Powerful Leadership Through Coaching Book

• Principles, Practices, and Tools for Leaders and Managers at Every Level

Unlocking Potential Book

• Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, & Organizations

Talent Unleashed Book

• Talent Unleashed: What it Takes to Transform People, Teams, and Organizations with Michael Simpson, Shawn Moon, Todd Davis, and A. Roger Merrill

Ready, Aim, Excel Book

• Ready, Aim, Excel: Michael’s Expert Insights into Goal Execution with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith and Dr. Kenneth Blanchard

Your Seeds of Greatness Quote Books

• Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Individual Leadership Quote Book
• Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Team Leadership Quote Book
• Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Organizational Leadership Quote Book
• Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Societal Leadership Quote

Building Team and Organizational Trust Article

• Building Team and Organizational Trust: Powerful Coaching Conversations for Every Leader & Manager with Stephen M.R. Covey & Michael K. Simpson

The Execution-Focused Leader Article

• The Execution-Focused Leader Michael Simpson with Alan Hyatt and Amber Romine from PricewaterhouseCoopers

Michael has provided keynote speeches, executive leadership development work sessions, 1-Day to 5-Days offsite leadership retreats, leader and manager coaches training, and coach certification courses with diverse teams, organizations, and audiences from the following countries: United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Barbados, West Indies, Aruba, Panama, Venezuela, Columbia, Argentina, Brazil, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Portugal, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, China, Macao, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Borneo, Singapore, and Indonesia.

10. How You Can You Become an Effective, Transformational Leader.
11. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
12. How Can You Lead and Coach with High Emotional Intelligence?
13. How Can You Become an Authentic, Servant Leader?
14. How to Set Clear Goals and Manage Your Time Effectively with Improved Results.
15. Understanding My Why: How to Develop a Compelling Mission Statement.
16. How to Develop and Implement a Clear Vision.
17. The 5 Key Elements of a Great Strategy.
18. Developing The 4 Dimensions of all Great Leaders: 1. Stakeholder Trust, 2. Vision and Strategy, 3. Goal Execution, and 4. Coaching Talent.
19. How to Design and Align SMART and Compelling Goals.
20. How to Give Effective Feedback and Coaching.
21. Successfully Leading Change with Your Team in a Virtual World.
22. How to Design and Align a Clear Vision, Strategy, and Goals.
23. How to Build Successful Teams that Execute the Right Results Flawlessly.
24. How to Design a Great Talent and Performance Management System.
25. Building High Performance Individuals, Teams, and Organizations
26. Building Individual Credibility, Team Trust, and a High Trust Organizational Culture.
27. Leading Individual and Organizational Change.
28. Developing Leadership and Management Effectiveness.
29. Leading and Managing Effective Change Strategies.
30. How to Effectively Lead and Coach in a Globally Diverse, Inclusive, and Multi-Cultural World.
31. Achieving Organizational Success: How to Go from ‘Good to Great!’
32. 7 Core Factors for Leading Effective Executive Team and Organizational Change.
33. Organizational Effectiveness (OE Cycle): How to Design and Align Highly Effective Organizations.

Mr. Simpson has a vast portfolio and a wide range of executive-level experiences working across many countries and industries in consulting, advising, training, and coaching some of the world’s top CEO’s, executives, and leaders, including:

PepsiCo, Frito Lay, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Atlanta Falcons, Orlando Magic, Marriott, Hilton, Kimpton Hotels, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Lilly, Amgen, Baxter-Canada, Johnson & Johnson, Sunovion-Pharmaceuticals, Abbvie Pharmaceuticals, Alvogen Pharmaceuticals-Iceland, Truven Health, GEHA, Highmark Health, KVC Health Systems, Loma Linda Hospital, McKesson, Procter & Gamble, Elanco, Nike, TE Connectivity, Ericsson, NetApp, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard/EDS, Xerox/ACS, IBM, Juniper Networks, Informatica, GE Appliances, Whirlpool, John Deere, Goodyear, Webco, Gentex, Kobe Corporation, PPG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Grant Thornton, Petronas-Malaysia, Brunei-Shell, Chevron Petro-Chemical, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, WaterBridge, AT&T, Verizon, Nokia-Finland, Mobily-Saudi Arabia, Maxis-Malaysia, Amway North America, Mary Kay Global, Capital One Bank, Bankers Financial, HSBC-Malaysia, Bank of Islam, OCBC Bank-Singapore, UOB Bank-Singapore, Citic Bank-China, Nordstrom Bank, TD Bank, Bank Negara, Bank Maumalat, Central Bank-Philippines, Central Bank-Thailand, Central Bank-Malaysia, Huntington Bank, Stanbic Bank-Zambia, Kuwait Finance, Landsbankinn-Iceland, Affin Bank, Mazuma Credit Union, Golden One Credit Union, Prudential BSN, ING, Allstate, New York Life, Farmers Insurance University, 21st Century Insurance, Lockton Insurance, NCH Corporation, Cummins Engine, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Vancouver Police, Honeywell, Evergy, FL Power & Light, Southern CA Edison, Schneider Electric, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, NW Natural Gas, Payless Shoes, Darden Restaurants, Duffy’s Sports Grill, Kroger’s, Dillon’s, A&P, Associated Food, ACE Hardware, Pandora-Denmark, IC Company’s-Denmark, Westinghouse, Malaysia Rubber Board, Iskandar-Malaysia, Brookfield Homes, New York State Workers Compensation Board, Georgia Technology Authority, Georgia Department of Human Resources, State of Illinois DCFS, United Nations, NATO, NASA, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Defense, US Defense Intelligence Agency, US Nuclear Regulatory Agency, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US Department of Homeland Security, US Air Force, US Air Force Medical Services, US Marines, US Navy, US Army, US Army Corp of Engineers, US Coast Guard, LA Unified School District, Orange County, CA School District, Ivy Hall Academy, and Alamo College.

Mr. Simpson has been a visiting professor for one-year at South China’s University of Technology in Guangzhou, China. While in China, Michael received the Chinese Government’s Commission for Higher Education “Top 10 Foreign Teachers Award” among 150 professors in Guangdong Province. Michael was an external consultant at the United Nations in New York City, NY where he facilitated conflict resolution, mediation, and diversity skills training through Columbia University’s International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR). Michael has been an Adjunct Professor in leadership and organizational behavior at Columbia College’s School of Business Administration. He’s been a Visiting Instructor in business management, leadership, and organizational behavior at Hong Kong University, University of Malaysia, Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business, Columbia University, BYU’s Marriott School of Business, Fulton’s School of Engineering, Kennedy School of International Relations, and Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business E-MBA Program, and The Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center.

Michael is currently a Fellow with Harvard University’s Institute of Coaching (IOC). He received his master’s (M.A.) from Columbia University in Organizational Behavior from the Department of Organization & Leadership. He graduated with honors as a member of Kappa Delta Pi. He received a Graduate Studies Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Mediation from Columbia’s International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR). He later received an Advanced Executive Coaching Certification from Columbia University’s Executive Coaching Certification Program. Michael received his bachelors from Brigham Young University (B.A.) in International Relations from the Kennedy Center for International Studies. He was an international honors society member with Sigma Iota Rho. Michael is currently on BYU’s Kennedy Center for International Studies Advisory Board of Directors. Through the Kennedy Center, he studied in the Spring-Summer semesters in 1987 through BYU’s London, UK Study Abroad Program. Michael was a University Professor for one-year during 1995-1996, teaching business management, foreign trade, and English at South China University of Technology in Guangzhou, China through BYU’s China Teachers Program.

Michael’s enjoyed participating in various client, professional, academic, and association speaking platforms for various clients and business groups over the years, including: FranklinCovey’s client keynote events, The Lavin Agency, National Speakers Association, Professional Speaking Association, Malaysia Toastmasters International, World Business Executive Coaching Summit (WBECS), Columbia’s Coaches Learning Association, Teachers College, Columbia University’s Executive Coaching Certification Program, Harvard’s Institute of Coaching, The Organizational Development Network (ODN), American Training and Development (ATD), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), International Coach Federation (ICF), The Conference Board, The Corporate Board, The Salt Lake City and Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, The Kiwanis Int’l Club, Utah’s Silicon Slopes Forum, Ivy Hall Academy Teacher and Student Forums, BYU’s William Dyers’ Leading Organizational Change Conference, BYU’s Kennedy Center Semester Speakers Forum, PwC’s Regional Thought Leadership Forum, PwC’s Partners in Leadership, University of Malaysia Deputy Chancellors Forum, South China University of Technology’s Foreign Affairs Lecture, Guangdong University of Technology Foreign Teachers Event, Columbia Business School Management Consulting Association, and United Nations ICCCR Conflict Resolution Training.