This isn't leadership training. It's identity-level leadership transformation.
ARE YOU DONE
SHRINKING TO FIT?
Leadership for high-capacity professionals who are done performing for their worth.
Authentic,
Audacious,
Amber.
Creator of The Feisty Human and formerly known as The Feisty PM.
I work at the intersection of leadership, identity, and human behaviour. For more than 30 years, I've helped people navigate change. My work reconnects who they are with how they lead.
I don't sugarcoat leadership—I challenge assumptions. Through speaking, coaching, and education, I bring heart, humour, and hard-earned wisdom to conversations that help people lead more authentically.
I’m Amber McMillan
The Books Behind The Feisty Human
The books behind The Feisty Human. Different stories. One belief: your greatest leadership begins when you stop negotiating your worth.
Cracking The Rich Code
At its core, this collaborative book is about transforming the beliefs that shape how we think about money, opportunity, and our own potential.
THE FEISTY HUMAN
This is the recipe book for capable, high-performing professionals who want to lead confidently from worth.
The Feisty Human is the result of decades spent bridging the gap, working with leaders who had achieved everything they were supposed to and still felt internally misaligned.
This book is written as a series of recipes, each chapter gives you the method, ingredients and cooking instructions to begin applying them immediately. It helps you find exactly where you are before you take another step, and then gives you the exact recipe you need to close the gap between performance and self.
THE FEISTY HUMAN PATHWAY
LEAD FROM WORTH WITH THE
FEISTY HUMAN PATHWAY
Choose the path for you depending on where you are and what you are navigating: the self-paced foundation that gives you the language and foundation, a live cohort for practiced behaviour with like-minded individuals or private coaching for the high-stakes decisions and conversations of senior leadership.
Self-Paced Course
Learn With
Feisty Foundation
Discover the language, the lens and the FEISTY process that lets you diagnose yourself. Recognize the patterns underneath your output, name what you have been carrying, and start operating with the clarity that comes from leading from your own worth, completely at your own pace.
Start Leading From Worth NowLive 12-Week Cohort
Join The Feisty
Human Cohort
Embody worth-led leadership through a live twelve-week learning alongside a curated group of peers. Move through four phases of identity-level change, practice the FEISTY process inside actual situations and decisions you are leading through, and step out operating as a self-held leader.
book a call to joinPrivate 1:1 Coaching
Work With Me
Privately
Tailored one-on-one coaching for senior leaders navigating institutional complexity, high-stakes transitions and personal dynamics that require precision and care. This is completely built around the texture of your role, your decisions and the situations only you are inside of.
Book A Strategic ConversationFeisty Fridays
Big human questions. A little healthy feistiness.
What People Say
About Working With Me
"
Amber is not only an incredible leader, but a gifted individual who is passionate about creating positive impact in the world. I am grateful for all of the ways Amber has positively influenced my life, both personally and professionally. Her authenticity is palpable in how she shows up in her leadership
Devaiya Corbett
Change Leader, Entrepreneurship Coach
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I highly recommend Amber McMillan to any PMI Chapter or organization looking to help its members understand the importance of using the right tools for the job and sharing knowledge with others, while reminding them of their unique perspectives and the value they bring to projects.
Kevin W. Reilly
PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, CSP - U.S Navy Veteran
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I had an extremely positive discussion with Amber-she was able to discuss a range of topics about PMI leadership roles, job seeking, and community building that helped me gain much-needed additional insight. This discussion was strengthened by Amber's warm and engaging style that immediately put me at ease. I can't recommend Amber enough and look forward to staying connected with her and potential future professional collaborations.
Carolina
Client Testimonial
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She is a creative powerhouse, a master of meaningful dialogue, and a living example of leadership that leads with worth, not just work.
Bronwyn .W.
Client Testimonial
Discover Where Your Own Worth Is Currently Being Held
Unlock the complete methodology in The Feisty Human Pathway whitepaper. Read the complete process to see why worth collapses and how to restore it as the centre of your decisions and communication.
Enter the Feisty Human Pathway
Stop
Negotiating
Your Worth.
Stop negotiating your worth in rooms that require your leadership
Read a FREE chapter of The Feisty Human
You've achieved the success you worked for. So why does something still feel off?
Download a free chapter and discover why worth—not achievement—is where real leadership begins.