Mike's purpose is to create strength through dialogue. As a leadership coach since 2006, he helps clients live more "on purpose" in their personal and professional lives. Working with leaders from CEOs to individual contributors across diverse industries, Mike is known for:

• Clarifying and achieving career goals
• Enhancing leadership and management effectiveness
• Identifying and stepping up to crucial conversations
• Improving self-awareness and interpersonal skills

Clients value Mike's trustworthiness, curious listening, and strategic thinking. He excels at cutting through clutter to identify root causes of challenges, helping clients become more aware of pivotal moments where they can choose differently to change outcomes.

Mike holds a Professional Coach Certification from the International Coaching Federation and is certified in various assessments, including Leadership Circle Profile and EQ-i 2.0. He has an M.Ed. from the University of Virginia and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Mike partners with emerging and current leaders who see personal growth as the path to greater fulfillment and professional success. He blends a strengths-based approach with honest, non-judgmental feedback to help clients transform limiting beliefs and achieve optimal performance.

Key Focus Areas

• Adapting to new roles/organizations
• Enhancing influencing skills
• Addressing limiting behaviors
• Conducting crucial conversations
• Fostering psychological safety while maintaining accountability

Notable Client Achievements

• Coached a Director to identify necessary behaviors and reach for a VP role in her organization; she earned this promotion as her coaching concluded.
• Coached a CEO to understand how having a "nemesis" didn't serve his leadership interests and, in fact, diverted his energy and attention from effectively fulfilling the expectations of his role.
• Coached a first-time manager to adopt strategies to prioritize herself, serve her team, and build authentic relationships with peers...many of whom are a decade or more older than her.
• Coached a highly intelligent individual contributor in an IT role to appreciate others' viewpoints and partner with them rather than view them as inferior. (This was an instance of "anger management" coaching.)