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- Hometown:
- Toronto ON
- About Me:
- I specializes in resiliency. My practice includes work as a consultant, facilitator, workshop leader and writer with over 18 years of experience working with clients throughout North America and recently into the Pacific Rim. Our programs and those of my associates assist individuals, families, teams and organizations build resiliency skills for greater levels of durability and success.
My interest in resiliency started at an early age when I noticed how some people felt defeated by the slightest set back, while with others nothing ever seemed to slow them down. Later as an adult, I faced a seven-year battle with cancer. My earlier interest and insights have helped me immensely. My interest in resiliency paid many dividends during a very intense seven-year journey.
In my first career I worked for ten years with an international packaged goods firm, where he moved up through five different positions in Canada. In my last position, I got to be hournoured to play a major role in the acquisition of the largest dollar volume account in the company's history.
Selected achievements of mine include:
10,000 staff over the past ten years and all new division hires have taken his program "Having a Vital Career", for an international technology firm. This video program assists with retention through personal and professional resiliency development.
Trained psychiatric doctors, nursing professionals and staff on his program "The Resilient Professional" at an Ontario psychiatric hospital.
900 IT professionals took Michael's "The Resilient Learner" and where trained and coached to learn how to accerlerate thier learning using resiliency skills. All 900 of them successfully graduated after learning over 130 weeks of IT information in 50 weeks.
Teaching leadership, management and communications skills at the college level.
Lectured at the Dalhousie University Medical Faculty Friday at Four Lecture Series as the first ever layperson on Resiliency and Medicine.
Lectured at the Halifax Infirmary Grand Rounds Lectures Series as the first ever layperson on the paybacks of Resiliency for Medcal Professionals and patients.
Developed innovative field training for customers staff and front line managers to assist reach and exceed business objectives by 60 per cent when this retailer were over 34 per cent short staffed.
Lectured at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital on using resiliency skills to deal with illness and adversity.
Michael's volunteer work has garnered him some interesting experiences.
Co-chaired the Children of Chernobyl program for the Quinte Ontario Region. In four years, he doubled the size of the program it's funding and number of volunteers.
Coordinated non-government organizations (NGO's) for Operation Parasol when Kosovo refugees arrived in Trenton, Ontario with 37 NGO's and over 800 refugees.
Chaired the Volunteer Development program for the Canadian Cancer Society Quinte Branch for a number of years.
Was an active member of the United Way of Quinte Board of Directors for several years.
Is a past member of the Canadian Professional Sales Association (CPSA) Professional Sales Designation Committee. They set standards for the CPSA professional sales designation.
Is a past member of the Loyalist College Business Sales Advisory Committee. They set standards for the Loyalist College professional sales program.
George Walther the best selling author,
consultant and communications expert
has written about Michael in his new book.
What You Say is What You Get
How to Master Power Talking
The Language of Success
- Website:
- http://www.ResiliencyforLife.com
- I am grateful for having...
- Life. I had a seven year on again off again cancer battle. I am very grateful for good health now despite the long battle.
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I believe that if we find, define focus our passion others will want to benefit from it.
Resiliency for Life was born from what I learned during a seven year cancer battle, a ten plus year fight with a chronic illness, a very successful sales/marketing carrer during that same time and some oother struggles some of us face.
I learned during those very challenging times that I was much stroner when I surronded myself with others with different gifts.
That is why I'm an open networker. Some thin… Continue
Resiliency for Life was born from what I learned during a seven year cancer battle, a ten plus year fight with a chronic illness, a very successful sales/marketing carrer during that same time and some oother struggles some of us face.
I learned during those very challenging times that I was much stroner when I surronded myself with others with different gifts.
That is why I'm an open networker. Some thin… Continue
Posted on June 10, 2007 at 2:25pm — 1 Comment
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Thank you for your very kind words.
Please join me on the business networking sites
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If you join you can then invite me at:
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Michael
Thanks so much for the invite. I look forward to get to know you - and your pal!
You sound pretty inspiring.
Sophia
I am honoured to be part of your community of friends,you are a truly remarkable person. Thank you for sharing and inspiring us with your successes!
Michael
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