Profile

For over two decades Michael worked on Wall Street and in the publishing industry, holding executive positions at Shearson Lehman/AMEX, Paine Webber, Simon & Schuster, and the Walt Disney Company. He is the author of Awake at Work, The Mindful Leader, Fearless at Work and Mindful Leadership Training and consults with major corporations on bringing mindfulness into the workplace. Michael has been practicing meditation since 1976 and is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He holds degrees in Philosophy and Theology from Dayton University and a master's degree in Adult Education from Hunter College in New York. Michael has taught mindfulness-awareness meditation at numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as Harvard Business School, Wharton, University of Sydney, Fundacao Dom Cabral, 1440 Multiversity, Omega Institute, and Kripalu.
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