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Michelle Gielan is a bestselling author, positive psychology expert, and former CBS News anchor using science-backed strategies to spark sustainable happiness and measurable business results.
Michelle Gielan is a leading voice in the science of positive psychology, and her work has helped global organizations ignite lasting change through the power of optimism, resilience, and positive communication. A former national news anchor turned happiness researcher, Michelle merges storytelling with data to transform company culture and performance. She is also well-known for her keynote and motivational speaking. Michelle Gielan is available to be booked for corporate and private events. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Michelle Gielan’s fees.
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Before Michelle Gielan became one of the top 10 authors on resilience as named by Harvard Business Review, she was anchoring The CBS Morning News. But after years of delivering stories of conflict and tragedy, Michelle made a bold pivot: she left the anchor desk to pursue a master’s degree in Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and dedicate her life to studying how positivity fuels success.
Today, she is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change, the Executive Producer of the PBS special The Happiness Advantage, and a featured professor in Oprah’s Happiness course. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, FORBES, The New York Times, and more.
Michelle’s research is centered around one powerful idea: when we cultivate a resilient, optimistic mindset, every key business outcome improves. From reducing stress to increasing sales and boosting engagement, Michelle has developed science-based strategies to help organizations thrive.
Her studies—conducted in partnership with Stanford, Yale, and industry leaders—have demonstrated measurable shifts in employee performance, well-being, and communication. That’s why companies like Google, Microsoft, HP, Marriott, AT&T, and Boston Children’s Hospital rely on her insights to spark positive change.
With a compelling blend of research, heart, and humor, Michelle shows audiences how to strategically reframe stress, communicate more effectively, and build teams rooted in positivity. Her presentations are filled with practical tools and inspiring stories that leave people feeling empowered and ready to lead change—starting with their mindset.
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Michelle’s mission is simple but powerful: create influential leaders at every level by turning optimism into action. Her proven research shows that fueling a positive, resilient mindset in others increases employee well-being and drives every single business outcome: 25% greater performance ratings, 31% higher productivity, 37% higher sales, and 23% lower stress. If you’re looking to strengthen company culture, boost morale, and create sustainable success—Michelle Gielan is the speaker to make it happen.
A mindset hijacked by stress is one of the biggest barriers to high performance for leaders and their teams, yet new research shows 91% of people could improve their default response to stress using simple, proven habits. The antidote to the weight of change, uncertainty, and non-stop demands is building a resilient, optimistic mindset.
In one of the largest studies on stress, Michelle has identified the three major dimensions of your response to stress that predict your well-being and performance. In a separate landmark study done in partnership with Stanford and Yale, her team trained executives at UBS to rethink their relationship with stress. Four weeks later, that group reported a 23% decrease in stress-related symptoms including headaches, backaches, and fatigue. Drawing from that work and numerous other studies, Michelle will train your audience to identify stress response pitfalls that waste energy and leave us stuck, use unavoidable stress to boost their performance, develop simple habits to be more resilient and optimistic in mere minutes, and cultivate interconnected teams with cultures of high performance, optimism, and sustainable resilience.
We often overestimate the impact our life circumstances have on our happiness and success. New research shows 90% of our long-term success is predicted not by our external circumstances, but by how we process the world around us.
So what is the scientific key to our success? Optimism: the belief that challenges are temporary, and if we take action, we can improve our circumstances. Optimists are historically more successful – not to mention they experience more joy achieving their goals!
Michelle has conducted research with people in the wake of everything from small setbacks to life-changing events, and she has identified the hallmarks of an optimistic mindset that lead to more energy, better health, greater wealth, and significantly less stress. During this interactive session, Michelle shares the strategies for raising our personal optimism quotient, responding to challenges more effectively, and channeling this new mindset into tangible success.
In our corporate culture, it can sometimes be difficult to be both female and positive without fear of being perceived as “pollyannish” or out of touch with reality. Michelle shatters the misconceptions about positive leadership using science to show how to avoid prejudice and change the mindsets of those around you to drive success.
She describes funny and poignant stories from her time as one of the top female media professionals, as well as from her work with influential female executives at companies including Google, Microsoft, and Bank of America. In this talk, Michelle reveals how to cultivate rational optimism, change the social script using verbal and nonverbal cues, guide the negative towards the positive, and be perceived as a strong, deep, and optimistic female leader.
Effective, positive communication is the single biggest driver of success at work. New research in the fields of neuroscience and positive psychology is showing the incredible ripple effect positive communication can have on employee engagement, productivity, and happiness.
After spending years as a national CBS News anchor broadcasting to millions and receiving an advanced degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Positive Psychology, Michelle developed simple, yet proven techniques for positive communication that drive individual and team success for quantifiable results. She trains professionals to inoculate their brains against stress and negativity, praise effectively, get others to adopt a more resilient mindset, and shift the culture at work to create a talent-enhancing environment.
“Michelle Gielan had us at hello with her infectious smile and energetic personality. But it was the practical ways we can put the research and ideas she shared that had everyone buzzing. Some attendees said they were skeptical at first ‘here’s another think positive speaker,’ but left very impressed and motivated by Michelle’s message. One of our best speakers ever.” – Gary Vahn, SVP, Sales & Marketing, Mighty Auto Parts
“Michelle exceeded expectations and really reinforced the message we wanted to deliver to our attendees. This aided greatly in achieving our goal of setting the tone for a positive convention where minds were open to learning new ideas and attendees left inspired to accomplish more with their businesses.” – President, United Real Estate
“Michelle Gielan is one of the brightest stars in positive psychology and an eloquent champion for rethinking the way we communicate—at work, in our lives, and especially in the media. In Broadcasting Happiness, she draws on the latest science and her own experience in the news business to passionately argue that by telling more positive stories and giving the full picture of what’s actually happening in our world, we can create a ripple effect that can truly make a difference in people’s lives.” – Arianna Huffington, Editor-In-Chief, Huffington Post
“Michelle, Thank you for your participation this year’s seminar. I got the feedback from the participants that your session was very successful this year. All 38 attendees from Korea went back home last Friday with a big smile!” – KPMG
We are all broadcasters. As managers, colleagues, parents and friends, we are constantly transmitting information to the people around us, and the messages we choose to broadcast create success or hold us back.
What's your broadcast?
New research from the fields of positive psychology and neuroscience shows that small shifts in the way we communicate can create big ripple effects on business and educational outcomes, including 31 percent higher productivity, 25 percent better performance ratings, 37 percent higher sales, and 23 percent lower levels of stress.
In Broadcasting Happiness, Michelle Gielan, former national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, shows you how changing your broadcast changes your power by sharing jaw-dropping stories and incredible research.
Learn Michelle's simple research-based communication habits that have been featured in her PBS program Inspire Happiness and Oprah's 21 Days to Happiness class.
Changing your broadcast can change your life, your success, and the lives of others around you. Broadcasting Happiness will show you how!
Broadcasting Happiness will help you:
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