Michael O'Brien

I’m a business coach for leaders who are looking to deliver Exceptional Results!

I partner with today's business leaders who want to move from functional to optimal or good to great, and my aim is to change lives by enhancing leadership energy, engagement, and fulfillment and cascade it throughout organizations.

Peloton Coaching and Consulting is inspired by two of my passions: cycling and changing lives.

For more than 22 years, I’ve worked in leadership positions as a manager, a director, and at a VP executive-level at some of the top global pharmaceutical companies.

During my corporate tenure, I sat at the helm during times of expansions, restructures, and other corporate change events. I understand the responsibilities that come from managing large P & Ls and teams.

Yet, in spite of my outward successes, like you, I struggled at times with the pressures and demands of the corporate world:

* I experienced the frustrating headwinds of a lack of meaningful development feedback to propel me from good to great.

* I had shaky confidence when I was moved into unfamiliar tasks or change initiatives, which caused me to question my abilities.

* I experienced the swirl of the victim loop when I was confronted with aggressive goals and challenging P & L targets.

* I felt the weight-of-the-world pressure that makes you believe you must control everything to ensure success.

And yes, I’ve been afraid to be bold and courageous, fearing it could lead to failure, become a negative influence on my team, or could affect my employment.

I once believed that these fears and feelings were the norm. I was convinced that living under an umbrella of stress was “business as usual in the corporate world.” I never looked past my own assumptions because I was too busy establishing my career, providing for my family, and driving for results.

July 11th, 2001

Then, in an instant, my life changed.

On the morning of July 11, 2001, I was out on a cycling training ride before a corporate meeting. I was hit head-on by a SUV that crossed into my lane traveling 40 mph.

I've been an active cyclist since high school when I was first drawn to the sports' blue-collar nature, and the romance of riders suffering through cobbled streets, steep Alps, and sunflower-lined roads of Europe.

On that fateful New Mexico morning, the impact fractured my right shoulder, right femur, right tibia, and shattered my left femur. The shattering of my left femur lacerated my femoral artery.

My doctors told me if I had been unhealthy or 10 years older, I probably would have died that day.

My first surgery lasted 12 hours; my doctors could only fix my left leg that day, but they saved my life.

That would be the first of more than 10 surgeries, three months in the hospital, and countless hours of rehabilitation, pain, and tears.

The accident and healing that followed tested my beliefs, energy, and emotions. At times, I seemed to have more setbacks than successes, and there were many bleak days when I doubted the possibility of my recovery.

But somewhere along that journey, I decided I would not be defined by my accident. Rather, I would be defined by how I responded to my accident. I made the choice to recalibrate my approach to the rest of my life.

Eventually, I healed enough to be reunited with the joys of cycling, the fulfillment of living, and the power of a positive attitude.

My accident provided the genesis of B.E.S.T., principles I developed and used that helped me refocus my life, go above and beyond my career aspirations, and take action to maximize my potential.

It taught me that what you believe makes you who you are.

Now, as a business coach, I help leaders overcome their career obstacles and move from good to great or functional to optimal using my B.E.S.T. principles.

Are you ready to:

Elevate your career fulfillment from functional to optimal

Seize new opportunities with greater excitement

Attack your goals with an "I Got This and Here's How" belief

Utilize your team and colleagues to accomplish more together than solo

Unleash the bold and courageous leader within you

If so, then we should talk. Having been responsible for the planning and execution of hundreds of key meeting events during my career, I knows how important your event is to take your team to the next performance level. I get it! Therefore, I will fully customized my talk to meet your needs.