CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

"...As I continue to further my career, I've come to increasingly recognize the importance of understanding the differences between leadership and management with each of their respective goals and needed attributes. In my personal effort to continually improve, I've come to work with an executive coach, Michael Burroughs. Michael has a long history of working with Emergency Medicine Directors and really has a unique understanding of our day-to-day challenges. What I found fascinating was that besides working one-on-one with current and potential ED directors, he performed focus groups with them to better understand the essential leadership skills that are needed to be successful. This emergency medicine focus, coupled with his years of executive coaching experience within the business arena, has made him invaluable to my professional growth not only as an ED Director, but also as a physician leader here at our hospital."

Rafael Torres, M.D.
Emergency Department Director

"I chose to engage Michael Burroughs for my leadership coach because, as an emergency physician, I wanted to work with a coach who understood my specialty and the challenges I faced in my leadership role. I wanted to work with a coach who had had similar coaching experiences working with physicians in my role and higher. I found Michael to be exactly what I was looking for. Michael presents a wise, valuable viewpoint and provides fair, proper and good guidance. I look forward to our conversations and only regret that I did not engage him sooner in my career."

Joshua Moskovitz, MD, MBA, MPH, FACEP
Associate Director for Operations

PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE COACHING

"I owe a lot of my professional success to Michael Burroughs and his exceptional executive and career coaching skills. He uses a very fact-based approach to assessing skills and style that he then maps against your actual working environment. Thus, his coaching is immediately usable and directly applicable to your own personal situation and that makes all the difference! Michael hits the deck running and turns the intangible into the logical and doable and does it with an affability that puts you totally at ease. The skills he taught me have carried me successfully through multiple changes in work environment and roles up to the C Level. And he has always answered any new questions I came up with later on. There are just none better at executive coaching than Michael."

Chuck Miller
Chief Information Officer

"My sincerest thanks for a great year of executive coaching! You were and are going to be for many years to come, the difference maker in my career. I learned SO much! I'm most appreciative of all of our time together. Thanks again for all of the knowledge sharing, great coaching, and friendship."

Julie Chester

Quality Executive

"Michael Burroughs has an amazing gift for coaching executives at all levels. The hours I spend with Michael are more helpful than all previous managerial training I have received. His methods quickly identify and measure the important competencies required to succeed and grow beyond one's current position. Additionally, in a very short time, I was introduced to the important skill sets required for professional growth from my employer's point of view, and understood the value placed on each of these skill sets. Michael created a very focused and personalized development plan to meet my comprehensive needs and broke the plan down into bite-sized pieces that were able to be implemented easily and efficiently into my work schedule. The developmental applications benefit my executive career and personal life, equally. Regardless of your executive experience, I highly recommend spending time with Michael. You will be a better executive and manager."

Jodi Hall

Wealth Management Group Practice Leader (Successor)

CORPORATE EXECUTIVE COACHING

NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE COACHING

"Michael's expertise and interactive style of coaching has helped several senior executives within our organization to strengthen their awareness of their own communication and work styles and how they impact each other and their direct reports. He also guided us in the identification of areas in which stronger skill sets or modification of some of our existing managerial practices were necessary, as well as specific changes that could be made and how best to make those changes. Michael's coaching process has proven to be invaluable to our organization."

Sharon Murtzlufft
SVP

"As a newly promoted vice president in my organization I had a lot to learn about serving at the executive level. The first important lesson I gained in my coaching experience with Michael was learning many of the things "I didn't know that I didn't know" about interacting with senior executives. With his guidance I became more comfortable and effective in those interactions. This went beyond understanding individual personalities and behavioral styles. He helped me develop skills to more effectively work with them on a routine basis. I also was able to consult with Michael from time-to-time and share with him what issues I was dealing with, what my responses or plans were, and getting vital and timely feedback. That "real-time" coaching was a great benefit to me and, ultimately, my employer."

Jim Cocos
VP

"Michael Burroughs' years of experience and training in performance coaching are greatly leveraged by his natural perceptiveness, respect for, and sensitivity to others. His ability to establish geniune rapport quickly earns Michael the trust of his client that is imperative to successful outcomes. Michael is a sought-after coach because he is able to assist his clients in dealing with personal hard truths effectively, without loss of self-respect or optimism. In so doing, he has gained the enduring gratitude of countless executives who went on in their careers to progressively more responsible positions in both the for and not-for-profit sectors. The organization or individual that retains Michael for his executive and career coaching services is the organization or individual that invests in the future."

Sue Wilkerson
SVP

"With over 45 years of experience in both military and business sectors, Burroughs possesses a unique blend of strategic acumen, leadership, and operational excellence. His proven leadership skills, strategic vision, integrity, and values alignment made him an ideal coach for our public-facing organization. Burroughs' experience in leadership development, organizational structure, and operational strategy helped guide me through high-level decision-making processes and long-term organizational planning. His commitment to integrity, ethical decision-making, and a passion for service aligned with PBS North Carolina's mission. Burroughs' coaching style is tailored to individual needs, providing actionable insights, personalized strategies, and continuous feedback to help leaders grow in their roles. His guidance was particularly valuable in areas such as stakeholder management, innovation, and navigating the complexities of public broadcasting in a rapidly changing media landscape."

David  Crabtree
CEO Public Television of North Carolina

EXECUTIVE RECRUITING

"In conducting the actual search Michael is creative, tireless and aggressive in finding the best of the best. His screening techniques are inventive, revealing and productive. His report of his screening results inform the organization so well that it is possible to know more about the candidate's probable performance than others already within the organization. Michael does not cut corners. The organization that retains him can be assured of the highest return for their dollars spent."

Sue Wilkerson
SVP Human Resources

"We've engaged Michael Burroughs to complete a series of senior level searches in the medical technology field...our engagements have encompassed multiple functional areas and spanned several international markets. Each has been successfully served with insight and professionalism and we have been delighted with the results of this partnership. We continue to be impressed with the breadth and depth of his expertise..."

Andy Cowen
CEO

"I have worked with Michael Burroughs on three searches over the years. The first two were for senior management roles at our headquarters, overseeing product development and marketing, including North America Sales. The third was for the GM-China position for our Shanghai operations. We were very happy with the results in each case. His success comes from his professional background in executive management and consulting, along with a well-structured search process that ensures efficiency. He provides helpful candidate insights and makes the process easy while achieving great results. I highly recommend him."

Tim Mortenson
Chief Financial Officer

"As a public company whose business involves high tech electronics for the military and commercial markets, it had been very difficult finding strong executive talent for our key positions...I found Michael to be very knowledgeable in the aerospace and defense industry, careful in the selection of candidates and very responsive to our questions. Michael does an excellent job in keeping his finger on the pulse of the aerospace and defense industry. His follow-up is superb and he has a very unique method of narrowing the pool of qualified candidates. I often refer to his search style as, "informally formal". He has a down-to-earth work style yet a professional demeanor. His previous experience as a business executive and consultant gives him an edge on other recruiters and significantly serves to support his professional and high energy work ethic."

John Carroll
VP Human Resources