Executive Coach
Mike joined Varnum Consulting LLC in 2011. He serves as an Executive Coach and as a coach for The Exceptional Leader program. He is passionate about leading and being a member of a high performance team. Whether it is in our business life or our personal life, he believes that being part of a truly high performing team may only occur a handful of times throughout our lifetime. This passion has resulted in a career and lifetime pursuit of building high performance teams and leaders that deliver on character and results.
Mike spent the last 31 plus years with the Kellogg Company. He was accountable for the development of leaders throughout the entire Kellogg Company. Key deliverables include the development of the Kellogg Business Leader Model (KBLM), the identification, assessment and development of executive talent at Kellogg’s, and the development of a Kellogg Business Leader learning and development curriculum for all leaders at Kellogg’s. He led the effort to establish the development of the W. K. Kellogg Leadership Academy which is focused on the accelerated development of the Top 150 Executive Leaders at the Kellogg Company globally. Mike has been successful in coaching leadership teams and individual leaders to reach their full potential and deliver results.
Prior to his current position, Mike was the Vice President, Retail Sales for the Kellogg’s Sales Company. In this role, he was accountable for leading and building a new Kellogg’s Retail Sales organization to call on retail grocery stores across the entire United States. In a very short period of time, the new Retail Sales Team began “Winning at Retail” and made key contributions to the Kellogg Company regaining dollar share leadership from General Mills by May of 2002.
Certification
Recent Honors
- 2010 Battle Creek Lakeview High School Distinguished Alumni
- 2011 Battle Creek Lakeview High School Athletic Hall of Fame
Community Involvement
- Coach for 15+ years in youth (boys and girls) basketball and baseball
- Member of the Albion College Gerstacker Business Management Institute Advisory Board
