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Michelle Mills-Porter is a world-class speaker who transforms the way organisations understand, communicate with and elevate their people.
A multi-award-winning former CEO, tsunami survivor and one of the UK’s leading authorities on human behaviour, collaboration and cultural transformation, she delivers keynotes and workshops that are emotionally powerful, deeply insightful and immediately actionable.
Her journey into human behaviour began in the most extreme circumstances imaginable. Surviving the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and witnessing humanity at its most instinctive, with compassion, collaboration without hierarchy and people stepping into their best selves, reshaped her life’s work. This experience became the foundation of her mission: helping individuals and teams understand themselves and each other more deeply to perform at their best.
As the Creator of The People Reader suite of behavioural frameworks, including ESSENCE, CLARITY and RAPID RAPPORT, Michelle distils two decades of research into practical, memorable tools that improve communication, strengthen relationships and elevate leadership. Her frameworks provide teams with the language, insight and behavioural awareness needed to resolve conflict, build trust, work inclusively and achieve high performance without formal profiling.
Michelle’s specialist subjects include collaboration, connection, communication, behavioural intelligence, inclusive leadership, psychological safety, high-performing teams and cultural transformation. Her keynotes blend compelling storytelling with practical insight, leaving audiences inspired, reflective and ready to take action.
Having served as National President of the Professional Speaking Association UK & Ireland, Michelle is also a proven transformational leader who rebuilds trust, unites communities and inspires cultural renewal.
Whether speaking to senior leaders at global organisations or audiences at international summits, she delivers experiences that don’t just inspire, they shift behaviour, strengthen culture and ignite human potential.
This keynote invites the audience into the heart of what truly brings people together. It’s not theory, and it’s not corporate cliché – it’s a compelling exploration of human behaviour drawn from Michelle’s rare, real-world insights into how people unite under pressure, purpose and shared experience.
With captivating storytelling and profound emotional intelligence, Michelle reveals what happens when communication becomes instinctive, connection becomes genuine and collaboration becomes unstoppable. Audiences leave with a new understanding of what ignites collective strength – and how to recreate that spark in every team, every relationship and every organisation they touch.
This masterclass distils Michelle’s most powerful work on non-verbal communication, behavioural cues and human dynamics into one extraordinary experience. With captivating insight and uncanny accuracy, she reveals how much we can understand about someone long before they speak – from body language and micro-expressions to the roles they gravitate toward and the language they instinctively use.
Audiences discover the subtle signals that unlock instant rapport, deepen trust and transform everyday interactions. It’s practical, mind-opening and unforgettable, offering delegates the rare ability to read people with confidence and to adapt their communication with ease. Optional cheat sheets can extend the learning with tailored guidance on motivating, diffusing, negotiating, rewarding and leading different behaviour types.
This keynote uncovers the human truths that shape whether people feel they belong. Through powerful storytelling and sharp behavioural insight, Michelle shows how inclusive leadership sparks cultural transformation – not through grand statements, but through everyday actions that help people feel seen, heard and valued.
It’s an eye-opening, uplifting session that gives leaders a deeper understanding of what truly unlocks collective brilliance.
This keynote reveals what really happens when people feel safe enough to speak, question and contribute without fear. Drawing on profound insights into human behaviour, Michelle shows how psychological safety is not a luxury – it’s the spark that ignites innovation, trust and high-performing teams.
With captivating storytelling and practical wisdom, she illustrates how behavioural intelligence helps leaders recognise unspoken dynamics and create environments where people dare to bring their brightest thinking. It’s enlightening, empowering, and leaves audiences seeing their culture through an entirely new lens.
This keynote uncovers the human alchemy behind teams that don’t just function – they thrive. Through captivating real-world storytelling and deep behavioural insight, Michelle reveals what sparks trust, sharpens communication and turns individual strengths into collective momentum.
She shows how high performance isn’t built on pressure, but on understanding, alignment and the energy people create together. Audiences leave inspired, clearer-eyed, and ready to cultivate teams that perform at their peak with purpose and passion.
IOSH invited Michelle to deliver an inspirational speech at its annual conference for volunteers. Her professionalism was heralded from the outset when she requested time to explore the aims of the conference prior to the event. Michelle then very ably tailored her presentation to meet the event’s aspirations. The effect was breath-taking and highly effective. Her speech and support to the ensuing workshop was exceptional and the feedback was that it had greatly enriched delegate’s experience. Fantastic!
Michelle came to speak as part of a Leading Edge programme that my company runs. Her talk sharing her traumatic, life-changing experience had the whole audience totally enthralled and the lessons she shared based on this experience are so valuable in any setting. Michelle is so engaging, authentic and her genuine love for humanity shines through. Her story has stayed with me since and been as inspiration, I would highly recommend Michelle for your next team inspiration day – you can only benefit from meeting her and hearing her incredible story.
