Michele Gravelle

Current

• President at Successful Conversations Now!
• Senior Consultant at Interaction Associates
• Consultant at Triad Consulting

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Past

• Executive Director Corporate Education at Vantage Partners
• National Training Director on fine jewelry account at J. Walter Thompson
• Regional Director at N W Ayer

• Regional Manager at World Gold Council
• Professional Development Trainee at International Harvester - Construction Equipment Div.

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Education

• University of Santa Monica
• Arizona State University

Connections

49 connections

Industry

Professional Training & Coaching

Websites

• Difficult Conversations

Michele Gravelle’s Summary

Before building her own organization, Ms. Gravelle was the Director of Corporate Education at Vantage Partners, a consulting firm affiliated with the Harvard Negotiation Project. At Vantage, she partnered with internationally acclaimed thought leaders in the field of negotiation and relationship management. Michele is a contributing author to, Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Path to Leadership.

Michele Gravelle’s Specialties:

Senior level Conversational Coaching, Consulting and Training (I help executives prepare for strategic and challenging conversations)

Michele Gravelle’s Experience

• President

  Successful Conversations Now!

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Successful Conversations Now is a corporate training firm dedicated to assisting individuals in cultivating their leadership capabilities through developing personal mastery of their communication skills.

• Senior Consultant

  Interaction Associates

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — Present (5 years )

  Corporate Training and Consulting Firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco

• Consultant

  Triad Consulting

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  2005 — Present (5 years )

  Authors of the book "Difficult Conversations", affiliated with the Harvard Negotiation Project. www.diffcon.com

• Executive Director Corporate Education

  Vantage Partners

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  1999 — 2004 (5 years )

  Vantage Partners, LLC, Boston, MA 1999 - 2004
  
  Vantage Partners is an international consulting firm affiliated with the Harvard Negotiation Project providing individual and corporate skill building in the areas of negotiation and relationship management.

• National Training Director on fine jewelry account

  J. Walter Thompson

  (Public Company; WPP; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

• Regional Director

  N W Ayer

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  1986 — 1996 (10 years )

• Regional Manager

  World Gold Council

  (Non-Profit; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1982 — 1986 (4 years )

• Professional Development Trainee

  International Harvester - Construction Equipment Div.

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  1980 — 1982 (2 years )

Michele Gravelle’s Education

• University of Santa Monica

  M. A. Psychology , Psychology , 2003 — 2005

• Arizona State University

  B.S. Marketing , Marketing and Int's Business , 1977 — 1980

Additional Information

Michele Gravelle’s Websites:

• Difficult Conversations

Michele Gravelle’s Interests:

corporate professional development in the area of masterful communications, conflict resolution and mediation

Michele Gravelle’s Groups:

The Boston Club, American Society of Training and Development

Michele Gravelle’s Honors:

Contributing author to the book: Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Path to Leadership.

Michele Gravelle’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch