Ready to Own Your Lane?

Through speaking, strategic advising, and LinkedIn + PR training, I help B2B founders, leaders and industry experts build personal brands, grow influence and become top-of-mind authorities to accelerate business growth.

Michelel B Griffin Personal Branding Speaker, PR Strategist and LinkedIn® Presence Expert
Own Your Lane - Personal Branding Made Simple by Michelle B Griffin
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Founder Standout Women Media, Personal Branding & PR Strategist & Speaker for Women Experts
Michelle B Griffin, Thought Leadership Advisor for Women In Business
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Founder Standout Women Media, Personal Branding & PR Strategist & Speaker for Women Experts
Michelle B Griffin, PR and Personal Branding Speaker, Educator, Author
Michelle B Griffin, Founder Standout Women Media, Personal Branding & PR Strategist & Speaker for Women Experts
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Founder Standout Women Media, Personal Branding & PR Strategist & Speaker for Women Experts
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Founder Standout Women Media, Personal Branding & PR Strategist & Speaker for Women Experts

The Hidden Cost of Inaction

You're talented. You're experienced. You've built something incredible. But if the right people don’t see you, how will they ever know the value you and your business bring?

The truth is this...

Opportunities don’t just go to the most skilled, they go to those who are seen, trusted, and known for what they do best. The world’s top experts, founders, and leaders don’t sit back and hope for recognition. They take control of their brand, position themselves with purpose, and attract high-value opportunities for business growth.

What about you?

✔ Are you positioned as a recognized leader or feeling overlooked?

✔ Are you attracting high-value opportunities or chase them?

✔ Are you breaking through obscurity or blending in?

If you’ve ever wondered why others seem to get the clients, funding, media features, and industry recognitions, it’s not because they’re better, its because they're better known. 

No more waiting, standing on the sidelines. It's time to step forward, stand apart and "own your lane" as the only choice in your field.

Visibility is not vanity.

Visibility is being valuable.

Visibility is no longer a "nice to have," it's a need to have for business growth.

Research shows that leaders who build personal brands and strategic visibility for business growth are more trusted, more influential, and more in demand.

77%


Of consumers prefer to buy from a company where executives are active on social media. Weber Shandwick

83%


Of business owners say that a strong personal brand has helped them attract new clients and grow their business. Entrepreneur, 2023

10x


Employees are 10x more likely to engage with a leader who is visible and active online. LinkedIn Research

40%


Of individuals with a strong online presence are more likely to be seen as industry leaders than their non-visible peers. Sprout Social, 2023

50%


Of employees are actively trying to increase their professional visibility. Harvard Business Review

73%


Of employees say they are more likely to stay with a company that encourages personal branding development. Gallup, 2023

"Visibility is important to everyone in all careers in order to advance. Even if you have your own business, visibility is important to stay in business and remain profitable. Whether you work in a laboratory, out in the field or at the headquartered office doing accounting, if no one sees you do it, how does your employer understand your value?”

- University of Phoenix

Michelle B Griffin Personal Branding Speaker, PR Strategist and LinkedIn® Presence Expert

Michelle B Griffin

Keynote Speaker | Personal Brand & PR Strategist | LinkedIn® Visibility Expert | Bestselling Author | 2x Podcaster | Founder, Brand Leaders® | Creator, Own Your Lane® Recognition Roadmap

Michelel B Griffin Personal Branding Speaker, PR Strategist and LinkedIn® Presence Expert
Michelel B Griffin Personal Branding Speaker, PR Strategist and LinkedIn® Presence Expert
Michelle B. Griffin, Personal Brand Strategist

With two decades of executive experience in brand communications, PR, and marketing—from Fortune 500 companies to startups—I’ve seen firsthand how visibility isn’t just nice to have, it’s the key to standing out, earning trust, and creating bigger opportunities for business growth,

As the founder of Brand Leaders® Executive Branding and creator of the Own Your Lane® Recognition Roadmap, I’ve shared this message through media mentions and press features in ForbesEntrepreneur, Inc. and Authority Magazines, as well as on weekly guest appearances on industry podcasts and livestream shows.

Through speaking, advising and training on executive personal branding, LinkedIn and PR strategy for business growth, I equip high-achieving founders, leaders and experts with personalized roadmaps to grow visibility, increase demand, and become the top-of-mind industry authorities.

Whether I’m speaking, training or advising B2B. founders, industry experts or seasoned leaders my mission is simple: helping high-impact professionals get visible, get recognized, and grow authority for their brands and businesses.

Become a Brand Leader With The Own Your Lane® Recognition Roadmap 

Visibility is today's business imperative. I advise B2B leaders and share with audiences my proprietary 4-step Own Your L.A.N.E.® Recognition Roadmap to break out of obscurity, own their unique value, and confidently lead in their industries and businesses.

Clarify and Own Your Unique Value – Define your professional purpose, goals and vision for your bigger vision

Develop a Strategic and Memorable Market Position – Differentiate with your Unique Edge Factor to stand out in competitive spaces.

Communicate with Confidence and Authority – Craft a compelling brand presence, message and LinkedIn profile that gets you noticed.

Leverage Visibility for Growth, Influence, and Impact – Build your strategic publicity & PR tool kit to attract high-value opportunities.

How We Can Work Together

Through speaking, advising and training on personal branding, LinkedIn and PR strategy for business growth with my Brand Leaders consultancy, I love supporting:

B2B Founders & Experts: Position yourself as an industry leader and attract high-value opportunities.

Corporate Leaders & Executives: Elevate your brand presence and thought leadership.

Organizations & Event Planners: Empower professionals to grow their brand and make a bigger impact with keynotes & workshops.

If you're ready to move beyond just being "great at what you do" and start being recognized, sought-after, and top of mind, you’re in the right place.

Keynotes & Speaking: High-impact presentations for conferences and industry events to energize and empower audiences with personal branding, LinkedIn and thought leadership.

LinkedIn Training & Workshops: Interactive learning experiences for organizations, associations, leadership teams and business owners with real-world strategies on positioning, personal branding, messaging, visibility and LinkedIn.

Advisory & Consulting: Strategic insights through my Brand Leaders - Own Your Lane platform to help founders and leaders position themselves at the top of their field to boost growth in revenue, funding, talent, publicity, and market share.

Thought Leadership: Books, podcasts, events and resources to elevate your brand and business with strategic visibility - positioning, personal branding, presence, LinkedIn and PR.

Let's bring you, your team and your audiences the confidence and strategy to be seen, recognized, and chosen for the next level of success.

SOME OF THE events and Brands I've partnered with and presented for...

Michelle B Griffin, PR and Personal Branding Speaker, Educator, Author
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker for Female Founders
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker
Michelle B Griffin, PR and Personal Branding Speaker, Educator, Author
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker
Michelle B Griffin, The Brand Therapist, Personal Branding Consultant, Coach and Speaker

"It was such a pleasure having you as part of our program. We loved your session and found it so informative - especially the approachable way of engaging your presentation. Thanks for your contribution!!

Jennie Daellenbach, Associate Director, Kellogg School of Management


"You were great. Thanks so much for your personal branding presentation. The group will definitely want you back to discuss LinkedIn. They couldn't stop commenting on how the brief time you spent on LinkedIn equates to higher value content than hours long LinkedIn training/webinars they previously took. So bravo!"

Merlinda Comas-Luca, MBA


"Michelle is an excellent speaker and she can engage the audience and encourage them to participate in the discussion. Her personal branding presentation was very useful and practical teaching entrepreneurs how self-branding and the benefits of being known for one thing, I highly recommend Michelle Griffin as a personal branding expert speaker."

Marina Mchedlidze, Founder, ProfitLab

"You have a gift, Michelle. You educate professionals on personal branding better than anyone I know."

- Event Attendee

CLIENT CASE STUDIES

Learn how these clients were transformed after positioning their expertise, and amplifying their authority.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Feedback from clients with my positioning, branding and LinkedIn consulting, events and more.

SPEAKER TESTIMONIALS

As a former conference executive marketing director for two decades, I know what works (and what doesn't) to keep an audience engaged, motivated and inspired to take action. Check out this page for organizer and attendee feedback.

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

I call this my "Wall of Love" page of unsolicited feedback from my community members and connections inspired by my work, empowerment, education, events, content with my personal branding and LinkedIn coaching and consulting.

"Hey, Michelle, it was awesome to meet you at EntreCon yesterday. I loved your presentation and feeling motivated to pitch myself and get more PR. I hope to cross paths again soon."

Lindsay Keeling, MBA, PMP


Own Your Lane and Elevate Your Brand

Read to get visible and get ahead with a personal brand for business growth? Book a get-to-know-you chat on how to up-level you and your group.

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