L Michelle Tullier, PhD, CCC
Founder, Principal career management coach
(Tullier is pronounced TOOL-yay)
Dr. Michelle Tullier’s mission is to uncomplicate complex career issues. She helps young professionals and emerging leaders steer their work lives toward greater fulfillment and achievement, recognizing the uniqueness of each individual’s definition of success.
As former executive director of the Georgia Tech career center, and as a career coach and regional leader with global outplacement firm Right Management, Michelle has counseled and coached thousands of individuals from college to C-Suite in a broad range of industries. With thirty-plus years of career counseling, coaching, hiring, training, and leadership experience, she offers clients exceptional depth of knowledge for navigating workplace and career management issues.
Michelle’s Ph.D. in counseling psychology from UCLA, including a concentration in organizational behavior through UCLA’s business school, complements her corporate experience with sensitivity and skills to support the emotional aspects of career management. Michelle has particular expertise in career and workplace concerns of clients with anxiety disorders and those in recovery.
Originally from Atlanta, GA, Michelle has lived and worked in New York and Los Angeles. She now Zooms with clients across the country from her year-round island home in Maine where she lives peacefully with her clinical psychologist husband and rescue dog (who loves the snow). She is mom to a Gen Z daughter and is a creative writer.
Professional Credentials
Certified Career Counselor (CCC), National Career Development Association
PhD, counseling psychology and organizational behavior, UCLA
BA, psychology, Wellesley College
Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW)
Associate Editor, Career Convergence magazine
Careers and Recovery columnist for Psychology Today
Author of nine books including the Idiot’s Guide to Overcoming Procrastination (Simon & Schuster)
Former board member and current member, Georgia Career Development Association (GCDA). Member, MCDA (Maine)
Presenter at national and global conferences on college-to-career transitions, mid-career and executive career management, and the convergence of psychotherapy and career development, with engagements including the Future of Work Summit in Stockholm, National Association of Colleges and Employers, and National Career Development Association.
Honors Program faculty, Georgia Tech, taught multi-disciplinary perspectives of purposeful work. Adjunct faculty, NYU, taught career coaching to 300+ professional education adult students.
“When I hired Tullier Consulting, my confidence was at the lowest it had been in years. The experience of partnering with Michelle was a great learning process and ultimately brought back the confidence I once had in my abilities and strengths. ”