Woven into his life experiences is a lifetime of business management expertise in a variety of industries. A successful 10-year management career with Schlumberger Offshore helped Mr. O’Donnell develop key insights into business cultural affairs. He has also worked extensively in the power line industry as a highly sought after rigging and safety consultant. He is also the recipient of numerous safety and management awards. Michael has helped many companies achieve new heights in safety and time management.

In addition to his broad experience, Mr. O’Donnell has also been actively involved in the movie industry as a climber, rigging consultant, and set designer. He has also been a personal coach and trainer for such notable actors as Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Belushi, and George Clooney.

Michael has helped produce high-powered results in industries across the board. He uses a very powerful, but simple process called "Best Year Yet" to help achieve results in organizations throughout the world. For more than twenty years, "Best Year Yet" has helped individuals, teams, and organizations produce tangible results year after year. This simple, yet effective process in an annual planning and implementation system designed for leadership teams that want to create focus, alignment, accountability, and breakthrough.

Recently chosen as the MPI Speaker of the year by the San Diego chapter of MPI, Michael has been featured in numerous newspaper articles and radio and television broadcasts. O’Donnell delivers a high impact multi-media presentation designed to give his audience a "take it to work and use it tomorrow" principles and techniques. A master of motivation, he hands each audience member the same tools that allow him to achieve and survive in the world’s most demanding environments, whether they be indoors or outdoors.

"I really enjoyed the Michael O'Donnell's presentation.  I found it very inspirational.  Focusing on the human element as the key ingredient for success in a challenging endeavor is a unique way of presenting human performance concepts.  So often we focus on the human element as the weak link and address it from the negative perspective.  Courage, conviction, perseverance, flexibility, teamwork and trust, are just some of the positive human performance concepts Michael drove home during his presentation.  These characteristics will be key to our success during the upcoming outage.  Michael's presentation drove home one underlying theme to me; 'working together we can overcome obstacles that seem impossible'".

John W. Smith
Sr. Nuclear Operations Training Instructor
CR3 Training Department

"Mr. O’Donnell is the most inspiring, enthusiastic, and authentic speakers I have had the pleasure of experiencing. He really walks his talk." 

Kevin Sreenan
President of Marketing
Toyota

"Michael O’Donnell is a superb speaker and storyteller. He speaks from the heart and as a result, connects intimately with his audience. He expertly weaves his personal challenges and triumphs, which are moving, into the framework of the listener’s experiences, thus providing unforgettable allegories." 

Hank Grimmick

Board Member

Malcolm Baldridge Award

"Michael O’Donnell is one of the most inspirational speakers I have ever met. He has a special gift for making people’s dream come true – he really knows how to get to the results. His achievements give new meaning to the word’s "track record". If you have a chance to work with Michael, don’t think twice!"

Jinny Ditzler

Author "Your Best Year Yet"

Some of his past Clients:

Toyota         General Motors    Merrill Lynch

La Petite Academy    Quantum    Cox Communications

Wachovia Bank    Four Seasons Resorts    IPAMS

Aramark Services        Clear Channel    Aventis Pharmaceuticals

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