Michael’s Story

All my life I have had a desire to make a difference to people lives.

In my 30’s I had terminal cancer and a profound healing which led me into the world of mind body medicine, psychology and personal development.

I combined this with my years of McKinsey business change experience to develop a unique integrated approach to organizational change.

Unique Approach

Working  with the understanding that Organisations don’t change people do, I spent years bringing together the best in personal change, leadership development and neuroscience with the external levers of change like HR systems, and large scale communications to create some of the worlds most celebrated  organizational transformations.

This led me to work globally on over a hundred big company change programs in over thirty countries in my 33 years McKinsey career.  I led McKinsey’s global practice in organisation change and leadership for many years (which is recognized as the worlds leading practice with over 3000 people globally in over 64 countries doing organization work at any time.) I designed and led the key global leadership programs for the firms senior partners and served on the global Board of the firm of 20,000 people.

Thought Partner

I have acted as a thought partner and coach with CEO’s and Transformation leaders of some of the world’s largest and most recognized firms in most major industries, particularly in banking, insurance, telecoms, energy and electricity, mining, agriculture , heavy manufacturing, retail, professional services and the public sector. Hundreds of thousands of senior leaders globally have attended change programs that I have designed.

I have also worked extensively with wealthy family conglomerates including the Rockefeller family in the US and the Bailleres family in Mexico. I have been an advisor to three Australian Prime Ministers and a number of Governments around the world .

Fun Working Style

Prior to McKinsey I was a lawyer with honors degrees in law and economics . I studied languages in Switzerland and I have a masters degree in arts from Oxford where I was a Rhodes scholar.

This is the serious business resume, my cancer experience has given me a relaxed, compassionate, and fun working style that brings a lot of energy to these big challenging programs and results in lifelong friendships with my clients.

I now offer this extensive experience to work with just a few Organisations and leaders who want to make real change fast in the performance of their Organisations, their teams and themselves.