Michael K. SimpsonMichael K. Simpson has over twenty-five years of experience as one of the world’s preeminent executive coaches and strategy experts to many Fortune 100 and 500 organizations. As an award-winning author, speaker, executive coach, and senor consultant at FranklinCovey, Michael helps CEOs and executive teams to clarify their vision, set strategy, reach goals, and build high-performance teams and high organizational trust.Michael is a fellow with Harvard University’s Institute of Coaching (IOC) and a graduate of Columbia University’s Executive Coaching Certification Program.Formerly, Michael was a principal consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in their Strategic and Organizational Change practice and a senior consultant in Change Management at Ernst & Young. Michael held executive management positions for two leading technology companies as vice president of sales and marketing and vice president of business development.Michael is the author or coauthor of several leadership and coaching books, including Powerful Leadership through Coaching and Talent Unleashed. Michael has been a professor at South China University of Technology; an adjunct professor at Columbia College’s School of Business; and a visiting lecturer at Hong Kong University, University of Malaysia, Columbia University’s Teachers College, Northwestern University, Brigham Young University, and Utah State University.Michael is the CEO of Simpson Executive Coaching and the CEO of FranklinCovey-Impact International Education in China. Michael has a master’s degree in organizational behavior from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from BYU’s Kennedy Center for International Studies.When he’s not busy traveling, training, consulting, and coaching executives, Michael enjoys spending time with his family in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Read More Read Less