Michael Thaxton, ACC

Consultant and Coach

Mickey coaches leadership teams, executives, and mid-career leaders to maximize their impact and realize their fullest potential by raising awareness and making purpose-driven change. His coaching style is intentional and collaborative and focuses on helping leaders and teams uncover the internal assumptions that drive outward behavior.​

​Mickey’s 22-year military career, corporate​ management experience, and management​ consulting work gives him a unique ability to​ empathize and engage with leaders at all levels, enabling the mutual trust and respect that is the foundation of an effective coaching relationship. Clients appreciate his keen insight into the complexity of organizations, his challenging questions, and his unconditional positive regard.​

​Mickey is at his best when helping to create a space where people can feel the joy of creative collaboration, fulfill their individual purposes, use their gifts, and work for a greater good.

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Professional Highlights

  • 20+ years of professional development experience

  • 10+ years U.S. Naval Academy faculty teaching leadership and ethics

Industry Experience

  • Government and Military​

  • Higher Education​

  • Healthcare​

  • Healthcare and Senior Living​

  • Management Consulting

Certifications & Education

  • ICF Certified Coach (ACC)​

  • Team Coaching Certificate, Brown University

  • Executive Leadership Coaching Certificate, Georgetown University​

  • Organizational Consulting & Change Leadership Certificate, Georgetown University​

  • Leadership Circle Profile​

  • 6 Team Conditions Team Diagnostic​

  • MA, Villanova University​

  • BS, U.S. Naval Academy