Certifications
Michael Kutner holds the following certifications:
Certified Change Management Professional, The Acuity Institute
Certified Whole Brain Practitioner, Herrmann International
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, General Electric Six Sigma Quality
Certified Bourbon Steward, and Executive Bourbon Steward, Kentucky Distillers Association
Whisky Ambassador, Certified, BIIAB (British Institute of Innkeeping Awarding Body)
Find out more about Michael Kutner and Distilled Leadership.
Top Shelf Personal Leadership Coaching and Executive Training
The best leaders don’t happen by accident. They are created one day at a time, tested by adverse conditions and made immensely better over time – like fine bourbon and rare wine.
To reach the top, it takes preparation and a great plan. But when you also invest in a coach – someone who can view your experiences objectively, help you see yourself in new ways, and sets goals higher than you think you can reach – you improve dramatically. Much the way a Master Distiller follows a proven process to develop the best spirit.
Distilled Leadership’s Certified Change Management Professional Michael Kutner is a leadership and executive coach based in Philadelphia with decades of experience who knows firsthand what it takes to succeed at the top. His own corporate background includes positions at Cigna, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, and Kepner-Tregoe.
“We have worked together with Michael on human capital decisions, merger/acquisition strategies and goal setting for our company’s future. (Michael was able to) wade through the noise and focus our attention on what direction we are heading as a firm.”
The Distilled Leadership Difference
Michael Makes Learning Entertaining AND Informative
Michael Kutner fills a unique niche in the coaching world. His focus is on stimulating better thinking so business professionals become more effective thinkers, more insightful communicators, and more confident leaders.
One important way Michael stimulates bettering thinking is by making learning enjoyable. His sessions are as entertaining as they are informative. Churchill once said, “I’m always ready to learn, though I don’t always like to be taught.” It’s long been shown that activities that are more enjoyable are more engaging and in turn more effective. This insight is key to Michael’s success – not to mention the success of his clients.
Leadership and Executive Coaching in Philadelphia and Beyond
Leadership is important at every company in any stage of maturity. Today, Michael’s consulting career takes him in and out of Fortune 500 companies across America, as well as company founders, executives, and managers in companies large and small.
Whether you are:
A Leader looking to prepare for the next level in your organization,
A Founder or Owner looking to develop your next generation of leaders,
An Executive looking to help your High-Performers develop into well-rounded, resilient leaders, or
A Professional feeling you would benefit from having someone to confide in and see things with a fresh perspective,
Michael will help you become the version of your leader-self you are meant to be.
Tap into Your Innate Leadership Abilities through Whole Brain Thinking
You begin your leadership journey with a Whole Brain Thinking assessment. This comprehensive tool indentifies your thinking preferences – the lenses through which you see the world. The way you think determines your leadership approach.
One of the traits that all great leaders share is their ability to become “ambidextrous” thinkers. We are all born with this potential – but we don’t all develop it. Michael tailors a personalized, highly effective one-on-one coaching program based your goals and on the results from your Whole Brain Assessment. We will:
Teach you how to adapt your thinking situationally
Show you ways to become a more ambidextrous thinker
Increase your self-awareness to gain insights about yourself and those around you
Build stronger relationships by becoming a more trusted communicator
Learn the skills and tools to become a Strategic Change Leader
Instill confidence by clarifying and strengthening your personal brand
Distill your leadership skills and define your leadership style
Help you become a more effective top shelf leader
Incidentally, the Whole Brain Model is also a great tool for building your team. Distilled Leadership can help any team can become a high-performing team.
Leadership Training that Ages Well, Like The Lessons from the Bourbon Industry. Why Bourbon?
In 2013, Michael happened upon the Kentucky Bourbon Trail on vacation. What he found in its history astounded him. The whole story of the bourbon industry reads as a business case study in resilience and innovation. It’s an industry that never should have been – yet here it stands today, growing faster than any point in its history.
That’s part of what makes Distilled Leadership a premium offering above other leadership coaching programs. Michael takes the most compelling lessons and parables from this 150-year-old industry and distills them into insights that are coachable, learnable, and applicable. He delivers them through modern training techniques that turn long-ago triumphs and defeats into skills to help today’s leaders improve their performance now.
Michael offers a unique new way to look at leadership that you won’t find anywhere else.
Book Your Leadership Coaching or Learn More
Contact Michael today to find out how Distilled Leadership can help you reach the top. Michael Kutner offers private face-to-face meetings – socially distanced, as necessary – within the Philadelphia area. Virtual zoom and phone meetings are also available for those in and out of Philadelphia.
Michael also provides business coaching services for:
Personal and Team Assessments for Leaders using the Whole Brain Model
Coaching, Designing and Leading Organizational Change initiatives
Project management and coaching in Lean Six Sigma
Team building and team bonding events