At ENGAGE Leadership & Impact, we help high-performing individuals, leaders and teams close the identity gap that slows cohesion, decision-making, and execution — so culture becomes an advantage, not a burden.
Most leaders don’t struggle because they lack ideas — they struggle because their identity hasn’t kept pace with their ambition. This gap shows up as fractured leadership, slow decisions, cultural drag, and inconsistent execution.
We flip that script and create:
• Stronger leadership cohesion
• Clear cultural language
• Faster decision making
• Reduced internal friction
• Systems that give back time
At Engage Leadership & Impact, we help turn potential into purpose and purpose into profit with solutions that are both practical and transformative. We empower individuals, teams, and organizations to lead confidently, communicate effectively, and make a lasting impact. Explore our tailored offerings to see how we can support you in achieving your goals.
This engagement is designed for organizations navigating expansion, transition, or increasing complexity.
We work alongside a limited number of clients each year to close the identity gap between ambition and execution; strengthening cohesion, clarifying standards, and installing the cultural language and operational structures required for sustainable performance.
This is architecture work designed to create lasting structural clarity, not temporary momentum.
Engagements are intentionally limited to ensure depth, focus, and meaningful partnership.
Leadership Intensives are designed to diagnose friction, clarify identity, and reset standards in a concentrated format. These sessions provide strategic clarity and immediate direction for leaders navigating growth, transition, or internal misalignment.
Common intensive outcomes include:
Michele and C-D deliver keynote presentations and leadership sessions designed to diagnose identity gaps, clarify culture, and create momentum in executive rooms. These engagements move beyond inspiration — equipping leaders with a structured framework for strengthening cohesion, accelerating decisions, and sustaining performance.
At ENGAGE Leadership & Impact, we help leaders and teams close the identity gap between where they are and where they want to go. Our work sits at the intersection of identity, culture, and execution.
Creating clarity that strengthens cohesion, accelerates decision-making, and elevates performance.
At ENGAGE Leadership & Impact, we believe leadership challenges are rarely about effort, they are about identity.
Growth introduces complexity. Vision expands. Teams scale. Standards evolve. Without intentional recalibration, identity lags behind ambition, and culture absorbs the resulting friction.
Our work focuses on closing that gap.
We partner with leaders to clarify who they are at this stage of growth, define the standards their next level requires, and install the cultural language and operational structures that reinforce those standards daily.
We do not offer surface-level solutions or one-size-fits-all systems. Every engagement is designed to meet leaders where they are and architect the identity, cohesion, and clarity necessary for sustainable performance.
When identity is clear:
Leadership cohesion strengthens
Decisions accelerate
Culture stabilizes
Systems simplify
Growth becomes sustainable
This is not motivational work.
It is structural work.
Michele Young is a strategist and advisor who works with high-performing leaders and growth-driven organizations navigating the tension between ambition and execution.
She partners with founders, executives, and leadership teams to identify what’s creating friction beneath the surface; clarifying identity, strengthening cohesion, refining standards, and simplifying the systems that shape culture. Her work helps leaders move from scattered effort to aligned momentum, creating environments where decisions accelerate, values are lived, and performance feels sustainable rather than strained.
Known for her ability to see what others miss, Michele brings both strategic clarity and grounded perspective to complex leadership dynamics. She believes high performance and strong culture are not competing priorities and that when leaders know who they are and operate from clear standards, everything becomes more cohesive and easier to sustain.
C-D. Young brings over two decades of hands-on leadership experience grounded in execution, accountability, and team performance. He works with leaders and organizations to translate vision into disciplined action; strengthening standards, clarifying expectations, and building teams that move with cohesion and purpose.
With a background in building high-performance environments, C-D. understands what it takes to operationalize culture beyond conversation. His approach emphasizes decisive leadership, clear communication, and consistent follow-through, ensuring that growth is not only envisioned, but executed.
Known for his direct leadership style and commitment to raising standards, C-D. helps teams move from intention to implementation, creating momentum that lasts.
To influence positive, sustainable change across entire communities by unlocking their inherent strengths and amplifying their collective impact. We believe in empowering every leader, every team, and every organization to become a force for lasting transformation.
The creation of authentic, meaningful relationships between team members, students, and families, fostering a sense of unity and mutual respect in our community
A strong belief in positive outcomes with a tenacious attitude towards challenges, obstacles, and objections.
Our commitment to frequently and sincerely express appreciation for the contributions of others, fostering a culture of acknowledgement and mutual respect.
Our genuine passion for our work, embodying the true happiness and fulfillment we derive from our contributions and successes.
Our deliberate commitment to enable and uplift every individual, fostering a culture where everyone feels valued, capable, and driven to succeed.
Our commitment to pioneering new ideas and strategies in our leadership approach, fostering a culture that values creativity, forward-thinking, and transformative influence.
Upholding the truth in all interactions, fostering a culture of transparency, integrity, and trust.
Book a strategic call to explore how ENGAGE can help you clarify identity, strengthen culture, and accelerate execution.
michele@engageleadership.org
Las Vegas, NV
We diagnose identity gaps and architect culture standards that create sustainable results, not just skills or behaviors that fit the current buzz in an industry.
Through strategic advisory, intensives, and implementation partnerships tailored to the growth stage and identity needs of a leader or team.
ENGAGE is designed for high-performing leaders and growth-driven organizations experiencing expansion, transition, or increased complexity.
This work is especially valuable when:
Leadership teams feel friction or misalignment
Decisions are slowing as growth increases
Culture feels heavier than it should
Values are defined but not consistently lived
Performance is strong, but sustainability feels uncertain
We partner best with leaders who are ready to raise standards, take ownership of identity, and invest in long-term clarity.
