Michael L.

Michael is a deeply experienced coach, business strategist, advisor, and facilitator. With over 30 years of experience inside 300 companies in Silicon Valley and beyond, he works at the intersection of leadership, business mastery, and performance optimization. Michael utilizes multiple coaching tools and frameworks and customizes his approach for each engagement. Before solely focusing on coaching, he was an investment banker and then became a start-up CEO, dealmaker, strategist, and board member.

Education & Certifications

B.A., Economics, Union College
Financial Management Program Certification (aka “GE MBA”), General Electric Capital Corp
Positive Psychology Certification, U.C. Berkeley

Professional Experience

Learn about Michael L. professional history.

Co Founder, M/Media Strategic Partners
Business Lead, Interval Research (Paul Allen’s think tank)
Investment Banker, General Electric Capital Corporation

Functional Experience

All of our coaches are experienced in supporting a variety of business functions. This coach has personal experience in the following professional fields.

Finance Operations Sales

Industry Experience

While you may want to have some similarities with your coach you don’t want too much overlap. A coach’s job is to offer you fresh and new perspectives that you may not be exposed to in your current industry or function. Here are the industries the coach most commonly supports.

Biotech Consulting Technology

Coaching Expertise

Coaches have wide skill sets and we can’t list them all. Here are a few areas this coach specializes in helping support.

Company Culture Management 101 Organizational Development Startup Founders

Primary Professionals Coached

Founders and C Level Executives Co-Founders at All Stages of Company Growth Experienced Managers in Leadership Positions Engineers Building Their Management Experience International Client Base New Managers at High Growth Startups Employees at Tech Companies

Testimonials and Coaching Highlights

Michael’s coaching style is broad, integrative, seasoned and holistic. He ranges from practical and tactical to deep and transformative, often covering both in parallel.

He custom tailors his approach to each client situation by selecting from over 100 coaching techniques and blending them with extensive, first hand business experience. For Michael, one style doesn’t fit all – quite the opposite.

Michael typically integrates three distinct arenas: leadership coaching, business mastery, and the “inner game.” He intentionally moves clients into more expansive mindsets, prompting them to discover new possibilities which then leads to increased clarity and ownership, and taking more potent action. He asks a lot of questions, listens deeply and often correlates what arises with evidence based research.

Michael works 100% in service to his clients by both challenging and supporting them. He blends gentle guiding with laser coaching. He takes risks in pursuit of the greatest insights and breakthroughs. He’s sensitive yet direct and seeks to unlock everyone’s greatest potential.