Shifting From Manager to Coach Luncheon and Seminar

Speaker: Melissa D. White, MBA

Executive Leadership & Life Coach| Author | Professor | International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Topic: Shifting From Manager To Coach:
Learn to lead as a coach, not a manager, to
improve communication, culture, and
retention

Description:
You were promoted to Manager, but are you
prepared to Coach your team to high level
results? Get the tools you need to unlock your
team’s untapped resources, productivity, and
inner leadership by learning how to shift from
manager and lead like a coach. Coaching is
more than a function of HR. It is a partnership
approach to a thought-provoking and creative
guided process to maximize personal and
professional potential.

Learning Objectives:
1. How to redefine Coaching as a collaborative
relationship for leadership development
2. The 4 Core Competencies of Coaching and
how to apply them to your onsite and executive
teams
3. How to incorporate coaching practices into
your management and leadership style
4. Communication tools to effectively follow up
on team goals for measurable results
5. Reduce turnover, improve inclusive culture,
and retain top talent through coaching over
managing

Bio:

With over 20 years of multifamily experience in leasing, operations, and training, she is
now the CEO & Principal Coach of Activation Coaching International™ powered by The
Activation Hour® with the mission to give a voice to the unseen and unheard at work
and in the world through coaching, speaking, and media. Her ACI Institute certifies
leaders to shift from manager to coach inside of their organizations and to build their
personal platforms and brands of impact and influence.
As a Certified Executive Leadership & Life Coach, she has coached hundreds of
leaders to "be seen and heard at work and in the world.”

Melissa is a past recipient of The Alexandra Jackiw Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship
and has served on various NAA committees, such as the Curriculum Committee and
NAA Diversity Task Force. Specializing in learning and development, leasing training,
and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, she is a member of the Atlanta
Apartment Association and the Georgia Chapter of the International Coaching
Federation.

As a humanitarian, Melissa is the Founder of Writing Our Wrongs, Inc., a non-profit
organization with the mission of activating the voices of youth for social justice and anti-
bullying. She lends her voice and global outreach to countries such as India, Uganda,
The Bahamas, and Ghana as well as consultancy with domestic and international
organizations.

As an influential voice and thought leader, she is a media contributor featured in
HuffPost, Thrive Global, and Host of The Activation Hour and Professional Faith
Podcast.