Michelle McBride is a strategic leader with broad expertise in talent, leadership development and organizational learning. Throughout her career she has consistently built high-performing teams, designed and delivered innovative leadership programs, coached senior leaders and worked with C-suite executives to achieve strategic talent objectives.
A member of Spencer Stuart’s Leadership Advisory Services, Michelle is skilled in executive development, leadership coaching, talent strategy, organizational learning, program design and facilitation, and performance improvement. Renowned for her effective interpersonal and communication skills and her insightful guidance, Michelle excels at executing high-quality results within complex organizational environments. She is passionate about leveraging technology, analytics and human-centered design to modernize learning.
Strategic and innovative leadership, talent and organizational development
- As head of executive development at Salesforce, Michelle designed and delivered signature leadership experiences for top-talent senior executives in succession-critical roles, directly strengthening the company’s succession pipeline. These programs – recognized externally for their excellence and impact – accelerated readiness for key leadership transitions while improving executive retention, engagement and performance.
- At McBride Consulting Group, her independent leadership and talent development practice, Michelle partnered with Fortune 500 and nonprofit clients to design and deliver enterprise learning strategies, executive coaching and senior team development. Her work strengthened leadership pipelines, enhanced executive and team performance, and aligned directly to clients’ strategic talent priorities.
- Over a long career at Accenture, Michelle held global talent leadership roles during a period of significant organizational growth and transformation. She led the company’s flagship global executive development program for senior leaders and partnered with executives on talent strategy, succession planning and key leadership development initiatives.
Michelle holds a Master of Science in organizational development from Loyola University Chicago and is a Northwestern University-certified executive coach. She has further certifications and accreditations in Hogan Assessment, Hogan 360, Gallup Certified Strengths, Human Synergistics Perceptive Communications Styles and Tracom Social Style Self-Perception.