Hala Taha

Young and Profiting Podcast 🚀 CEO & Founder 💁🏻‍♀️ YAP Media Network - #1 Business Podcast Network 🚀 The Podcast Princess 👸🏻 YAP Media - #1 Linkedin Marketing Agency 💁🏻‍♀️ LISTEN. LEARN. PROFIT 🤓💕🔥🚀

Hala Taha, known as “The Podcast Princess,” is the host of Young and Profiting (YAP) Podcast, a #1 Entrepreneurship podcast with over 30 million downloads. A Top 100 podcast globally, YAP features star-studded guests like Matthew McConaughey, Gary Vee, Alex Hormozi, Deepak Chopra, Daymond John, Mel Robbins, and countless others. The show was recognized as a 2022 Webby Honoree, and Hala graced the cover of Podcast Magazine in January 2021.

Hala is also the Founder and CEO of YAP Media, an award-winning, premier white-glove social media and podcast production agency for CEOs, celebrities, and top podcasters. With nearly 60 employees and a dozen high-profile clients, YAP Media was named the #1 LinkedIn Marketing Agency and voted Best Podcast Agency of 2022.

In 2022, Hala launched the YAP Media Network, a podcast network that helps top podcasts land sponsorship deals with major brands like LinkedIn, Airbnb, and Shopify. YAP Media is pacing to hit 8-figures in 2025, and represents some of the most popular business podcasters in the world including Jenna Kutcher, Russell Brunson, Neil Patel, and John Lee Dumas. 

Hala is well-known for her engaged following and influence on Linkedin, leading to the creation of YAP Academy. Her first two-day LinkedIn Secret Masterclass has had 9 cohorts with hundreds of new influencers following Hala’s expertise to achieve successful LinkedIn growth and monetization. The next YAP Academy Masterclass is currently in the works with a focus on podcast creation, growth and monetization.

Hala is a 2025 Real Leaders Top 50 Keynote Speaker, sharing her expertise in podcasting, LinkedIn, social media, personal branding, sales and entrepreneurship through in-person keynotes and panels such as Funnel Hacking Live 10 and IAB Upfronts.

Hala has had a knack for inventing successful products and motivating teams since a young age. She began her career in radio production while in college, working at HOT97 on The Angie Martinez Show. In her senior year of college she founded The Sorority of Hip Hop, building a community of 50 female bloggers who hosted a popular blog, events, concerts, and radio shows. When the blog boom slowed down, she got her MBA, graduating #1 in her class with a 4.0 gpa, and spent the next 6 years in various corporate marketing roles at Hewlett Packard and Disney Streaming Services.

Host of Young and Profiting Podcast

Host and Producer of #1 Education Podcast, Young and Profiting.

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Michelle Tillis Lederman, CSP, SCC, Leadership Speaker

I truly believe that communication and connection are the foundation of everything. When asked how I explain what I do to my then 10 year old I answered, "I help people work better together." 

My professional response is "I coach and train senior leaders to communicate to connect so their people feel valued, and they help their organizations create more value."

Leadership, teamwork, conflict resolution and everything else that leads to our professional success is founded in our ability to communicate. But moreover, our ability to CONNECT.

For organizations I enable them engage, grow, and retain their greatest asset - their people. I help individuals communicate with clarity, confidence, and connection. The last one is as important as the rest since real relationships lead to real results. That is the theory behind my books The Connector's Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact and The 11 Laws Of Likability: Relationship Networking…Because People Do Business With People They Like.

In 2025, I launched a self-paced version of The Connected Leader Course! Finally, I can serve the individual who needs coaching and community to elevate in their impact. Learn more at --> https://www.connectedleaderclub.com/.

I will still continue to work on creating Connected Leaders and Connected Cultures and spread the message of my book, The Connector’s Advantage. I will continue to run the Connect program for the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches. Perhaps I will finally do a Tedx this year.

Through Executive Essentials (a certified WBE) I work with corporate HR and L&D teams to develop custom solutions. 

Want results?  Want a customized training or coaching program?  Email us —>Training@ExecutiveEssentials.org

Programs include:
•	Managing For Excellence 
•	Connected Leadership
•	Collaborative Communications 
•	Powerful Public Speaking 
•	Networking & Relationship Building  

Looking for a keynote speaker on leadership, networking or personal advancement? I can customize a talk for your audience. Email us —> Speaking@MichelleTillisLederman.com.

You may have seen me on TV or heard me on the radio including:
•	Fox 5
•	CBS
•	NPR
•	Gayle King
•	Martha Stewart Living
•	New York Times
•	Wall Street Journal
•	Real Simple 
•	US News & World Report 
•	USA Today 

I work across industries.  View a full list of our clients —>  www.michelletillislederman.com/clients

People call me for many reasons: keynotes, breakout sessions, customized training and executive coaching. 

Want a trainer, or coach to escalate team performance?  —> Michelle@ExecutiveEssentials.org

Speaker and Partner at World Business & Executive Coach Summit

After years of being a partner for this fantastic coaching educational program, they have asked me to be a speaker! Looking forward to being part of the main summit in 2021.

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