Clear Goals. Honest Feedback. Meaningful Progress.
You’ve already invested in your growth. Now you’re ready to build on that foundation and move forward with greater focus and confidence.
As a Certified Zig Ziglar Coach, Michael Woods works with individuals and small groups who are serious about their goals and ready to put in the work. Whether you’re strengthening your leadership, developing your speaking skills, growing your business, or pursuing a personal goal, Michael helps you clarify what matters and turn it into a plan of action.
His approach combines encouragement, honest feedback, and accountability with practical lessons from decades of frontline experience, corporate leadership, and his work as co-owner of a small grocery store chain. Together, you’ll focus on the decisions, skills, and habits that support your goals—and put them into practice between sessions.
Michael keeps his coaching practice small so he can give focused attention to the clients he serves. He considers a few additional clients when the fit is right – people whose goals align with his experience and who are ready for honest feedback, accountability, and consistent effort.
One-on-One Coaching
Focused Guidance for Goals That Matter.
Work directly with Michael on the challenges, decisions, and goals that matter most to you. Your sessions provide space to think clearly, receive honest feedback, and decide what to do next.
Coaching may focus on:
- Leading your team, communicating a clear vision, and making people feel important
- Advanced grocery store management, meat department management, and multi location management
- Customer service and creating a great place to work and shop
- Sales and network marketing
- Goal setting, mindset, and personal growth
- Working through change, building confidence, and following through on commitments
Sessions are personalized and confidential, with practical steps to apply between conversations.
A good fit for: Leaders, grocery professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals ready for focused coaching.
Small Group Coaching
Growing Together. Leading Better.
Michael’s small group coaching brings together people who are serious about growth and ready to learn from one another. Through honest conversations, encouragement, and accountability, he helps participants work through real challenges and turn meaningful goals into action.
Sessions focus on helping participants:
- Lead with character and make people feel important
- Build habits that support personal and professional growth
- Approach challenges with confidence and a clearer perspective
- Set clear goals and follow through with practical steps
- Encourage one another and stay accountable to their commitments
Participants bring their own experiences and perspectives, giving everyone opportunities to learn, contribute, and grow. Between sessions, they put what they’ve learned into practice and return ready to share progress and work through obstacles.
A good fit for: Leadership teams, emerging leaders, ministry teams, and organizations committed to developing their people.
Speaker and Presentation Coaching
Clear Message. Confident Delivery. Lasting Impact.
You have something worth sharing. Michael helps you shape your message and deliver it with confidence, energy, and your own personality.
Whether you’re preparing a keynote, business presentation, sermon, or workshop, coaching combines direct feedback with focused practice.
You can work on:
- Building a clear message, strong opening, and memorable closing
- Using real-life stories and humor to connect with your audience
- Strengthening your voice, pacing, pauses, and body language
- Managing nervousness and preparing with greater confidence
- Adapting your message to the audience and using slides to support your delivery
A good fit for: Speakers, business professionals, leaders, salespeople, coaches, trainers, and ministry leaders.
Why Coaching with Michael?
Real-world leadership experience
Certified Zig Ziglar Speaker, Coach, and Trainer
Values-based, principle-driven approach
Encouraging, honest, and practical guidance
Committed to long-term growth, not short-term motivation
Michael believes that lasting change begins with intentional decisions — and coaching provides the clarity and accountability to make those decisions count.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you’re ready to grow with purpose and move forward with confidence, let’s begin the conversation.