Speaking
Speaking with Dr. V
(Michelle Vazzana, PhD)
Practical emotional clarity and high-performance systems, delivered with energy and credibility.
Over 100 keynotes and sessions for conferences, Fortune 500 companies, and high-growth teams. I’m now bringing the same research-built, systems approach to emotional clarity and decision quality.
What I Do On Stage
Speaking Style
Passionate, engaging, highly influential presence
Clear ideas in plain language
Interactive: short micro-practices your audience tries in the room
Interactive: short micro-practices your audience tries in the room
No fluff: real stories, focused on outcomes
Proven, Research-backed Sales Talks
Each can be a 30–60 minute keynote or a 75–90 minute interactive session. Virtual options available.
The Sales Agility Code: Situational Fluency That Wins Deals
Leverages
The Sales Agility Code
Promise
Audience
Your Audience Will:
- Identify common selling situations and the traps that derail them
- Select approaches that fit the context instead of defaulting to habit
- Run a simple pre-call clarity ritual that improves presence and outcomes
- In-room Practice: Two situational drills and a rapid deal debrief template
Managers as Force Multipliers: Coaching Systems That Scale Performance
Leverages
Promise
Turn front-line managers into the engine of capability and consistent execution.
Audience
Front-line managers, enablement, senior sales leadership
Your Audience Will:
Sellers, sales leaders, revenue teams
- Focus on controllable activities that drive agreed objectives and results
- Use a simple cadence for 1:1s and field coaching that builds skill fast
- Diagnose patterns and coach to needs and commitments, not just numbers
- In-room Practice: 1:1 agenda template and a five-question coaching loop
Execution That Sticks: A Sales Operating System for Growth
Leverages
Promise
Audience
Your Audience Will:
- Link activities, objectives, and results so teams focus where it matters
- Build an operating rhythm that keeps pipeline, forecasting, and coaching in sync
- Measure what moves outcomes and retire noise
- In-room Practice: Operating-rhythm checklist and a 30-day rollout plan
Now Booking: The New Direction
I am bringing the same research and systems building approach to emotional regulation and emotional clarity. These sessions translate the Feel First Framework™ into tools for high performers.
Choice skills in the moment: reduce reactivity and improve decisions under pressure.
Values that guide decisions when stakes are high.
Your Audience Will Learn to
Notice early body cues and name the emotion with precision
Choose one wise action that moves the work forward today
Align with real need and values before responding
In-room practice: A 90-second micro-check-in to use before tough conversations
Who It’s For
Conferences and summits: leadership, sales, enablement, growth, personal development
Executive offsites and all-hands
Women in midlife and career transition groups
University and professional programs
Credibility At a Glance
- 100+ speaking engagements
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Recurring speaker: Gartner CSO &
Sales Leader Conference -
Speaker at ATD, Training Industry, The Sales
Management Association, The Revenue
Enablement Society, and LTEN -
Three McGraw Hill books: Cracking the Sales
Management Code, Crushing Quota, The Sales
Agility Code -
Keynotes and private briefings for
Fortune 500 organizations
Formats and Logistics
Keynotes
30, 45, or 60 minutes
Interactive Sessions and Workshops
75–90 minutes or half-day
Virtual Webinars
45–60 minutes
Q&A
10–15 minutes optional
AV and Room
Handheld or lav mic; confidence monitor if available; HDMI to house; timer view preferred.
Interactivity
One or two micro-practices; optional handout or QR code to a one-page guide.
Customization
Pre-event call to align on audience, outcomes, and success measures.
What Organizers Say
Clear, practical, and instantly useful. Our leaders were trying the tools that afternoon.”
— SVP
Fortune 500 technology company
Engaging and grounded. She turned complex science into simple steps our teams could use.”
