Jody Michael Author

Jody Michael is CEO of Jody Michael Associates, a premier coaching company specializing in executive coaching, career coaching and leadership development. She is recognized as one of the top 4% of coaches worldwide and is an internationally credentialed Master Certified Coach, Board Certified Coach, University of Chicago trained psychotherapist, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Jody brings to her work a rare combination of theoretical knowledge plus extensive field experience. She's built her expertise through 40,000+ hours of individual sessions across 25+ years of coaching, adjunct education in human behavior, neuroscience and psychology, and 15 years of experience in corporate leadership with Goldman Sachs, Chicago Research and Trading (CRT)/Nations Bank, and Kidder-Peabody. In her early coach training, she studied for three years with thought leaders Dr. Fernando Flores, and Julio Olalla of The Newfield Network, bring ontological coaching to her leadership positions. She has been a trailblazer by nature since her youth. Always a visionary, she drove her career development through precise intentions and fearless actions to become one of the first female traders on the Chicago trading floors, a corporate leader in the finance industry, and one of the first coaches in the country. Based on her applied research, Jody pioneered the use of technology in coaching by creating one of the first mobile apps to accelerate the building of self-awareness, mindfulness, resilience, and emotional intelligence. Jody has coached some of the nation's top performing leaders and teams across diverse industries and organizations from hypergrowth tech companies to global Fortune 100 organizations, and has a special affinity for partnering with tech, finance, and healthcare. Among her clients are 117 senior executives across 18 Fortune 100 companies. She's a renowned keynote speaker, author, and thought leader in her field who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Oprah Magazine, Huffington Post, Crain's Chicago and more. She has appeared as an expert on MSNBC, CNN, the Today Show and NPR. Jody and her life partner Kathy reside in Chicago, IL and in Palm Springs, CA. Jody has a deep love of travel, nature, art and design, and is passionate about curating a collection of beautiful rocks and fossils originating across the world.