Keynote Speeches

Michael is a Amazon #1 bestselling author with several coaching books and articles.

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Michael K. Simpson is the CEO of Simpson Executive Coaching and is an independent FranklinCovey senior consultant, client practitioner, and global master certified facilitator.

Mr. Simpson is a #1 Amazon bestselling author of eight leadership and coaching books and has been distinguished as one of the top 100 global executive coaches.

For over 30 years, Michael has conducts leadership retreats, executive coaching, and inspiring and motivational keynote speeches worldwide to diverse audiences and industries in over 40 countries ranging from 15 people to 5,000 people.

Michael has been one of the world’s most renowned thought leaders, executive coaches, leadership development experts in unleashing team talent and human potential, in clarifying vision, developing strategy, in building high-performance teams with goal clarity, in a sustainable culture of high trust and accountability.

He has taught, coached, and advised some of the most successful CEOs, presidents, and senior leaders from startup businesses to Fortune 50 companies, global government agencies, universities, and educational organizations.

Michael has been a Global Management Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Strategy and Organizational Change Practice in New York City, NY. He was also a Senior Management Consultant for Ernst & Young’s Change Management Practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Simpson served as Chief Strategy Officer, V.P. of Sales & Marketing, and V.P. of Business Development for three leading technology start-up companies.

Michael is a Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Coaching Program. He was Co-founder, Faculty, and Global Managing Director with FranklinCovey–Columbia University’s Executive Coaching Certification Program. Mr. Simpson is a graduate and faculty with Columbia University’s Executive Coaching Certification Program. Michael is a certified coach with Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder-Centered Coaching, Marcus Buckingham’s Strength-Finders Coaching, Inside-Out GROW Coaching, and University of Maryland’s The Art and Practice of Coaching Leaders.

Keynote Speaker

Michael has presented keynote addresses and leadership retreats to hundreds’ of audiences and thousands of leaders throughout the world, addressing the day’s most relevant business issues and topics at business forums, corporate retreats and kick-offs, board of director meetings, annual strategic planning events, association meetings, university department forums, and luncheons.

Global Keynotes & Leadership Retreat Experience

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.

Speaker’s Goal

Michael’s goal in any keynote presentation is to connect with his audience in a passionate, inspiring, thought-provoking, and practical way that leaves the session attendees motivated and challenged to improve their thinking, their lives, teams, and organizational results in a transformational way.

Below are some of Michael’s previous Keynote Speech topics that may be considered in future addresses or themes. Topics can be customized or modified based on the needs of the industry, the organization, and the audience attending.

1. Unlocking Potential: The Keys to Unlocking Potential as a Great Leader as Coach (includes Michael’s book).
2. Powerful Leadership Through Coaching: Principles and Practices to Build Great Coaching Skills (includes Michael’s book).
3. Talent Unleashed: 3 Essential Leadership and Coaching Conversations (includes Michael’s book).
4. Develop Your Coaching Skills in Job Performance, Career Development, and Accountability.
5. How to be an Effective Coach by using the Simpson 3Ds Coaching Model: 1. Diagnose the agenda, 2. Design what’s most important, and 3. Deliver on commitments, actions, and results.
6. Developing Your Work-Life Balance.
7. How to Develop the 5 Areas of the Whole-Person.
8. Improving Leadership Performance: The Learner-Judger Mindset, Effective Language, High Trust Behaviors/Leadership Style, and Focused Results.
9. The Leader and Manager as Coach.

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.

Global Clients: Corporate, Government, & Education Experience

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.

FranklinCovey Partnership

For over 25 years, Michael has enjoyed a close partnership with FranklinCovey and their U.S. and international business partners. He has been one of the top global, master facilitators, and senior consultants who is certified to deliver FranklinCovey’s leadership sessions and executive coaching for corporate, government, and education in the following content areas:

• 1:1 and Team Executive Coaching
• Unlocking Potential Coaching Certification Program
• Executive Leadership Summit (ELS) Retreats
• The 4 Disciplines of Execution
• Leading at the Speed of Trust
• The 4 Essential Roles of Leaders
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• The 7 Habits for Managers
• Organizational Effectiveness (OE Cycle)

Global Executive Leadership Faculty

Michael was on faculty for three years teaching leadership and coaching executives at FranklinCovey’s Executive Leadership Week (ELW) with Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Dr. Ram Charan, and Dr. Mette Norgaard at Deer Valley and Sundance, Utah ski resorts. Michael was also on faculty and helped design and lead for three years teaching at the following executive development programs, including: KPMG’s Leadership University in Orlando, FL; The U.S. Department of Defense’s, Senior Executive Services (SES) 5-Day Vanguard Leadership Program in Washington, DC; Sabre Corporations 4-Day High Potential Global Leadership Program in Dallas, TX; TE Connectivity’s 3-Day Global Leadership Way Program in China, India, Europe, Latin America, and North America; and IC Company’s 3-Day Global Leadership Program in Denmark.

Executive Leadership, Board of Directors, & Business Advisory Experience

Michael held three executive management positions at three leading technology start-up companies as Chief Strategy Officer at Zellim Corporation, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at MediConnect Global, and Vice President of Business Development for America To Go. Michael is the CEO of Impact International Education (IIE) a firm focused on educational technology and consulting for college prep students. Michael is CEO of E-Business Advisory & Consulting Services (E-BACS) a firm dedicated to partnering with online products, services, and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses to scaling products, data intelligence, and online business services. Michael has served on several Boards and Advisory Board, including: Ken Garff Automotive Group, Ivy Hall Academy School (Pre-K through 10th Grade), BYU Kennedy Center for International Studies, Utah State University’s Stephen R. Covey Leadership Center Advisory Council, Mercato Partners and Junto Partners Advisory Boards, XR Nutrition Board, Clear-Link Advisory Board, The Orange Duffle Bag Foundation for At-Risk Youth, Nourish the World, and Project Read Adult Literacy.

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Global University Teaching Experience

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.

Academic Distinction

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.

Speaking Forums & Business Associations

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.

Contact Me

Get in touch with Michael using the following information:

Michael K. Simpson
CEO/Managing Director

Simpson Executive Coaching
PO Box 971747
Orem, UT 84097
USA

Tel #: (435) 602-9031
Email: msimpson@ebacs.net
www.simpsonexecutivecoaching.com