In addition to her private practice, Ms. Lane has served as in-house counsel for multiple businesses, where she not only handled issues relating to employment matters, but also participated in all of their major business decisions, including strategic planning and budgeting. She has served on boards of directors and executive staff for profit and nonprofit organizations, and as sales executive for IBM, Honeywell Information Systems, and ROLM Corporation. Having developed policies for companies in industries ranging from software to healthcare, she is deeply familiar with the workplace infrastructure of a successful business and the practicalities involved in keeping organizations profitable and employees engaged and effective.

Michele S. Lane brings to her clients more than 30 years of experience in business, law, conflict transformation, leadership development, and executive coaching. As founder of The Lane Alliance, she provides uniquely specialized consultation services that build on her mastery of management, leadership, and executive skills in workplace conflicts, including their legal implications and impact on business environments and operations.

As an effective communicator Michele thoughtfully balances active listening with caring, compassionate straight talk to demonstrate thorough understanding of a situation before recommending a course of action. She has an insightful, dynamic, and courageous approach to untangling the complexities of conflict to positively transform situations where entrenched perspectives, attitudes and behaviors disrupt effective business and relationship outcomes. Her ability to understand and identify root causes of conflict creates the opening for Michele to apply innovative methods of conflict transformation that benefits both individuals and organizations.

An incisive assessor of human behavior, Michele takes a compassionate approach to accommodate the goals of individuals embroiled in conflict while holding a neutral stance. She moves quickly and fairly to achieve balanced, pragmatic approach to improving organization, team, and individual performance.

As a pragmatic problem solver, Michele effectively assesses complex problems to develop outcomes that positively impact the functionality and prosperity of an organization. She is able to stay with seeming intractable problems to achieve powerful, high impact results. She also recognizes when specific efforts to solve problems are outworn or no longer serve their intended purpose.

Michele seeks and consolidates multiple points of view, providing guidance on how to reinvigorate creative approaches to potential solutions. Her ability to harnesses the energy of positivity to inspire deep change and transformation inspires other to move beyond their challenges and/or limiting beliefs to focus on achieving their life vision.

This unique combination skills and abilities is essentials to achieving outcomes that benefit the entire organization and make Michele the right choice for any organization or individual seeking to create positive change.

Michele Lane received her law degree in 1984 and practiced law in a variety of legal disciplines until 1993 when she focused her practice on employment law. In addition to her law degree, she is a certified mediator, certified in the MBTI assessment and has obtained advanced training in Organizational and Relationship System Coaching, Conflict Resolution Training at Pepperdine University, Mediation Training at Pepperdine University, and other innovative programs that deal in mediation, conflict resolution, leadership, workplace culture, and systems design and change.

A Workplace for Profitable Business
In addition to her private practice, Michele has served as in-house counsel for multiple businesses, served on boards of directors and executive staff for profit and nonprofit organizations and has coached CEOs, board members, executives, teams. She has also served as a court mediator, private mediator and worked with companies to identify and transform conflicts. Michele is deeply familiar with the workplace infrastructure of a successful business and the practicalities involved in keeping organizations profitable and employees engaged and effective.

A Workplace for Exceptional Talent
The Lane Alliance provides services for leaders, executives, managers, and other valuable team members who want direction in effective communication, guidance in leadership, and the capability to transform conflict, creating a positive work environment as well as a meaningful work-life balance for the individual. Michele’s comprehensive background enables her to view leadership, workplace infrastructure, and relationship issues from multiple perspectives—whether external or internal, professional or personal—that can benefit entire organizations as well as individuals. This versatility enhances her skills as a coach, instructor, and presenter, bringing dynamism, clarity, and innovation to her partnerships with clients who want to make changes that will have lasting benefits.