Michael is the author of Awake at Work (2004) and Mindful Leadership Training (2016), has held executive positions with Simon & Schuster and The Walt Disney Company, and has taught widely on workplace mindfulness including Harvard, Wharton, Lerab Ling & EVAM Institute. He has been practicing meditation since 1976 and is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.