Michael Carroll

For over two decades Michael Carroll worked on Wall Street and in the publishing industry, holding executive positions at Shearson Lehman/AMEX, Paine Webber, Simon & Schuster, and the Walt Disney Company. As COO of Global Coaching Alliance, he consults with major corporations on bringing mindfulness into the workplace. Michael has been practicing meditation since 1976, graduated from Buddhist seminary in 1980, and is an authorized teacher in Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He has degrees in Philosophy and Theology from Dayton University and a master’s degree in Adult Education from Hunter College in New York. He has taught mindfulness-awareness meditation at the Harvard Business School, Omega Institute, Zen Mountain Monastery, Kripalu, and the Cape Cod Institute. For more information, visit www.awakeatwork.net.

"Valuable lessons in real connection for the ‘Facebook generation,’ Fearless at Work offers practical guidance for taming our minds and approaching work—and life—with confidence and humor. An essential resource for reshaping our modern day approach to livelihood." —Deborah Dugan, CEO, (RED)

"Michael Carroll is among the wisest, sharpest, and most skillful individuals I have ever known. Utterly trustworthy, profound, and pragmatic, this new book expresses in beautiful language how to use Buddhist principles to transform our work life into a source of confidence, goodness, and happiness." —Susan Piver, author of The Wisdom of a Broken Heart

"Michael Carroll’s Fearless at Work is a valuable book for our time. It is an infusion of intelligence and deep sanity into a subject that, for many, has become a daily experience of relative madness. Michael seems to effortlessly harmonize his mature understanding of Buddhist teachings and practice with the everyday—and very real—challenges of life and livelihood. His message is provocative and serious, yet lighthearted, in the lively teaching style of his teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Michael’s many years of study and deep experience in both Buddhist practice and the workplace come shining forth in these pages." —Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei, Abbot, Fire Lotus Temple, Zen Center of New York City

"Michael Carroll helps me to be aware not only of what I’m doing at work but also how I am doing it—and most important, how I am in the midst of it all. Approaching livelihood with this kind of awareness is exactly what we need in the modern day workplace because, as Fearless at Work makes clear, being delightfully courageous in what we do makes all the difference." —Barry Boyce, Editor-in-Chief, Mindful.org

"Neuroscience continues to show how mindfulness awareness practice promotes health and well-being—and, as a longtime Buddhist practitioner and former executive, Michael shows us a path for rediscovering our natural fearlessness and for learning to trust our true being. Fearless at Work can make a big difference in your work and life." —Yi-Yuan Tang, PhD, Director of Texas Tech University Neuroimaging Institute and Presidential Endowed Chair in Neuroscience

"Fearless at Work tackles the challenge of spiritual development in an extraordinary setting—the workplace—while focusing on the greatest disabler in that domain: fear. The book offers valuable guidance for developing a personal meditative practice in order to be fully present for the people we serve as leaders and colleagues, so vital in these times of dramatic change in our shared global workplace. Fearless at Work is a hugely valuable guide for spiritual practitioners at work!" —Richard Bowles, PhD, Former Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Merck & Co.