkedIn® Personal Branding, Professional Visibility Speaker, Educator & Workshops

Personal Branding Books to Help You Get Visible and Grow Your Industry Presence—My personal branding books teach you to get visible, own your value, and confidently grow your professional presence for next-level industry opportunities.

The LinkedIn Branding Book helps you build your personal and business brand on LinkedIn for exponential growth. PLUS, a 50-page action-taking (online fillable) companion Brand Squared Workbook™ is included with the book.
https://michellebgriffin.com/books

Own Your Lane® books series are your personal branding and visibility acceleratosr, designed to help you take charge of your presence and become the go-to authority in your field.

Too many talented professionals—especially women—remain unseen, not because they lack skill but because they struggle to communicate their value and gain the visibility they deserve.

Through the actionable, four-step L.A.N.E.™ system, these books will teach you how to confidently step forward, articulate your unique strengths, and get recognized for your expertise. Learn more at  OwnYourLane.io.

Author - Personal Branding, PR, LinkedIn® Presence, Professional Visibility

With a mantra of "Put Yourself Out There to Own Your Lane and Own Your Future," I believe professional visibility is a powerful form of economic leverage and business growth, leading to industry opportunities, increased impact, and higher income for professionals and organizations.

As a PR, personal branding, and LinkedIn visibility speaker and educator, I empower and equip professionals, and especially women in business, to confidently set themselves apart, step into the spotlight, and seize next-level opportunities in a crowded field through my Own Your Lane® learning platform and book series,

Book me to Speak, Facilitate a Workshop, Guest On Your Podcast, Contribute To Your Publication, and/or Moderate a Panel.

Speaker Inquiries and Bookings

Let's chat about how I can support you and your event/ team/group. I'd love to learn more about your goals and how I can partner with you. Please contact me via my inquiry form or book a chat at MichelleBGriffin.com or via LinkedIn DM.

Thought Leadership Branding Speaker, LinkedIn Visibility Strategist and Workshop Facilitator

As a PR and personal branding speaker, author, and LinkedIn visibility expert, I love empowering audiences to get visible for their next level. 

I guest weekly on podcasts, LinkedIn Audio, Livestream, and YouTube shows and speak/host group training and workshops on personal branding and LinkedIn to build your professional presence and opportunities. 

Watch/listen and see more here: https://michellebgriffin.com/media

Let's Connect
Need a Speaker, Expert Quote, or Podcast Guest?

Let's chat about how I can support you and your event/ team/group. I'd love to learn more about your goals and how I can partner with you. Please contact me via my inquiry form or book a chat at MichelleBGriffin.com or via LinkedIn DM.

Podcast Guest, Personal Branding, PR, LinkedIn® Presence and Professional Visibility

Join 1,700+ global professionals who are getting visible to build and boost their personal brands. The P.Y.O.T. Community - Put Yourself Out There Community to Build & Boost Your Personal Brand will help you become clear, confident and consistent on LinkedIn. Join us as we ramp up our personal brands, expand our connections, and build meaningful communities on LinkedIn. You'll find peer support, accountability, training, and tips on LinkedIn and personal branding. 

NOTE: This is NOT an engagement pod
Join us; it’s free: 👉 https://michellebgriffin.com/pyotcommunity

Founder, P.Y.O.T. - Put Yourself Out There Community to Build & Boost Your Personal Brand

StandoutWomen.org is a movement to grow visibility, personal brands, and thought leadership for women in business and women in leadership. Our mission is to empower impact-driven women to position themselves as industry leaders and create meaningful opportunities.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, leader, or professional, we provide tools, training, and events to support your journey of standing out and stepping up—all through the lens of the Own Your Lane®: Personal Branding framework. Learn more at StandoutWomen.org.

StandoutWomen.org - The Personal Branding Movement For More Standout Women in Business & Leadership

THE LINKEDIN™️ BRANDING COMMUNITY by #MichelleSquared

The LinkedIn Branding Book: The Power of Two: How to Double Your Personal and Business Brand for Exponential Growth by #MichelleSquared, Michelle B Griffin and Michelle J Raymond, is now available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and hardcover editions. PLUS, a 50-page action-taking companion Brand Squared Workbook™ is included with the book.

Co-Author, The LinkedIn Branding Book

The top-ranked podcast, The LinkedIn Branding Show, hosted by #MichelleSquared, Michelle B Griffin and Michelle J Raymond, empowers professionals, entrepreneurs, experts, and small business owners to stand out and rise up as they build personal and business brands on LinkedIn. New episodes drop every Thursday on your favorite podcast platform.

Co-Host, The LinkedIn Branding Show Podcast

The Power of Two to Double Your LinkedIn Growth with our new book, top-ranked podcast and supportive community. Join Michelle B Griffin and Michelle J Raymond, aka #MichelleSquared, for fun events, real conversations, and actionable takeaways with a community of impact-driven professionals ready to rise up and stand out on LinkedIn as a powerful force of good. Join us and learn more at MichelleSquared.com

Co-Founder, The LinkedIn Branding Community

Windstorm Insurance Network, Inc.® - Property/Windstorm Insurance Claims Industry Member Association

The Windstorm Insurance Network (WIND) is a B2B national association for the property insurance claims and legal industry. Through professional development, continuing education, and annual conferences, the group is the leading provider of industry insights for the property/windstorm insurance claims industry, property/windstorm insurance service providers, and industry consultants. 

As the association's executive director, I oversaw the day-to-day management and marketing of the Windstorm Insurance Network, Inc. and the annual Windstorm Insurance Conference, a 2,000-person international conference. 

My duties included strategic business development, marketing communication planning, event marketing, team management and member experience management. Specific personal skills include digital marketing, inbound/content marketing, email marketing, social media marketing/outreach, branding strategy, copywriting, website design, WordPress management, and conference/event planning and marketing.

Executive Director

As the lead marketer, I managed a team to plan, promote and host the annual (WIND) Windstorm Insurance Conference, which attracted nearly 2,000 attendees each year from across the U.S. and internationally. 

Under my leadership, membership grew at a steady rate of 1,000 members and conference attendance and revenue targets exceeded goals. 

As the lead event marketer, I also managed, promoted regional and one-day events and continuing education seminars and presentations across the U.S.

Event Marketing Director

Positioning Women Experts Into Visible Authorities┃Personal Brand, PR & Thought Leadership Strategist & Coach to Own Your Lane With More Visibility, Impact & Income┃Author┃Speaker┃80s Music Fan┃Own Your Lane™ Book 10/15

Hi, I’m Michelle. I transform hidden experts into visible authorities and so glad you’re here. 

If you've ever struggled to explain what you do, felt overlooked despite your expertise, or missed opportunities you knew you were perfect for, you're not alone—and you're in the right place.

After seeing brilliant experts stay invisible because they believed their work would speak for itself, I created the Own Your Lane™ Recognition Roadmap to help you become the go-to authority in your field.

THE OWN YOUR LANE™ SYSTEM

L – Launch Your Vision (Purpose)
A – Assert Your Difference (Position)
N – Navigate Your Brand (Package)
E – Elevate Your Authority (Promote)

OWN YOUR LANE. OWN YOUR FUTURE.
My mission is to position you for success. I speak, train, and advise experts and leaders—especially women in business—who are ready to be seen, heard, and sought-after. Together, we chart your one-page personal branding roadmap to give you the clarity, confidence, communication and competitive edge for business growth. 

Why this matters: You stop comparing yourself to everyone else. You gain the positioning, words and strategy to know who you are, what makes you different and a repeatable way to talk about what you do — in person, online, in meetings — anywhere decisions are made.

My clients have gone from “one of many” to “the one” -- booked on TEDx & industry stages, featured in top media, published best-selling books & effortlessly growing thought leadership on their terms. 

Now it’s your turn…

WORK WITH ME
> Own Your Lane™ Speaking & Workshops 
No hype, just help. Experiential sessions with clarity, tools & action

> Own Your Lane Roadmaps & Advising 
Let's chart your one-page plan for next-level goals and opportunities

👉MichelleBGriffin.com/RESULTS

ABOUT ME
With 20+ years in branding, PR & executive leadership, I’ve helped Fortune 500s, startups and global thought leaders sharpen their message, elevate visibility & grow their businesses.

• TEDxFSU Speaker, April 2025
• Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. & Authority Featured 
• 2x Author, Position Yourself & The LinkedIn® Branding Book 
• 2x Podcast Host, Own Your Lane™ & The LinkedIn™ Branding Show
NEW: Own Your Lane™ Book publishing soon

“Live in the moment” is my mantra; find me outdoors with an ’80s playlist, meeting new people and exploring new places.

🎧 FREE RESOURCES
Grab my LinkedIn Visible Training + Go Your Own Way Playlist 
👉MichelleBGriffin.com/QUICKLINKS

READY TO OWN YOUR LANE?
👉Visit MichelleBGriffin.com - let's chat on how I can support you best.

MICHELLE B GRIFFIN

One thing we need more of this year...LIVE experiences...online and in person...

From guesting to hosting your own, being IN THE MOMENT and connecting with LinkedIn members globally helps you own  your stage and narrative.

Shout out to Lydia Rosencrants Robin Wilson Tucker, MBA, NCOPE as well as well as Beth Anne Campbell, phenomenal LinkedIn Live Show Hosts, who I'll be guesting this month. 

I'll admit....

 I almost dropped off hosting LinkedIn Lives, which I started here in June 2021, as they seem to have dropped, but that's the point: when others zig, you should zag.

After going silent for months, I renewed my Restream account. 

It's showtime...

Coming soon, my monthly Own Your Lane Live show
Topics I'm thinking will land well:

• Being Found In AI Search
• The Knack for Substak
• PR for Experts/Personal Brands
• How We Landed Our TEDx Talk
• How We Branded This. 
• How To Be a Great Podcast Guest
• And Your Ideas, too?

🎤 OVER TO YOU:
👉 Please share the hosts who are livestreaming. 
I'd love to watch and learn. 
Or suggest topics you'd love to see LIVE


Happy 2026!
💛 Michelle

 #PutYourselfOutThere  #OwnYourLane #ShesVisible  




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Women’s Leadership Speaker & Brand Strategist | Positioning Your Brilliance For Recognition In Your Career, Business & Industry | Founder, She’s Visible™ | TEDx Speaker & 2x Author

I Help Professionals & Organizations Streamline Systems, Elevate Visibility on LinkedIn, and Increase Profit Through Process Excellence

View Robin Wilson Tucker, MBA, NCOPE’s profile

Join Lydia Rosencrants and me as we kick off the New Year with the January edition of #LinkedInLeaders. Our special guest will be MICHELLE B GRIFFIN, Women’s Leadership Visibility Speaker & Branding Strategist & Creator of The Recognition Roadmap™.

LinkedIn Leaders Achieving Remarkable Success with Michelle B. Griffin

Video & Personal Branding Strategist 🎥 |Speaker 🗣️ | Podcast Host & Guest 🎙️

 
Video has taken over social media and marketing platforms over the last 10 years.

As a Video 🎥 Strategist I coach women entrepreneurs to position themselves as experts and thought leaders by leveraging LinkedIn video so they can rapidly increase their visibility, grow their business by attracting high-end clients, and get more visibility opportunities.

With over 400+ live videos, I designed my BrandYou with Video framework that allows you to capture and captivate your audience, leverage video for more visibility, and nurture your audience into warm swipe-the-card clients.

I am the host of the Video Visibility with Alicia Live Marketing show here on LinkedIn and Own the Video Visibility with Alicia YouTube channel. 
Owner of the *Video Visibility Agency*


Women can show up on camera and shine.  By being yourself, adding your personality, and a proven strategy that gets you confident on camera, you can attract the right leads and book speaking opportunities you need to fill your business. 🎬
 
Key focuses:
🎥Increasing your visibility with video and gaining more visibility opportunities
📹Camera Confidence for your videos 
🎥Creating Binge Worth & Engaging Videos and Livestreams
💻Camera Tools for the non-techie person
📷Camera Presence so you can shine on camera 
📸 Your video scripts so you don’t forget what to say and do while on camera 📸 
🎬A repeatable and proven video strategy that you can leverage to create weekly videos and live streams so you can increase your visibility and attract the right clients that want to book your services.
 
Services:

🎥 BrandYou with Video Intensive: 1:1 video coaching for women who want to stand out by using video & live streams.  To book your Video Success Intensive head on over to:
www.aliciahenderson.biz/video-success-intensive/

🎬Video Strategy Calls: These one-hour strategy calls are designed for you to ask questions and get a quick strategy so you have the next steps to move forward with your video visibility. To book your Video Strategy Session today https://aliciahenderson.biz/video-strategy/

 In addition, I offer corporate training and ongoing video coaching for women.

 To find out more about how we can work together let's connect 👉🏾 www.aliciahenderson.biz/letschat 📞

Alicia Henderson

2026 is the year to stop putting pressure on every post and start letting your content work for you.

I don’t know about you but this year I refuse be stressed over content. 

I’m not about:
🙅🏾‍♀️Overthinking my content
🙅🏾‍♀️Second-guessing what I’m doing or what works

I am here for:
👍🏾Kicking FOMO to the curb by feeling the pressure to post every day.
👍🏾Posting with intention
👍🏾Creating content that feels lighter, makes an impact, and gets me remembered and moves the needle forward

Here are 3 things I do when video ( and other forms of content) starts feeling heavy ⬇️

✍️ I center the message, not the performance. If the point is clear, the delivery does not need theatrics. Some of my strongest videos were recorded in one take on a regular day. With flaws and all.

👩🏾‍💻I publish the simple version first. No buildup. No overproduction. If the idea tracks with my audience and clients, it earns expansion later.

📲 I capture it while the conviction is high. I let the pauses stay. I let it be human. That is what people trust and respond to. I infuse my personality all up and through that video. My motto is take it or leave it.

These shifts alone changed how I show up and how my content performs. 

I feel better about the content that I create, and it translates from the feedback from my audience. 

If you want your video to feel lighter and still do its job, start there.

If this helped, hit repost and share ♻️ so your network isn’t out here struggling with their content.



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Hey 👋🏾 I’m Alicia- Video Strategist & Founder of Video Visibility Media.
I work with founders, consultants, and executives to position themselves as experts through video.. so their brand gets noticed, their voice is heard, and the right clients come their way.

🎥Video Strategist Helping Founders & Consultants grow their personal brands & online presence by using video to increase their visibility, income & thought leadership🎬 | Video Visibility Media | Speaker

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You’ve explained it.
You’ve outlined the steps.
You’ve posted the “what I do” breakdown 15 different ways…
…and people still don’t fully get how you work.

Here’s why:
People don’t believe explanations. They believe evidence.

If you’re a founder, consultant, or service provider…
Start showing how you think. 
How you solve problems. 
How you get results.

🎥 This week’s newsletter is all about:
Why you are losing people with long captions
Simple ways to turn your process into video 
What to film when you’re in launch mode or just too busy to post fluff

If you’re tired of repeating yourself, this one’s for you.

📩 Read: “Stop Explaining. Start Showing.”
Let me know in the comments what you’re going to start showing.

#LinkedInMarketing #VideoContent #videovisibilitywithalicia #ConsultantsOnVideo #BrandYouOnVideo

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Hey 👋🏾 I’m Alicia- Video Strategist & Founder of Video Visibility Media.
I work with founders, consultants, and executives to position themselves as experts through video.. so their brand gets noticed, their voice is heard, and the right clients come their way

View newsletter: Video Visibility with Alicia 

Founders and consultants... this one’s for you. You’ve got the expertise. The systems. The strategy. The receipts. But your content? Still stuck in “h

Open article: 🎥 Stop Explaining. Start Showing. by Alicia Henderson • 3 min read

First Monday of the New Year and I'm back in the lab on this rainy day, trying not to freeze in this California cold (lol) 😆

Every year I try to pick a word for the year based on where I was last year and where I'm going in the new year.

For 2026 my word for the year is: Discernment.

Not hustle. 🙅🏽‍♀️
Not grind.
Not doing the most.
Discernment.

This is the year I stop confusing being busy with being effective.
Discernment means:
✅ Choosing clients who trust and value strategy, not just execution
✅ Saying no faster without over-explaining or not explaining at all. 
✅ Building an agency that supports the life I want, not one I need a break from
✅ Making decisions from clarity, not pressure

I’m focused on aligned growth, not just growth.
Clear positioning, not constant pivots.

Intentional leadership, not survival mode.

This year, every yes has to earn its place.

If it doesn’t support growth, peace, or purpose, it’s a no. A very quick no.
May we all have the discernment to chose things that only bring us positivity and progress this year. 

What’s your word for the year?

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Hey 👋🏾 I’m Alicia- Video Strategist & Founder of Video Visibility Media.
I work with founders, consultants, and executives to position themselves as experts through video.. so their brand gets noticed, their voice is heard, and the right clients come their way.

#videovisibilitywithalicia #wordoftheyear #personalbranding #videomarketing

Your vision for this year deserves a YES! 🙌🏾 

Kicking off 2026 with my first speaking event of the year and I’m excited about this one.

2026 is calling and it’s asking if you’re ready to stop playing small and actually move like the business owner you say you are.

This online summit brings together 30 speakers sharing real strategies to help you grow, scale, and move with intention this year.

And yes, I’ll be there talking all things video: ‘The Visibility Blueprint: How to Use Video to Build Trust, Authority, and Income.’
We talk about: 
🎥How to use it to show up consistently
🎥Build trust faster
🎥Position yourself as the go-to without doing the absolute most

You’ll also hear from speakers covering:
📲 Social media and LinkedIn growth
🎙 Podcasting for more leads
📈 SEO and automation to save time
⚖️ Legal tips to protect your business
📌 Pinterest strategies for visibility

If 2026 is your “I’m taking this seriously” year, this is your sign.
Say YES to yourself and your business 💯
Grab your spot here https://lnkd.in/gKQAkE6D and come rock with us
#SayYes2026 #videovisibilitywithalicia

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