As the Global Director of APAX Coaching, I bring a passion for transformative leadership and a commitment to driving organizational success through strategic initiatives. As a Certified Leadership Coach with expertise in Strategy, Change, and Enablement, I specialize in empowering leaders to navigate complexity, drive positive change, and unlock their full potential.Key Areas of Focus:Strategic Leadership: Guiding executives and emerging leaders in developing and implementing impactful strategies that align with organizational goals and foster sustainable growth.Change Management: Enabling individuals and teams to thrive in times of change by providing targeted coaching that enhances adaptability, resilience, and a positive mindset.Sales Enablement: Leveraging a deep understanding of organizational dynamics to enable sales teams for peak performance, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.Our mission at APAX Coaching is to empower leaders to lead with purpose, navigate change with resilience, and drive organizational excellence. We believe in the transformative power of coaching to unlock leadership potential and foster a culture of continuous improvement.Let's Connect:Whether you're seeking personalized leadership coaching, strategic guidance, or insights into navigating organizational change, I invite you to connect. Let's explore how I can contribute to your leadership journey and the success of your organization. https://calendly.com/mikegrigg

With 80 Clients to date and on 500+ sessions, Mike consistently achieves a 4.9/5.0 Client satisfaction score on every single session. Mike has 20 years of being a professional international coach, and has designed and developed leadership and change management programs that are still in use today for 300+ companies around the world. His experience spans across several industries such as Automotive, Manufacturing, Science & Pharma, Biotech, Hospitals & Healthcare, Product and Tech Management and the Public Sector.Mike is a coach and a business leader. He knows that organizations promote and retain people with a continuous improvement growth mindset, the ability to communicate effectively in and across roles, and confidence and capabilities to impact results.Mike believes in human-centric coaching, an approach that utilizes agile and design thinking methodologies applied to formal coaching practices. Mike views coaching as an opportunity to think and perform differently, as one would while learning a new sport. He gives clear and supportive feedback that helps people make immediate improvements, and drive transformational results.

Drove strategy & execution - I played a pivotal role in driving revenue growth and expanding our footprint in the organizational coaching culture development space. I am passionate about forging strategic partnerships, understanding client needs, and delivering tailored coaching solutions to empower leaders and elevate organizational performance.

Pioneered the America's market, drove revenue growth through strategic business development and client engagement initiatives. My role involves fostering meaningful relationships with corporate clients, understanding their organizational development needs, and positioning our coaching services as transformative solutions.Oversaw overall sales organization performance and achievement of sales goals, aligning objectives with CA's business strategy.Led the development and execution of the Americas’ growth and go-to-market strategy for Global Markets leadership development solutions.Monitored key performance indicators such as revenue forecast, win percentage, gross profit, and client satisfaction.

Along with a fantastic global team, I am enthusiastic about designing and facilitating leadership development programs for current or aspiring product managers. With the PLI team, our skills-coaching workshops help you develop soft-skills from day one. Leadership and soft-skills are just like learning any skill; it's better to have clear guidelines and expectations with a coach pointing out where you can perform better. Advance your career with the PLI leadership advantage.

Strategic Business Development across 22 cities:Spearheaded strategic business development initiatives; such as annual marketing events, partners, sponsors, hosts and speakers to drive engagementClient Relationship Management: Passionate fostered lasting client relationships by taking pride in understanding the unique needs of our clients and delivering tailored leadership coaching solutions that drove tangible results; average 4.9/5.0 leadership engagementsSales Leadership: As a leader in sales within the leadership coaching space, I consistently exceeded $22M+ revenue targets, demonstrating an ability to navigate complex sales cycles and close high-value deals.

Industry: fast food retail at The Gorge Amphitheater in George: Business Development & Regional Manager responsible for leading functional roles including: - HR: recruitment, salaries and benefits, performance appraisals, career development - Supply Chain: organizing raw food and material delivery to dry docks and frozen warehouses, planned logistics paths to accommodate up to ten different locations, managed inventory and warehouse quality. - Product Retail: forecasting demand and supply - Finance: managed salaries, wages, and bonuses for 12 managers, and 100 staff. Planned profits, cost-benefit analysis, and business unit budgets.

Elected office for student body government. Appointed students to committees, mentor and coordinator for each Chair of over 40 committees. Responsible for applying for and managing biennial budgets, voting member of Student Allocations Committee responsible for allocating $1.8M per biennium to student organization; organize committees, make agendas, chair, and delegate responsibilities, follow up action completion; Conducted frequent presentations on numerous issues and plans, including workshops, committee meetings, State Legislature Sessions, liased with other university representatives from state and country at annual conferences, conducted workshops and trained students on leadership tracks. Reported to Washington State Board of Trustees.