
Meet
Michaun
Elise
Why She Leads
Michaun Elise Winborn is a leadership developer and certified professional diversity coach with a rare blend of stage presence, corporate fluency, and deep cultural intelligence.
With roots in theatre, retail management, HR, and DEI strategy, she transforms complex conversations about inclusion into practical, courageous action. Her approach combines behavioral science, storytelling, and care: equipping leaders to lead across difference with clarity, compassion, and accountability.
She partners with corporate and nonprofit institutions to develop leaders people want to follow.
Her work includes:
🎤 Keynotes that ignite action
👥 Workshops that build skill, not just awareness
🧠 1:1 coaching that retools executive habits
Grounded in moral courage and servant leadership, Michaun’s facilitation is bold but human, direct but never demeaning. Whether on stage or in a boardroom, she meets leaders where they are and moves them toward what’s possible.
-Michaun Elise
About
Born2Win Coaching
Inclusive Leadership That Performs
Born2Win Coaching was started because there's a consistent pattern: well-meaning leaders caught between their values and their conditioning. These are smart, successful people who want to “get it right,” but don’t have a roadmap that meets them with clarity and compassion. We leverage three frameworks to support our executives:
The WIN Method™: Wake Up. Interrupt. Navigate.
Leadership starts with awareness. We help leaders wake up to the systems they’re part of, see how those systems shape their impact, and recognize where harm might be happening, even unintentionally. Then we teach them how to interrupt those patterns and navigate cultural tension with clarity and confidence.
The CDR Framework™: Curiosity. Data. Relationships.
We coach leaders to lead with curiosity. To ask, not assume. We use data to help them see the story their numbers are telling. And we remind them that relationships, not policies, are what actually build trust and influence.
The 3 R’s of Sustainable Leadership™: Rest. Reflection. Regeneration.
Culture repair is hard work, and it takes energy to keep showing up well. We help leaders slow down, check in, and rebuild capacity. Because you can’t lead people to healing if you’re running on empty.
At Born2Win, leadership growth isn’t about checking boxes or chasing buzzwords. It’s about helping leaders show up with courage, curiosity, and cultural intelligence so they can lead people, not just manage results.
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