In his 29 year corporate career, Michael Carroll has held Vice President of Human
Resources positions with Shearson Lehman/American Express, Paine Webber,
Simon & Schuster and The Walt Disney Company. Since 2002, Michael has been
building an active consulting and executive coaching business with client firms:
• Lutheran Medical Center
• Procter & Gamble
• Starbucks
• Liberty Resources, Inc.
• National Geographic Expeditions
• Gilbane, Inc.
• Entertainment Rights, International
• Unilever
• Comcast
• AstraZeneca
• Capital Blue Cross
• Gecko Group
• National Board of Medical Examiners
• Disney Publishing Worldwide
• Gartner Group
• NMS Labs
• Google
• Oxford Health
• Viropharma
• AICPA
• Interpersonal Technology Group
• WRC Publishing
• Merck Pharmaceuticals
• Facebook
Michael is the author of Awake at Work (Shambhala 2004), The Mindful Leader (Shambhala 2007) and the forth coming “Fearless Work; a Confident Life” (Shambhala 2012). He has lectured on the topic of leadership and mindfulness at Wharton Business School, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, Yale University, University of Sydney, St. Mary’s University, Drexel University, West Chester University, Radford University, University of Toronto, Cape Cod Institute.
Michael has been studying meditation since 1976, graduated from Buddhist seminary in 1980 and is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He holds a bachelors degree in Theology and Philosophy from The University of Dayton and a Masters degree in Adult Education from The City University of New York, Hunter College. Michael has taught at Kripalu, Zen Mountain Monastery, EVAM Institute, Karme Choling, Shambhala Mountain Center, Wake Up Yoga of Philadelphia, Om Yoga of New York, Omega Institute (assisting Pema Chodron) and many other practice centers throughout the US, Canada, Australia and Europe.
