Michael Griffiths.
Michael has over 35 years of international consulting experience in complex organisational change, cultural transformation, and both individual and organisational capability development.
He has worked with a wide range of industries, clients and organisational issues and has a unique ability to work with people at all levels, from the CEO of a multi-national company to teachers and students in an educational setting, to a frontline operator at an outback mining site, to sporting coaches in elite sport. The driving philosophy of Michael’s consulting approach is a firm belief in the untapped potential of people in organisations and it is his belief that the role of an effective consultant is to facilitate the growth of that potential, removing potential blockers, and thereby maximising an organisation’s effectiveness. During his many years of advisory work, Michael has developed close partnerships with his clients, becoming a trusted adviser and maintaining long-term relationships.
Michael has driven many cultural transformation and regeneration projects across small, medium, and large organisations both internationally and in Australia and believes the key to successful cultural transformation is a deep understanding of personal motivators and behavioural drivers. Facilitating staff ownership of a change process with guidance from leadership, rather than a ‘top-down driven approach’ is another key feature of successful culture change in Michael’s experience, far more successful than the generic approach many organizations adopt. Likewise, his approach to developing high performing leaders considers both individual perspective and existing behavioural capability.
The base of much of Michael’s consulting approach is Integral Theory, developed by Ken Wilbur, which is an important advancement in contemporary organisational and individual development practices. Integral Theory is a comprehensive, balanced, and inclusive approach to change, inviting us to be a little more whole and a little less fragmented, in our work, our lives, our destiny. Michael has been instrumental in using this approach effectively in organisational and communities to expand individual perspectives and evolve collective cultures. The application of this approach is unique, and Michael is passionate about using it with individuals and teams wanting to take their performance to the next level.
An example of one of Michael’s projects, in 2022, was the engagement of 400 coaches and 2500 athletes of an educational institution in a ‘reimagining’ of the future of sport. This included establishing, with full buy-in for, a strategic direction including purpose, vision, and values. As of June 2023, the program of transformation has resulted in significant performance improvement at both individual and team level.
Another of Michael’s current projects involves working with senior and middle level leaders across a food products business in the FMCG industry, developing team and leadership capability across the organisation, redesigning the organisational values, and developing an implementation plan to ground the values in all aspects of the business operations.
Michael has a degree in psychology and sociology, a Graduate Diploma in Social Psychology (Performance Science), and a Masters in Organisational Psychology. He is a member of the Australian Psychology Association.