A management psychologist and executive advisor with over 30 years experience in talent and career management. With a distinguished international career as an executive coach and management and leadership development consultant, Michael focuses on helping successful and aspiring leaders achieve positive, measurable change in behavior for themselves, their people and their teams. As part of his advisory work to organizations, he has successfully coached hundreds of business leaders in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Combining varied roles in the corporate world with his training in psychology, Dr. Cassella has been sought out to coach executives and managers at all organizations levels from C-suite to first line managers and to implement leadership development initiatives in some of the world's leading organizations including: Hewlett Packard, Agilent, Nortel Networks, Autodesk, Verizon, UBS, Bank of New York Mellon, Merrill Lynch, Interpublic Group, Lafarge, Bayer, Magna, Autoliv, Thyssenkrupp, United States Postal Service, The City of San Diego, Johns Hopkins University, Aon/Kincentric Consulting, McKinsey & Company, AbbVie Pharmaceutical, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Tenet Healthcare, Ascension Health, and Kaiser Permanente. Michael offers his expertise in several talent management processes including competency modeling, job analysis, succession planning, and assessment methods for selecting, developing, and promoting people into the right roles. Michael has taught graduate-level classes in business psychology and as an adjunct professor, was part of an alliance with two universities in developing curriculum and providing instruction in leadership development. He has conducted research on creativity in organizations, theories of adult learning, and psychological test validation in measuring behavioral outcomes. He is a frequent speaker to organizations on the interpersonal aspects of leadership and professional development and has presented his research to professional associations.