Speaking – Monique R Shields

Speak. Lead. Transform.

Whether she’s keynoting a leadership summit or holding space in an intimate fireside chat,
Monique R. Shields delivers truth with grace and leaves attendees forever changed.

With a rare blend of wisdom, warmth, and bold clarity, Monique R. Shields brings audiences into deeper conversation with themselves, sparking breakthroughs that ripple far beyond the stage.

My Approach

What I know is that high-achieving women go to talks, and dinners and speeches all of the time. These experiences can provide momentary inspiration and boosts in motivation, but it’s very difficult to find actual transformation.

What I believe, is that what we truly need is skillfully held space with guidance and permission to BE different. Not just talk about it.

My sessions are designed to foster intimacy, vulnerability and power live in the room and I love to leverage visualizations when appropriate to the session.

Our time together is a fully interactive, facilitated space where participants actually experience a different dimension of themselves so they can walk away changed.

Areas of Focus

signature topics

Scaling Your Humanity With Your Wealth

As we navigate success, visibility, and seniority, we often find fewer and fewer spaces where we can be our authentic selves. This session delves into the critical task of transitioning from surviving to thriving as our true and authentic selves by prioritizing how we can show up in spaces where we can finally feel as though we belong.

Participants will explore and experiment with this crucial investment in our well-being and growth live and learn to find more confidence and comfort in being more of their whole selves among colleagues and peers in safe space.

Embracing Your Next Season...

How do we move through the challenging experience of needing to shed either what no longer serves us or no longer matters most – even in the uncertain seasons of our lives?

This session shows participants what becomes possible when we identify the beliefs, identities, and behaviors that are currently holding us back and shift the focus toward a more singular and intense way of existing for the season that is arriving.

Vision Setting Beyond “High-Achievement” limits

“High-Achievement” has an expiration date as the motivation in our careers. At some point, on the path to exponential growth and success, achievement is no longer enough to sustain and guide our choices. This session is designed to bring us closer to what Monique calls, our “Inner Artist.” Participants will walk away with clarity of who their Inner Artist is and specific steps they need to take to embrace a more empowering relationship with setting life and professional vision from an intrinsic and authentic place.

Moving Through Fear + Lock Into Sustainable Success

Feeding into our fears not only keeps us playing small, it also creates a flywheel of decision making where we design our work, businesses and lives to be unsustainable. Fear will have us unknowingly building cages for ourselves. But, what if we learned to dream into a version of success that centers our wellbeing alongside our ambition? Come and experience the deeper wisdom you already carry to build a professional life you can actually thrive in… and the steps to start today.

Monique Has Coached Clients & Spoken At:

The Power of Intimate Spaces

some of the most meaningful transformation I’ve witnessed happens in smaller, more intimate spaces.

I specialize in curating rooms where high-achieving women can be fully seen, supported, and stretched in ways that simply aren’t possible in larger settings. When I gather a group, it’s never just about connection, it’s about catalyzing deep, lasting change. These are intentional spaces designed for truth-telling, powerful reflection, and real growth. If you’re ready for an experience that invites you to expand in community, you’ll feel at home here.

“I am so thankful to have worked with Monique.

She poured into me exactly what I needed during each session. Monique was instrumental in supporting me through my career transition and my personal goals. It was more beneficial than I could ever imagine! My fire has been reignited!!!”

The Official Bio

Monique Shields, Founder of Seven Pines Leadership, is committed to the professional empowerment of women leaders of color. As a coach, Monique leverages her own executive experience and nearly a decade combined of training in Co-Active Coaching, motivational interviewing, peer counseling, interpersonal dynamics, team building and corporate communications to help her clients find higher forms of leadership and intention in their lives. Monique was on staff at the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Facilitator for their Women in Management program as well as at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business a Leadership and Career Coach for current MBAs and alumni.

Prior to launching Seven Pines, Monique was the Director of Coaching and then the Director of Partnerships at Joyable, a mental health technology start-up in San Francisco – employee #7. In her management roles, she built, led and scaled a client-facing team for a business that served nearly a half million users. As a member of the leadership team, she worked directly with the COO and CEO and led implementations and managed relationships for the company’s largest, most strategic global accounts. Personally, Monique is a wife, a mom and a fierce friend to amazing women.

She understands what it means hold competing priorities in life and to carve space to also lead for herself – establishing boundaries, building vision and using her voice, time & energy effectively – and she brings this perspective to the work she does with her clients.

Whether you’re hosting a conference, panel, or private leadership
retreat—Monique brings a powerful presence, fresh perspective, and
transformational energy to every room she steps into.