Octagon Experts Bureau
Michaun Winborn
CEO & Principal Coach
Michaun equips leaders in high-stakes environments to strengthen trust, navigate conflict, and drive culture change that sticks. Her work draws on emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, and 20+ years of operational leadership — delivering practical behavior change that improves retention, team performance, and organizational effectiveness.
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Watch on YouTube ↗About Michaun
Michaun Winborn is the CEO and Principal Coach of Born2Win Coaching, a leadership development practice focused on equipping leaders to build trust, reduce risk, and lead with inclusion and cultural intelligence. Through executive coaching, facilitation, and strategic consulting, she helps organizations strengthen workplace culture, improve retention, and develop leaders who can navigate complexity with confidence, accountability, and care.
Michaun brings more than a decade of experience across leadership development, operations, diversity strategy, and organizational culture. Most notably, she served as Vice President of Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion for Consumer and Community Banking at JPMorgan Chase, where she led enterprise wide initiatives, standardized executive reporting, facilitated inclusive leadership learning, and developed accountability strategies that supported measurable culture and engagement outcomes. Her work has included coaching senior leaders, facilitating workshops for teams and boards, and helping organizations embed inclusion into existing leadership practices rather than treating it as a separate initiative.
Michaun is a certified executive coach through the Institute for Coaching Innovation, holds a DEI certification from the National OSHA Foundation, and earned a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Performance from Hope College. Based in Columbus, Ohio, she serves on the boards of the Benefit Concert Association and Life Lift Career Prep.
Watch Michaun in Action
Signature Talks
Keynote
The WIN Method
Workshop
The 3 R's of Sustainable Leadership
Workshop
Re-Defining & Strengthening Culture
Workshop
Navigating Team Dynamics
Ideal For
Best suited for organizations, conferences, nonprofits, and leadership teams navigating culture, communication, trust, retention, or change. Strong fit for executive audiences, HR and people leaders, emerging leaders, ERGs, and teams seeking practical leadership development grounded in emotional and cultural intelligence.
What People Say
“Thank you for the incredible Career Advancement Workshop you led today. Your presentation was exceptionally well-structured. In particular, I was impressed by how you adapted the material in real-time to address the points raised during our discussion. Thank you for such an engaging session.”
“I wanted to thank you for the exceptional workshop you delivered today. It was the most engaged I have seen our team during a presentation and workshop of this nature. Your ability to connect with the audience and foster an interactive environment was impressive. Thank you.”
“Michaun's session was amazing. Rewriting Success was one of the most impactful sessions I've attended. The message challenged the traditional belief that effective leadership requires constant productivity - introducing a sustainable model. I would highly recommend this session for leaders.”
Featured In
Executives Diary
Born To Win: Michaun Winborn’s Approach to Leadership
Voyage Ohio
Exploring Life & Business with Michaun Elise Winborn of Born2Win Coaching
Various podcast appearances
Leadership, culture & relationship podcast conversations with Michaun on trust, inclusion, communication & leading across difference.
CEOVerse
Leadership Excellence & Culture Impact Award 2026
Certifications & Credentials
OSHA DEI certificate
OSHA Education Center
Diversity. Equity & Inclusion training | NOF-1754057164-49334-12023 | Completed 8/1/2025
Certified Professional Diversity Coach
The Institute for Coaching Innovation (formerly CoachDiversity Institute)
Completion of a 128-hour course, with curriculum including the International Coach Federation's core competencies, writing assignments, coaching & mentoring hours | Completed 7/11/2025
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