Michael D. Comer

Dr. Mike Comer is President of The Hayes Group International, Inc., a global leadership development and executive coaching firm founded in 1976. He has 40 years consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profits as well as smaller organizations in organizational and team development, leader assessment and development (executive coaching), and leadership program delivery.

Mike started his career at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) in Washington, D. C. where he was senior manager of Change Management Services for the southeast. He then spent 10 years as an independent consultant working with Ameritech (AT&T), Pharmacia, CSC, Digital Equipment Corp., and KPMG.

Mike has personally worked with over 135 major organizations. Some of Mike’s clients include AIG, Citrix, Federal Express, International Paper, Department of Defense, Social Security Administration, Burger King Corporation, US Army Corps of Engineers, Westinghouse, General Dynamics, Trane, Volvo, Gulfstream Aerospace, UnitedHealthcare, Promus Companies (Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns), Electric Boat, Kaiser-Permanente, Milliken, Curtiss-Wright, Wells Fargo, CKE Restaurants (Hardees, Carl’s Jr.), Mastercard, CoStar, NBC/Universal, and ABB.

Mike holds an MBA in Management/Finance and a Doctor of Management (DM) degree in Organizational Leadership. His doctoral studies examined how a leader’s passion and sense of calling resulted in specific leadership behaviors.