Michelle Wendt is a collaborative, inclusive, and dependable learning champion, culture builder, change maker, active ally, and people developer. She partners with colleagues to lead, assess, drive, develop, and improve organizational culture, health, and people effectiveness. Michelle is responsible for the learning design, development, implementation, administration, and the leadership of the Lab’s institutional workforce development and training programs. Her team manages, facilitates, and produces virtual and onsite leadership, employee and career development programs. She also manages learning experience/instructional design and technologies.

Prior to joining LLNL, Michelle worked at Marquette University, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Concordia University of Wisconsin, Cardinal Stritch University, Northern Michigan University, Perlick, DentaQuest, Paranet, and the YMCA. She has over 25 years of experience designing, developing, facilitating, coaching, and evaluating leadership and employee development workshops & training programs at multiple healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, nonprofit & government organizations & universities.

Michelle holds graduate and master’s degrees from Marquette University in Leadership and Communication Studies, and double majored in Psychology and Speech Communication from Northern Michigan University. She also holds multiple certifications in coaching, training, learning, leadership, culture, organizational and career development:

• Organization & Culture Development: The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety, Dare to Lead, Coaching Mindset Essentials, Design Your Life, The Six Types of Working Genius, Everything DiSC (Workplace Styles, Productive Conflict, Management, Work of Leaders, Human Synergistics Leadership/Management Impact, Human Synergistics Life-Styles Inventory and Acumen Leadership Workstyles
• Crucial Learning Certifications: Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue, Crucial Accountability, The Power of Habit, Getting Things Done, Influencer
• FranklinCovey Certifications: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People/Managers, Leading at the Speed of Trust, Leading Across Generations, Unconscious Bias, Multipliers, Change Management, Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager, Presentations
• Learning Technology Certifications: Instructional Designer and Developer, Crowned Virtual Producer, E-Learning, Master Facilitation

Leadership Studies, Marquette University

Master of Arts, Communication Studies, Marquette University

Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Northern Michigan University

Bachelor of Arts, Speech Communication, Northern Michigan University

Biernat, K. & Masluk, M. (1999). Getting to Carnegie Hall: Using standardized patients in palliative care education. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2, 221-225.

Sherman, E. & Masluk, M. (1999). Integrating communication skills within existing course/clerkships: A faculty needs assessment. Presented at Communication in Medicine Conference, Evanston, IL.

Sherman, E. & Masluk, M. (1999). Teaching & assessment strategies for communication skills by community preceptors. Poster presented at Communication in Medicine Conference, Evanston, IL.

Anderson, A., Masluk, M, Wang-Cheng, R., & Simpson, D. (1999). Completing the learning cycle: Teaching students to be teachers. Presented at Central Group on Educational Affairs, St. Louis, MO.

Cantrill, J. & Masluk, M. (1996). Place and privilege as predictors of how the environment is described in discourse. Communication Reports, 9, 79-84.

Cantrill, J. & Masluk, M. (1995). Environmental perception & the Beartooth Alliance: Socioeconomic struggles at the grassroots. Conference on Communication & our Environment, Chattanooga, TN.                        

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