Pauline Shirley, President of LeadersOnFire and Partner/Principal of Entrepreneur Leadership Center, is a dynamic, charismatic presenter who teaches from rich experience and leads by example. She educates executives and employees in valued leadership skills such as how to listen better, organize their thoughts, communicate more effectively in all situations, give powerful presentations, and lead happier, healthier, more prosperous lives. She has delivered well over 1,000 presentations to a wide variety of audiences.

As the 1994-1995 International President of Toastmasters International, an educational service organization with more than 170,000 members in over 8,000 clubs in sixty-five countries, Pauline reached the pinnacle of leadership in the leadership building business and was the second woman to be elected to that position since the organization was founded in 1924.

An internationally respected expert, she has been a guest on radio and television programs in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and is cited in newspapers and magazines such as Success, Ladies Home Journal, The Washingtonian, The Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan. In addition to being a contributing author to The Productivity Path published in 2001 by MaroCom Publishing Company, she is published in various magazines.

Pauline has resided on three different continents and has a strong kinship for widely diverse audiences. Her professional leadership background encompasses both the corporate and municipal sectors in a variety of industries.
Her professional associations include Toastmasters International, National Speakers Association, National Speakers Association/North Texas, Board Member; ASTD; and Dallas ASTD, 2004 President. She is a cofounder and founding president of WOVI (Women of Visionary Influence) International.