At your level of leadership, Your team needs the best version of you

Become the kind of leader who delivers breakthrough results that are evermore effective and efficient with an enjoyable workplace through Inside-Out™ transformation

Trusted by executives of Fortune 500 companies

Introducing the (LION) experience

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Discover what’s blocking you from being your very best, authentic leadership self—and what to do about it.

Engage your deepest intrapersonal dynamics that powerfully influence your leadership thoughts, feelings, and actions—often without your awareness.

Become the kind of leader who authentically drives positive change in your organization
from the Inside-Out™.

Imagine you, your company, and your employees becoming evermore
effective, efficient, AND enjoyable.

The Potent PROCESS OF the

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From beta tester email:

The LION 3-D Experience includes 3 phases:

  1. Starting with the LION 3-D assessment process, you will uncover the hidden factors impacting your leadership approach.

  2. Next, during our 1:1 customized coaching event, we will explore and apply these insights into how you want to authentically think, feel, and lead.

Then, we'll conclude the LION Experience by determining insight-driven actions you can take immediately to improve your leadership and foster a more positive work environment.

STEP 1
Begin by completing THE LION 3-D ASSESSMENT online

Discover the hidden factors driving your leadership style

STEP 2
engage me with your results for a customized 1:1 coaching experience

Apply these insights to how you want to authentically think, feel, and lead

stEP 3
Launch your Inside-Out™ transformation

Immediately begin transforming your leadership in your everyday work

The Potent PROCESS OF the

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STEP 1


Begin by completing THE LION 3-D ASSESSMENT online

Discover the hidden factors driving your leadership style

STEP 2

Engage me with your results for a customized 1:1 coaching experience

Apply these insights to how you want to authentically think, feel, and lead

STEP 3

Launch your Inside-Out™ transformation

Immediately begin transforming your leadership in your everyday work

Discover the hidden factors impacting your leadership

Step 1: Proprietary online Leadership Inside-Out™ Navigator (LION) 3-D Assessment

Starting with the LION 3-D assessment process, you will uncover fundamental drivers of your leadership.

You’ll be enlightened—maybe even shocked—by how deeply-rooted factors have been influencing how you think, feel, and lead.

I invented this assessment to be quite unique from any other instruments you may have taken before. I call it a “3-D” experience because it is differentiated and unusually powerful by measuring your capabilities from three discrete perspectives that align to my “3 E’s” Inside-Out transformation model:

  • Effectiveness: How capable are you of doing it?

  • Efficiency: How much effort is required to do it?

  • Enjoyment: How do you feel about doing it?

Measuring all three dimensions can uncover a far wider range of incremental insights.

Apply insights to how you want to think, feel, and lead

Step 2: Customized 1:1 coaching event with the inventor

Next, during our 1:1 customized coaching event, we will explore your results and their impacts on you from the Inside-Out™.

You will get to discuss your assessment results directly with me, the inventor of the assessment. We will apply these insights to how you want to authentically think, feel, and lead.

This collaborative process will empower you to take ownership of your transformation ongoing.

BEEF THIS UP SINCE THE COACHING CALL IS THE BIGGEST VALUE OF THE EXPERIENCE

Immediately begin transforming your leadership in your everyday work

Step 3: Thoughtful Action™

We will conclude the LION Experience by applying these insights to how you want to authentically think, feel, and lead.

You will not only enjoy breakthrough self-awareness, but we’ll also translate it into real-world action. I will help you determine Thoughtful Action™ you can take to immediately improve your leadership and integrate it for good into the everyday, ordinary work you do.

This hands-on approach gives you actionable ways to immediately start becoming the kind of leader you want to be.

And if you’d like to stay engaged to amplify your transformation results, I have a variety of options for how we could structure that.

“Michael is one of the most impactful leaders I’ve worked with.”

As a transformation agent, his proficiency goes beyond restructuring products and processes. Michael influences people to make positive changes within themselves. He has an intuitive sense of a person's strengths and guides them towards roles they'll flourish in. He empowers teams to break old patterns, experiment with new concepts, and sets them on a path of contributing real value to the organization. His focus on products, processes, AND people has a lasting effect that changes the DNA of the organization.

Jeff M, Program Management Executive

Global Financial Services Firm

  • “I have worked for many other managers that thought that fear should be the motivating factor, but that just creates resentment. People wanted to share in their success with Michael, and his environment of inclusivity makes everyone want to be a part of his team.”

    Dan Z, Vice President
    Top 5 US Bank

  • "Michael’s impact was so significant that it propelled me into a new, larger role. I wholeheartedly recommend Michael as a transformational coach and executive."

    Amy S, Executive Director
    Top 10 Global Banking Firm

  • “[Michaell] helped me develop the mindset and behaviors needed to truly drive this change as a leader”

    Anthony A, Executive
    Global Mutual Fund Firm

  • "Michael is a visionary leader who I've seen first-hand drive transformation at an enterprise level by maximizing working group potential with a focus on collaboration and positive coaching."

    Warwick S, Chief Information Officer
    Global Financial Services Firm

Backed by 25+ years of executive experience, intensive education, and rigorous certifications.
rooted in neuroscience. Proven results.

Hi, I’m Michael Perkins, inventor of Inside-Out™ Transformation and the LION Experience.

I understand firsthand the challenge of demanding high performance while authentically demonstrating care for employees. It seems most executives don’t believe it’s even possible.

That’s why I work with leaders who want to take their businesses to new heights while simultaneously increasing the positive engagement of their people.

The neuroscience-based coaching I’ve honed over the past 25+ years enables executives to become the best and most authentic version of themselves while equipping those around them to do the same.

I’ve seen it work for hundreds of executives who authentically transformed themselves and their organizations, including senior leaders from JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and many more.

Inside-Out™ transformation truly changes leaders and their organizations from the inside out, resulting in enjoyable workplaces that are even more effective and efficient.

25+ years of organizational leadership and executive coaching

Thousands of hours of coaching experience with hundreds of executives

Certified International Coaching Federation PCC

Certified NeuroChange Professional (in process)

Executive MBA in Change Management

Master of Arts in Executive Coaching

Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership (in process)

The science behind the LION Experience

Self-awareness and authentic interpersonal skills are the strongest predictors of executive leadership success. They also create the foundation needed to transform into the authentic leader you want to be.

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THE SURPRISING IMPACT OF SELF-AWARENESS

According to this study from Cornell University, self-awareness is the strongest predictor of executives’ success.

*The study explored the leadership styles, backgrounds, and track records of 72 senior executives across 31 companies (half of them with C-level or President titles) at public, venture-backed, and private-equity sponsored companies. The researchers found that harsh, hard-driving, “results-at-all-costs” executives actually diminish the bottom line, while self-aware leaders with strong interpersonal skills deliver better financial performance” (via American Management Association).

HOW SELF-AWARE ARE YOU… REALLY?

While most of us think we are self-aware, this Harvard study reveals only 10-15% of people actually demonstrate self-awareness.

By taking the first step with the LION Experience, you’re already setting yourself apart from your competitors.

Become the kind of leader who AUTHENTICALLY injects good into their company, community, and family

Perfect for motivated leaders who are hungry for authentic change—to themselves, their families, their companies, and their employees.

  • Get unstuck from unproductive habits

  • Identify blind spots and self-limiting beliefs holding you back

  • Gain crystal clear insight into the core factors that have been undermining your effectiveness as a leader

  • Explore new perspectives and possibilities with a coach

  • Discover a new sense of clarity, confidence, and motivation

  • Renew your passion and energy for leading your team

  • Watch your employees thrive and reach new levels of impact

  • Experience a deep sense of personal and professional integrity, where your actions and values are fully aligned

  • Chart a clear, actionable plan for making tangible, meaningful changes that will elevate your leadership and empower your team

Become the leader your team deserves

Trust in a process that has guided hundreds of executives to drive breakthrough results by building high-performing teams.