Michelle Witters

Director of Talent Development Consulting

Strengths: Maximizer, Individualization, Empathy, Belief, Arranger

For over three decades, Michelle Witters has been instrumental in helping individuals, teams and organizations reach their ultimate potential.  Michelle has spent her career passionately pursuing the development of people’s strengths to maximize their personal, professional, and organizational impact.  Combined with her Human Resources experience and success in leading teams, her advice, partnership, and strategic influence have helped companies, teams, and individuals excel.  Whether she is coaching leaders to reach their potential, supporting managers to select and develop the best players on their teams, or consulting with organizations to make the best choices in all parts of their “people” strategies, Michelle drives excellence in all that she does.

Michelle has rejoined Lori Stohs Consulting after serving as the Director of Talent Development at Yogi Tea where she initially spearheaded Talent Acquisition and Development for the organization’s professional staff, including the selection of senior leadership and executives. During her directorship, she successfully led strategic initiatives focused on global wellbeing, leadership development, and engagement, cultivating a thriving culture that empowered employees to excel both personally and professionally. Michelle’s extensive experience and passion for fostering talent make her a valuable asset to the team at Lori Stohs Consulting.

She had also boomeranged back to LSC after working as the Director of Human Resources for one of LSC clients, Think Whole Person Healthcare.  She spent almost five years developing and implementing core HR practices, as well as recruiting, selecting, and developing talented healthcare professionals. She also led change management through employee engagement integration.

Prior to LSC and Think, Michelle comes from a strong background as a Senior Consultant with The Gallup Organization.  There, she was a top performer as an organizational performance consultant, and her impact has been felt and endures inside the world’s best companies and with their most talented employees.

Living with her family in Omaha, Michelle and her husband enjoy spending time supporting their two adult children in their various endeavors. Personally, she enjoys interior design, gardening and fitness.  Michelle received her bachelor’s degree in Advertising and master’s degree in Human Resource Development from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.