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Michela Quilici, Your Business Navigator
Guiding leaders to clarify their path to growth, so they can overcome business plateaus, elevate their team, and reach new levels of success.
My mission is to ignite leaders to unlock their potential and businesses to grow. In my work and in my life, I am driven by my core values of growth, leadership, intention, freedom, and authenticity.
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can help you adjust your sails, to always reach your destination.”
Grow your business with purpose
You’ve built something real—an idea that’s become a business.
Now you want it to grow with more clarity, ease, and purpose.
But growth can feel messy. You’re making big decisions, wearing too many hats, and trying to see the next move through the noise.
That’s where I come in.
I help business owners, leaders, and teams break through growth plateaus.
Together, we’ll turn what feels stuck into strategy and find clarity in the chaos. I’ll help you chart the path to sustainable growth, align your team around your vision, and lead with the confidence that comes from knowing exactly where you’re headed.
Because your business should grow with you, not at the expense of you.
What you’ll gain
When we work together, you can expect:
- Clarity:Know what matters most and where to focus.
- Strategy:A clear, actionable roadmap for growth.
- Confidence:Tools and insight to lead with calm authority.
- Momentum:Structure and accountability that move ideas into results.
My clients stop spinning their wheels and start leading with intention, creating businesses that are both profitable and fulfilling.
How we’ll work
You don’t need another cookie-cutter plan. You need a strategic partner who sees your blind spots, helps you focus on what moves the needle, simplifies the path forward, and walks beside you as you implement.
With over 20 years of experience guiding entrepreneurs and leaders — from start-ups to multi-million-dollar companies — I combine business growth experience with deep coaching to help you:
- Reignite your business and break through plateaus.
- Build a scalable model with systems and strategies that create profit and peace of mind.
- Develop leadership capacity within yourself, so your business can grow beyond you.
- Elevate your team and align them to your vision.
- Implement your vision and move from firefighting to focused, strategic growth.
You’ll get pragmatic guidance, compassionate accountability, and tools that translate directly into results.
Why this approach works
Real success comes when your strategy and your self-leadership are aligned, so you not only grow your business, you grow yourself as the leader of it.
That’s why I merge business consulting, and strategic advice with transformational coaching, so you build the structures that support growth and the mindset to sustain it.
This blend helps you make better decisions, communicate with more influence, and stay centered in fast-changing times.
My clients often tell me I’m their mirror, their co-pilot, their therapist and their sounding board — the one who helps them cut through the noise and reconnect to what truly matters.
I bring a mix of left-brain business acumen and right-brain intuition, honed from years of working with hundreds of high-performing founders, CEOs, and leadership teams across industries.
You’ll get clear, actionable strategies grounded in what actually works, with the heart, humanity, and honesty that real growth requires.
You’re next level
Maybe you’re scaling from six to seven figures.
Maybe you’re ready to step out of the day-to-day and into visionary leadership.
Maybe you’re craving alignment, to grow in a way that feels authentic and soul-satisfying.
Wherever you are, you don’t have to do it alone.
Together, we’ll design a business that fuels your success and your wellbeing — without the chaos. A business that aligns with who you are and where you’re going.
Because growth isn’t just about doing more, it’s about becoming more of who you truly are.
About Michela
I’m Michela Quilici, business growth strategist, self-leadership coach, and your partner in purposeful growth.
For 20+ years I’ve helped founders, CEOs, and teams move from overdrive to alignment, from confusion to clarity, and from stagnation to scalable success.
My background spans entrepreneurship, start-up leadership, and even professional Flamenco dance—where I learned the art of presence, courage and authentic expression. I bring that same blend of precision and passion to every client partnership.
💡Imagine having a compass and a seasoned guide to navigate business plateaus. That’s exactly what I offer. Together, we co-create a roadmap to re-align your vision, strategy, tactics and team.
My clients find clarity and confidence, get unstuck, lead with intention and go from good enough to thriving, as we navigate the crossroads of your next level of personal and business growth, together. Read Client Results.
Professional Highlights
- Founder, Ladies Who Lead Global Community and the Lead Beyond Limits movement
- 5x International Bestselling contributing author in the books: Conscious Business, and Voices of the 21st Century (4 editions).
- Creator and Host of the Q Your Business Success Podcast
- Co-creator of the Global Business Connector Program with Women Speakers Association
- Official Member of Forbes Coaches Council and Contributor at Forbes.com
- Award-Winning Executive Managing Director of the Vancouver Chapter of eWomenNetwork
- Higher Education Instructor at Capilano University Vancouver and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Featured in USA Weekly, Canadian Living Magazine, Business In Vancouver, Business Innovators, WSA TV, & more
- Led the marketing team for one of Canada’s fastest growing companies named by Profit 100 Magazine
- Awards and accolades: Influence digest + Top 15 Coaches in Amsterdam, Excellence Awards Speaker of the Year: Business Growth & Self-Leadership, Winner Web Marketing Award, Winner International eWomenNetwork Social Media Engagement Award, Official Honoree Webby Award, Finalist Tammy Moyer Woman of Worth Award, RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Nominee, Summit Creative Award: Gold.
Juicy Personal Facts
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I’m passionate about helping people be seen and heard for who they truly are. A fire fueled by my own journey of stepping out from hiding in plain sight.
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I guide mission-driven entrepreneurs and leaders to create game-changing success without losing themselves in the process, because authenticity isn’t optional; it’s everything.
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I’m proudly Italian, which means I talk with my hands, love to cook (and eat!) with joy, and believe in balancing hard work with deep nourishment.
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At 30, I discovered Flamenco. With extreme performance anxiety, and no dance background, just courage and curiosity. It became one of my greatest teachers in confidence, presence, and expression.
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I’m a highly sensitive introvert who finds my recharge in stillness, sunshine, and the rhythm of nature.
- I bought a one-way ticket to Europe; no plan, just a vision and the courage to follow it.
Ready to grow beyond limits?
If you’re ready to:
- Reignite your business and your leadership,
- Create a plan that feels aligned and achievable,
- And grow in a way that fuels both success and fulfillment
Let’s start the conversation.
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