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Meet Michela

Speaker of the Year Award 2025

I’m deeply humbled to share that I’ve been selected as the recipient of the Speaker of the Year Award 2025 – Business Growth & Self-Leadership, presented by the Excellence Awards as part of Dr. Yasemin Yazan LLC.

This recognition means a great deal to me as it reflects the work I’ve been privileged to do over the past 15 years in supporting leaders and businesses on their growth journeys. My passion lies in helping leaders gain clarity, focus, and results through self-leadership and thoughtful strategy, and it’s truly an honor to be recognized in this way.

The Nominations Team at the Excellence Awards conducted a thorough review of all nominees, and I’m sincerely grateful to have been chosen. I owe so much to the incredible people who have supported and inspired me along the way—thank you for your encouragement and trust.

This award is a reminder of the responsibility I carry to continue using my voice to help others unlock their potential and achieve their goals. Thank you again to Dr. Yasemin Yazan LLC and the Excellence Awards for this honor!

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About Michela Quilici

Michela Quilici is a Business Growth Strategist, Self-Leadership Coach, international bestselling author, and award-winning entrepreneur. For over 25 years, she has partnered with ambitious founders and CEOs—from early-stage ventures to 8-figure businesses, globally, to break through growth plateaus with clarity, confidence, and direction.


Known as a Business Navigator, Michela creates strategic roadmaps that align the business model, the operational systems, and the leader behind the business, blending sharp commercial insight with deep self-leadership to drive sustainable growth.


A professionally trained Flamenco dancer for over a decade, Michela helps speakers and dancers reconnect with their embodied presence, inner compass, and authentic expression. Michela is also the founder of Ladies Who Lead Global, an International movement of professional women with a mindset of leading beyond limits. Her work has been featured in Forbes, USA Weekly, and Canadian Living Magazine. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, the official Speaker Coach for TEDxVUAmsterdam, and named Top 15 Coaches in Amsterdam.