Mission Statement: To provide opportunities for working mothers to thrive and succeed as parents, leaders in business and high-impact individuals.

Who We Serve: The Integrated Mother® helps women bridge the gap between motherhood and career by providing them with resources, advice and community.

What We Offer: In addition to this content-rich site, and a separate social networking site for working mothers, we bring our expertise in human resources, organization development and work/life effectiveness to provide consulting, training and coaching within the companies that employ working mothers.

Who is The Integrated Mother®?
As a wife and mother of three children (7, 5 and 2-1/2), Michele Dortch understands the demands of balancing career and family. Through her journey as a mother, she’s stayed home full-time to care for her children and worked full-time as the family’s primary income earner. Since 2003, Michele has enjoyed an integrated blend of the two as the founder of The Integrated Mother®, where she consults and trains in the areas of work/life effectiveness, women in leadership, time management and change management. She also writes part-time, teaches university courses part-time and operates an Arbonne business part-time. (She likes variety!)

Michele’s Credentials…
Michele holds a BA in English, a MA in Organization Development and has received post-graduate certificates in the areas of coaching, education and management. A former member of the California State University, Fullerton faculty, she continues to teach undergraduate and graduate courses at Grand Canyon University and Rio Salado College. She is also certified to deliver programs for Franklin Covey, The Leadership Circle 360-degree assessment, AchieveGlobal and TTI Performance Systems, Ltd’s DISC profile. With more than 11 years of experience in her field, Michele’s past clients have included Yahoo!, Boeing, Toyota and The Los Angeles Unified School District.

Michele’s Style…
In a nutshell, Michele is straight-forward, spiritually-based and introspective. Put her in front of an audience and she’s been described as knowledgeable and inspiring with a style that blends practical advice with authentic storytelling. She integrates real-life perspective with concrete academic research, so you can trust that what she says (or writes) not only comes from the heart, but is also based on proven principles.

Michele’s Passion…
Frustrated with barriers like the “glass ceiling,” Michele’s passion is in seeing women, especially those with children, reach their full potential — however that looks. Her writing and speaking topics are best suited for career-minded mothers who thrive on success and want to experience a better than average life; and corporate leaders who expect the best from their team and want to maximize individual and team performance.

Oh and by the way…
If you happen to know Michele personally, then connect with her on LinkedIn. She’s a believer in developing a strong network of people whom she can support, and who supports her. You can also follow her daily adventures in working mommyhood on Twitter.