Michelle Maldonado

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Founder & President of Lucenscia LLC

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Michelle Maldonado Biography

Michelle Maldonado is Founder and CEO of Lucenscia (pronounced loo-SENSE-see-ah), a firm dedicated to human flourishing and mindful business transformation. She is an internationally certified mindfulness and emotional intelligence teacher and practitioner with the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, Genos International and GolemanEI, respectively.

Maldonado is a former corporate and tech attorney turned business leader who understands diverse industry sectors, mission, and service. She is passionate about learning, helping elevate human consciousness and alleviating suffering in the world. Her work focuses on personal and professional leadership development at the pivotal intersection of mindfulness, unconscious bias, emotional intelligence, authenticity, and compassion, nestled on a solid foundation of neuroscience and research and taught through an equity lens to help leaders do their inner work to create positive and sustainable outer impact.

Maldonado serves as Senior Faculty for 1440 Multiversity's Leadership Center, founding faculty for Daniel Goleman's Inaugural Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certification program and Senior Fellow with Bill George's True North Leadership program, co-teaching with Bill George (former CEO of Medtronic) and Scott Kriens (Chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks). She also is lead curriculum designer and teacher for the United Nation Foundation's Peace On Purpose (PoP) program taught worldwide.

Maldonado is a highly, sought-after keynote speaker, thought leader, coach, and strategist collaborating with government agencies, corporations, non-profits/NGOs and higher-ed communities around the world helping to make workplaces and world spaces more human through leadership presence, performance and impact.

As a result of her work, Maldonado has been recognized among the “12 Powerful Women in the Mindfulness Movement" (U.S. 2020), as “Woman of The Year,” “Top Corporate Leader," and was inducted into the Golden Key International Honour Society for her holistic approach to cultivating leadership presence, compassion, well-being and performance impact. Her work has been featured in conference venues and publications including, the DQ Institute in association with the World Economic Forum, United Nations Global Engagement Summit, Human Capital Institute, the Mindful Leader Summit, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, Training Magazine, Leadership Excellence, Huff Post, and Thrive Global.

Maldonado also recently was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates where proudly represents the residents of the 50th District.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/30/2024.

Michelle Maldonado Speaking Topics

  • Lessons from the Floor: The Power of Politics & The Politics of Power

    In this keynote, I share observations, insights, lessons learned, and a vision for hope, change, and the future based on my time in the Virginia House of Delegates while serving in both the Minority and the Majority.

    I offer a roadmap to bridge the divide not just in our Chambers but across our organizations, communities & governments to lower the rhetoric, extend compassion with accountability, and find common ground for the greater good.

  • Leadership Perils, Pitfalls, & Booby Traps

    Lessons from the field as a former technology lawyer and business leader. How leadership has changed post-COVID and how we are called to lead across generational, gender, cultural & diverse identify groups to fuel innovation, enable competitiveness, and ensure scalability and profitability.

  • The Mindful Leader & the Power of Presence

    This keynote explores the qualities of a modern, mindful leader, how the qualities transcend circumstances, and how the characteristics enable success and high performance across industry sectors, mission, culture, and climate.

Michelle Maldonado Videos

  • Michelle Maldonado: Compassion as a Superpower - YouTube
    Michelle Maldonado is the founder and CEO of Lucenscia, a firm dedicated to human flourishing and mindful business transformation.
  • Mindful Leadership: A Conversation between Tara Brach and ...
    Michelle Maldonado is a brilliant teacher of mindful leadership, and she embodies the compassion and skillfulness she invites forward in ...
  • Michelle Maldonado - What it Means to "Lead Awake" - YouTube
    In this interactive webinar from 2020, mindfulness teacher Michelle Maldonado discusses how we can use emotional awareness practices, ...

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Michelle Maldonado is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Lessons from the Floor: The Power of Politics & The Politics of Power, Leadership Perils, Pitfalls, & Booby Traps and The Mindful Leader & the Power of Presence. The estimated speaking fee range to book Michelle Maldonado for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Michelle Maldonado generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Kristie Kennedy, Jason Young, Jenn Lim, Julie Rasmussen and Cassandra Worthy. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Michelle Maldonado for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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