Dr. Michael Nichols is innovative, insightful and informative on leadership and PTSD. He retired from the US Navy as a Lieutenant Commander and from the California Department of Corrections and R...view moreDr. Michael Nichols is innovative, insightful and informative on leadership and PTSD. He retired from the US Navy as a Lieutenant Commander and from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). His peers and superiors said, "He is twenty years ahead of his time!"
At Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, he was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal for creating the "most innovative and effective correctional religious program in the United States," which lowered the incident rate by a documented 60 percent. Dr. Nichols graduated number one in his two Navy leadership and management courses, earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary, did post graduate work in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and was awarded Master Practitioner and Trainer of NLP and Time Line Therapy ® Certifications.
His published works include: Communicate: through the Windows of the Mind, the “Four Key Elements of a Successful Institutional Intervention,” Playing In the Zone Made Easy, When Time Doesn’t Heal, and The One Minute Leader: 52 Weeks to Success.
The One Minute Leader is the development of 32 years of research, experience, finding a need and meeting it.
In 1986, while assigned to the Headquarters Staff at Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, California, he thought, “How can I make the greatest contribution to our unit?” So he took it upon himself to add a short unique leadership component to each staff meeting when it was his time to present ... Job Well Done!
Exit 20 years ... he is now working for CDCR and attending Executive Staff Meetings. Again he thought, “How can I make the greatest contribution?” He remembered from attending the 2004 California Performance Review Hearings, there was a distinct 28 year void in leadership training. Voila, he found the need and created The One Minute Leader.view less