Michael Diettrich-Chastain is an author, speaker, professional coach and consultant. He is CEO of Arc Integrated, an organizational consulting and professional coaching practice in Asheville, NC. Through a focus on emotional intelligence, leadership and communication, Arc Integrated empowers organizational leaders, teams and cultures to be peak performing in their work and life.

As a consultant, Michael has helped organizational leaders and teams improve employee engagement, productivity, culture, retention, sales and ultimately, the organization’s bottom line. He has facilitated trainings on leadership, change management, team building, communication, emotional intelligence, employee engagement, self-care and other topics.

As a Professional Coach, Michael works with clients to reduce stress, improve work/life balance or enhance leadership skills. Michael’s writing can be seen on Livestrong, Time, Money, Monster, About, Entrepreneur and The Washington Post. His first book, CHANGES – The Busy Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals and Mastering Adaptability was released on May 7th, 2019.

Michael enjoys hiking, traveling, reading, listening to podcasts and has been studying and teaching martial arts for more than 15 years. Michael often incorporates philosophies from martial arts study into his work with individuals and organizations. 

In this episode, Karen and Michael discuss:

• Success Story of Michael

• Commit to Get Leads

  • Critically evaluate your life to see what aspect needs your attention – it may be impacting your ability to do your lead generation activities that you had planned to do.

• Consult to Sell

  • Focus on your CHANGES: Cognition, Heart, Action, Nourishment, Guts, Environment, and Spirit.

• Connect to Build and Grow

  • Take a critical eye to what we say we want, then put metrics on it to track what it is that you want.

• Success Thinking, Activities and Vision

  • Experiment with what works for you and do some self-reflection tracking to see what works for you.

• Sweet Spot of Success