Michael “Dr. Woody” Woodward, PhD is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Executive Coaching at New York University (NYU) where he leads the Master of Science in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting program. Dr. Woody authored the Amazon top selling career book The YOU Plan and has appeared on The TODAY Show, LIVE with Kelly, Fox Business and CNN among many others.

In practice Dr. Woody focuses on building leadership capacity and has worked with leaders from Bacardi, SAP, Sugar Foods Corporation, and The Miami Herald among many others. Dr. Woody started as an HR consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC) and IBM Global Business Consulting Services. He served as founding faculty at the Florida International University Center for Leadership. Dr. Woody has also been an advisor to the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women program.

Dr. Woody received a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Miami, a master’s in industrial and organizational psychology from Springfield College, and a PhD in industrial and organizational psychology from Florida International University. Dr. Woody published award-winning research on teamwork titled Cooperation and Competition: The Effects of Team Entrainment and Reward Structure, which earned him an appointment as a Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Scholar.