ABOUT ME
Ph.D., MBA, MDIV., ACC
FELICIA LABOY
"WHY SETTLE FOR SMALL,
WHEN GREATNESS LIES WITHIN"
Motivational Speaker
Innovation/Reinvention Strategist
Leadership/Life Coach
Social Innovator
Change Agent
These are just a few words commonly used to describe Dr. Felicia LaBoy, Lead Coach and Founder of The Orchestrated Effect, LLC, a coaching and consulting company that helps individuals, organizations, churches and communities move from being “good” to “great;” and from being “stuck” to being “unstuck.”
A popular keynote speaker, workshop leader, and preacher, Dr. LaBoy is well known for her practical, pragmatic, and common-sense approach geared towards measurable results in business, academic, and church settings. She is also an experienced Fortune 100 company leader with 35+ years of community and professional organizational leadership skills, Dr. LaBoy makes and continues to make her mark in the fields of community and leadership development; organizational development and redevelopment; diversity beyond inclusion; and graduate school education.
She has coached and trained hundreds of clients to determine and leverage assets; build diverse and inclusive teams; engage strategic partners and utilize transformative leadership practices to develop initiatives that help them adapt and thrive in changing times, always with an eye towards their bottom line. Her objective is always to weave her academic, pastoral and business education and experience to lead individuals and diverse groups in achieving better churches, communities, and organizations.
In addition to her business, academic and pastoral experience, Dr. LaBoy is an author and coach dedicated to helping people break through what holds them back from manifesting their dreams and impacting the world around them. She understands her life’s work as helping people and organizations become their best selves.
Her articles include:
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“Baptism and Social Holiness: Disentangling Social Holiness and Social Justice” in New Life in the Risen Christ: A Wesleyan Theology of Baptism
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“Urban Ministry as The New Frontier?” in Urban Ministry Reconsidered: Contexts and Approaches"
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“Colorism,” The General Commission on Religion and Race of the United Methodist Church
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“You Want Me to Talk to Whom? Explorations in Faith and Fear from the Underside of the Bible,” in Review and Expositor
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“U.S. Women and Racial-Ethnic Clergy: Increasing, But Still In Smaller Pulpits,” in Ministry Matters: Circuit Riders Digital Magazine: Where Two (or Two Thousand) Are Gathered
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“Say It Loud: Speaking Truth Powerfully with Grace,” in WellSpring: A Journal of United Methodist Clergywomen, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church
Her books include:
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Table Matters: The Sacraments, Evangelism and Social Justice
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Unstuck: 8 Steps You Can Take Right Now To Possess Your Promise
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Prophets to the Nation: Black Methodism, Liberation and the American Quest for Racial Justice
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How To Study Your Bible For Yourself: 10 Easy Steps To Strengthen Your Understanding of the Word of God (Fall 2025)
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Life and Leadership Lessons From 40 Women in the Bible, Volume 1 (Spring 2026)