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“Over the past three years I have had the privilege and honor of having Michael McDermott as my personal coach. Over this period, Michael has taken me through a personal and professional journey which has had a drastic impact on how I work with senior management and peers throughout the company, my ability to manage my direct reports more effectively and, most importantly, I have seen tremendous improvements on my relationships with family and friends. The overall result is that I am a happy and more effective person. Looking back, I would recommend to anyone interested in personal development to get a personal coach, especially Michael McDermott.”

“I feel compelled to share the exceptional professional experience I had with executive coach Mike McDermott.  I am a sales executive with a leading global consumer products company who is in the midst of a career transition unlike any I have experienced before.  Mike and I worked together for over six months on really getting a deep understanding of “me” and what and how I want to do things.  The experience was truly remarkable.  Not only did I get a clear understanding of my values and strengths, but Mike provided a highly positive environment, which was exactly what I needed during a difficult time. Having worked with executive coaches before, both for myself and employees of mine, I have what I feel is an appropriate perspective on strengths and weaknesses for coaching.  Mike’s systematic, authentic and personal approach is unlike anything I had experienced before.  He used assessment tools that forced more comprehensive thinking about me.  He coupled that with personal examples that provided context to make the discussions real and transferable.  He pushed me to make tangible goals with clear accountability and commitment to deliver. His professional experience and extensive training coupled with his personal approach made the exercise highly productive.”

“I started working with Michael after the investment bank I worked for vaporized in the great meltdown of 2008. I was looking for help with the “what’s next” conversation, but got so much more: a new way of looking at myself, a recognition that my own beliefs are far more limiting than any environmental constraints, and a realization that I can change those beliefs to lead a happier and more fulfilling life. Moreover, I gained tools that I carry with me to ‘adjust course’ as I move forward. Do I have all the answers to my transition question? No. Do I have the ability to deal with it? Undoubtedly. Thanks, Michael.”

“Thank you for the opportunity to work with you over the past six months in your role as an executive coach. Your insight has and continues to be extremely beneficial in the development of both my professional and personal life. While I feel that one of my strengths has been the ability to anticipate change and that I view it as opportunity,  it has also become clear that it was having a greater impact on me than I had perceived.”

“I came to Michael for help determining my next step. As a personal business owner I needed to reinvigorate my practice and feel fulfilled at the same time. We worked together for a month, and in that time I felt transformed into someone capable of anything I set my mind to. I was confident, happy and feeling empowered about who I was and what I could do for myself and my clients. We met in 4 hour super-sessions, and the mix of modalities and techniques was amazing. I have also found the results to be long lasting as I have not slipped back at all since our work together last year. I got far more than I had hoped for!”

“Michael was incredibly helpful in working with me on many facets of my career path and delivery during a critical time in the business, between 2007 and 2009. I highly recommend him to anyone who wants to be a better person, master some critical skills in a large organization, become a better leader, and become a happier person while doing it all.”

“I now have a more satisfying sense of direction in my life and a new equanimity that comes from knowing how to handle potentially stressful issues as they come up.  I’m glad I did this for my health.”

“Mike maximizes the impact of his diverse experience by putting in hours of preparation time for each hour spent with his clients. He combines the more structured processes found in traditional executive coaching with more esoteric techniques found in other cultures and religions. This enables him to craft a relevant and personal path for each individual he coaches. This also makes him unique and effective in many different types of coaching, delivering results on a multitude of levels. He succeeds by invoking you to internalize your solutions, making them much more immutable. I have personally gained insight and resolution in areas which were not even on my personal radar when we began.”