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Underperforming.
It's Misaligned.

We fix organizational health, culture, strategy, and structure in 90 days. Where others give you frameworks and inspiration, we give you the actual transformation.

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Michael King — Founder, Teams.Coach

Credibility That Speaks for Itself

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The Teams.Coach Standard
Olympic athletes hire coaches
not because they are weak
but because they want to
break world records.

The most elite business leaders in the world do the same thing. They do not hire a coach because something is broken. They hire a coach because they refuse to leave performance on the table.

Truth 01

Structure is always your gateway to effective strategy.

We fix structure better than anyone else. So your strategy stops dying in a deck and starts living in your results.

Truth 02

You cannot build on fake.

Identity and vision have to be real before culture can be built. We get both sharp before we build anything else.

The Honest Comparison

They Give You Frameworks.
We Give You Transformation.

Lencioni writes books. Sinek gives talks. Vistage runs peer groups. None of them sit inside your leadership team for 90 days and change how it actually operates. Teams.Coach does. Here is exactly what that means.

Everyone Else

The Table Group · BetterUp · Vistage · Generic Coaches

Teams.Coach

Teams.Coach · The TEAMS Methodology · Data-Powered · 90-Day Results

Gives you a framework to read

Builds a proprietary operating system — TEAMS OS, Architect CRM, Blueprint, Identity Journey — all built in-house

Coaches one leader at a time

Coaches the team as a unit — because misalignment is a team problem

Measures nothing. You feel inspired.

Compliance scores, before/after diagnostics, measurable results

Sends a junior associate or licensed facilitator

Every engagement is led by a certified TEAMS Architect. No handoffs. No apprentices.

Powered by Enneagram, personality tests, or vibes

Data-powered. Two master's degrees. Highest-level certifications.

Gives you a book, a workshop, or a peer group

Gives you a 90-day transformation plan built for your organization

Want to see all 10 things every Teams.Coach client gets that no one else delivers?

Inspiration without execution
is just expensive noise.

Patrick Lencioni / The Table Group gives you frameworks.

Organizational health models are powerful. But a framework without a committed coach, a 90-day plan, and a daily execution layer is just a book on a shelf.

Simon Sinek gives you the WHY.

Knowing your purpose is essential. But purpose without structure, accountability, and operational clarity does not pay payroll or close deals.

Marshall Goldsmith gives you individual coaching.

World-class executive coaching for the individual leader. But one person changing does not fix a misaligned team, a broken structure, or a strategy that dies between meetings.

John Maxwell / Maxwell Leadership gives you inspiration.

Decades of leadership content, certified coaches, and training programs. Broad reach, proven principles. But broad programs built for everyone rarely fix the specific dysfunction inside your specific team.

Teams.Coach gives you the transformation.

We work all five dimensions at once: organizational health, culture, strategy, structure, and daily execution. In 90 days. With your name on the outcome.

Free Tool

Find out exactly where
your team is breaking down.

The Teams Diagnostic scores your organization across five dimensions in under 5 minutes. You get a personalized breakdown of where you are strong, where you are fractured, and what to fix first.

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01
Alignment
Is everyone pulling in the same direction?
02
Culture
Does your culture support or undermine performance?
03
Strategy
Is your strategy clear, shared, and executable?
04
Structure
Does your org structure enable or block execution?
05
Execution
Are your systems turning decisions into results?
Limited Availability — 6 Organizations Per Month

The Alignment Audit:
What Your Team Won't Tell You

In nearly every organization I walk into — from Disney to ADP to fast-scaling mid-market companies — the executive team believes alignment is 20 to 30 points higher than it actually is.

That gap is where strategy dies. It is where your best people quietly disengage. In 30 minutes, I will show you exactly where your fracture is — and what it would cost you to leave it there.

Your exact alignment gap — scored across all 5 dimensions
The one structural fix that closes it fastest
An honest assessment of whether we are the right fit
No pitch. No deck. Just 30 minutes and a number that changes how you lead.
Instant confirmation · No commitment required
The Gap Is Real

20–30

Points of alignment leaders overestimate — on average, across every organization we have audited.

90
Days

to full team alignment

Faster

decision-making post-engagement

100%
Data

no Enneagram, no vibes — just scores

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Executive team engagements typically range from $25,000 to $75,000 depending on scope and duration. The Alignment Audit is complimentary and carries no obligation.

The Complete Architecture
of High Performance

Most firms solve one dimension. We solve all five. Simultaneously. In 90 days.

01

Organizational Health

The politics, confusion, and dysfunction inside most organizations are not personality problems. They are structural ones. We build the leadership foundation that every other initiative in your company depends on.

vs. The Table Group
02

Identity, Vision & Culture

You cannot build on fake. Before we touch culture, we get your identity and vision sharp enough to cut. A culture built on a blurry foundation will always drift. We design it intentionally: the behaviors, rituals, and accountability systems that produce real performance.

vs. Simon Sinek's WHY
03

Strategic Clarity

90-day revenue and execution targets that every person on your team can actually articulate. No more strategy that lives in a deck and never makes it to Monday morning.

vs. Maxwell Leadership
04

Structure First. Strategy Second.

Structure is always your gateway to effective strategy. Without it, your best thinking collapses under unclear roles, broken accountability, and decision bottlenecks. We fix structure better than anyone else. That is not a claim. It is what our clients say after 90 days.

vs. Marshall Goldsmith
05

Daily Execution

The TEAMS OS turns your strategy into a living command center. Track targets, business development pipeline, and 90-day goals in real time. The work does not stop when the coaching session ends.

Unique to Teams.Coach

Built for Leaders Who Refuse
to Leave Performance on the Table

Teams.Coach is not for everyone. It is for the leaders who already know they are capable of more. And are ready to prove it.

🏢
Company Stage
Mid-Market & Scaling Companies

50 to 500 employees. Past the startup phase, not yet enterprise. Growing fast enough that misalignment is costing you real money every quarter.

📈
The Symptom
High Potential, Fractured Execution

Smart team. Strong vision. But strategy dies between the leadership meeting and Monday morning. That gap between what you plan and what actually happens keeps getting wider.

🎯
The Leader
CEOs, Founders & Executive Teams

You are the person accountable for the whole thing. You have tried frameworks, offsites, and consultants. You need a coach who stays in the room until the work actually sticks.

🏛
The Industry
Any Sector. Every Vertical.

Financial services, healthcare, tech, retail, nonprofits. Misalignment does not care what industry you are in. Neither does our methodology.

💬
The Culture Problem
Culture That Was Built by Accident

You never designed your culture. It just happened. Now it is either holding you back or quietly bleeding talent. We rebuild it on purpose, starting from identity.

The Urgency
90 Days to a Different Organization

You are not looking for a two-year engagement. You need measurable momentum now. Our 90-day transformation promise is not a tagline. It is a commitment we make on day one.

If you read this and thought that sounds like us, it is time to talk.

The Alignment Audit takes 30 minutes. Staying misaligned costs you far more than that.

The TEAMS
Methodology

A proven five-step system that turns talented individuals into a disciplined, high-performing organization. Not in a year. In 90 days.

T
Targets

Clear 90-day revenue and execution goals that every person on your team can speak to without hesitation.

E
Engagements

Weekly one-on-one coaching and monthly group strategy sessions that keep momentum from dying between meetings.

A
Action Steps

Tactical execution tracked daily inside the TEAMS OS. Not buried in email. Not forgotten by Friday.

M
Momentum

A culture of continuous wins that compounds over time. Teams that win consistently start expecting to win. That shift is everything.

S
Synergy

Full organizational alignment where every person moves in the same direction at the same time. That is when organizations become unstoppable.

Now Live at os.teams.coach

Coaching meets
execution.

Breakthroughs do not belong in a coaching session. They belong in your business. The TEAMS OS is the proprietary software platform built exclusively for Teams.Coach clients — not a licensed tool, not a white-labeled product. It turns the TEAMS Methodology into daily action with a Monday Minute, Wednesday Wakeup, and Friday Finale cadence. Track your tactical sheet, BD pipeline, and 90-day goals in real time. Every client gets access at no cost. It is part of an ecosystem that also includes the Architect CRM, the Blueprint diagnostic, and the Identity Journey — all built in-house.

90-day goal tracking and accountability dashboard
BD pipeline and revenue target visibility
Team alignment scores and culture metrics
Weekly action step tracking across the entire org
Part of a proprietary ecosystem: Architect CRM, Blueprint, Identity Journey
Explore TEAMS OS
TEAMS OSQ3 2025 Dashboard
90-Day Goal Progress78%
Team Alignment Score91%
BD Pipeline Health65%
Culture Index84%
This Week's Priority
Close 3 enterprise pipeline deals

A Category of One
Experience.

Transformation starts with a moment that stops the room. Michael King brings a cinematic, music-driven keynote experience that redefines leadership and authentic identity. It is not a speech. It is the beginning of your organizational shift.

Most requested: Authentic Identity: Your Last Competitive Advantage. Built for leaders navigating the AI era.

Book Michael for a Keynote

This Is What Transformation Looks Like

Every keynote incorporates original music and cinematic film. Not as decoration — as architecture. This is the speaker reel.

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What Happens When You Stop Leaving Performance on the Table

Client identities are kept confidential. Outcomes are not.

Construction & Distribution~100 Employees · Leadership Team of 6

From Execution Breakdown to #1 National Award — Three Years Running

A regional steel distribution and construction company brought us in with a leadership team that had significant execution gaps, a culture that was bleeding talent, and a marketing function that was not converting. The six-person leadership team was misaligned on priorities, accountability was inconsistent, and the company was leaving revenue on the table every quarter.

Over the engagement, we rebuilt the leadership team's operating rhythm, installed a clear accountability structure, redesigned the culture from the ground up, and overhauled the marketing and sales systems. The results compounded: revenue grew significantly, employee turnover dropped, and the organization became the top steel distributor in the country — earning the national sales award three consecutive years in a row.

#1
National Sales Award
Consecutive Years
Turnover Reduced
Architecture & DesignMulti-Site · Regional Office Engagement

From Regional Misalignment to Fastest-Growing Firm in the Region

A multi-site architecture firm brought us in to address a specific problem: a regional office had developed a culture and employee alignment issue that was threatening performance and retention. What began as a targeted intervention revealed deeper structural gaps across the organization.

The successful resolution of the regional issue earned us access to the C-suite. From there, we worked across the full leadership team to rebuild the firm's strategic direction, culture architecture, and execution systems. The organization went on to become a top producer in the industry and was recognized by local media as one of the fastest-growing companies in the region.

C-Suite
Access Earned
Top
Industry Producer
Media
Fastest-Growing Recognition
Media & PublishingRegional Newspaper · Full-Org Engagement

Presidential Coaching That Transformed a Newsroom — Including the Digital Division

Brought in to coach the President and Publisher of a regional newspaper, the engagement quickly expanded beyond individual leadership development. Through access to the TEAMS platform ecosystem, we were able to extend coaching and development resources to the entire organization — influencing the sales and marketing verticals directly.

The engagement culminated in a complete overhaul of the organization's digital media division — a transformation that produced significant measurable results in a sector where most legacy media organizations are contracting. The sales and marketing teams were restructured, their strategy was rebuilt, and the digital division became a meaningful growth engine for the organization.

Full
Org-Wide Platform Access
Digital Division Revenue
Sales
& Marketing Rebuilt
Featured Outcome
FinTech & ComplianceOnline Banking · 4-Year Engagement

Four Years of CEO Coaching. One Multi-Million Dollar Exit.

The founder and CEO of an online banking compliance company engaged Teams.Coach for what began as individual executive coaching. Over four years, the engagement expanded to include the full leadership team and the entire organization — using the TEAMS platform to build the operational infrastructure, culture, and strategic clarity that a company needs to become acquisition-ready.

The work culminated in a successful merger and a multi-million dollar exit — at a valuation multiplier significantly higher than the founder would have achieved without the organizational transformation. The difference between what they sold for and what they would have sold for without four years of structured leadership and operational development was the return on the engagement.

Exit
Multi-Million Dollar
↑×
Significant Valuation Multiplier
4yr
Full-Org Engagement

Client identities are protected. Every outcome above is real. If you want to know what this looks like for your organization, the Alignment Audit is where it starts.

Real leaders.
Real results.

Executives from Disney, Pfizer, Social Media Examiner, ADP, and 400+ organizations have trusted Teams.Coach to transform their teams.

"I cannot recommend Teams.Coach and Michael King highly enough. Their expertise and dedication to delivering outstanding results have truly been transformative for our business. Thanks to their efforts, we have seen significant growth in traffic, visibility, and overall online performance."

Martin Rowinski
CEO, Boardsi

"Teams.Coach have proven themselves to be brilliant strategists and operational masters."

Michael Stelzner
Founder, Social Media Examiner

"Teams.Coach first challenged me to gut check my credibility as a leader. Through several sessions it became evident that my leadership credibility was possibly compromised due to operational dysfunction. That opened the door to analyze how I was going to lead, who the team was going to be, and begin the journey of building chemistry and loyalty. Teams.Coach have taught me that loyalty and chemistry are necessary components of next-level teams."

Cheyenne Wohlford
CCS Group

"Teams.Coach don't BS anything. What I find refreshing is that they're candid, honest, and will definitely tell you what they think. They live for impact. When you win, when your business wins, when your team wins, they win. It's in their best interest to make sure you experience something magical. That's why they exist on this planet."

Angus Nelson
Evolve Coaching

"From increasing sales to igniting passion in your leaders, Teams.Coach have proven themselves to be versatile and successful consultants. They deliver an inimitable approach that provides short-term transformation while furnishing long-term sustainable tracks for success."

Jennifer Gruber
Director of Sales and Digital Marketing

"Every business leader needs a coach to help them maintain their sanity and maximize their own growth. This is true even if you think you are the exception. Take it from a former exception: after working with Teams.Coach, you will wonder why you did not start much earlier."

John Gerdes
CEO and President, Ascend

Michael King

Executive Coach · Keynote Speaker · Organizational Strategist

Michael King is the rare executive coach who operates at the intersection of organizational strategy, team performance, and cinematic storytelling. He is a recording artist, keynote speaker, and the founder of Teams.Coach. His keynotes incorporate original music and cinematic film — not as a gimmick, but because he believes the most powerful leadership communication happens when people feel something before they think something. Think of him as the Jonah Hill from Moneyball. For your leadership team.

He does not just coach your team. He transforms your organization from the inside out.

Education
  • MS, Organizational Leadership — Bellevue University
  • MS, Executive Coaching — Bellevue University
  • BS, Humanities & Fine Arts — North Central University
Certifications
  • Certified Executive Coach — Bellevue University
  • Organizational Development Practitioner
  • Strategic Leadership Certification
  • Enneagram Certified
  • Myers-Briggs (MBTI) Certified
  • DISC Certified
  • StrengthsFinder Certified
Recognitions
  • Best of Executive Coaches 2025
  • Best of Executive Coaches 2026
  • BBB A+ Accredited Business
  • Featured in 400+ News Outlets
Trusted By Leaders At
  • Disney
  • Pfizer
  • ADP
  • Social Media Examiner · YMCA
A Category of One

Every Michael King keynote incorporates original music and cinematic film. Not as decoration. As architecture. He is the only executive coach in the market who builds leadership experiences the way a film director builds a scene — with score, narrative arc, and emotional precision. His most requested keynote, Authentic Identity: Your Last Competitive Advantage, has been called the most memorable leadership talk audiences have ever attended. That is not a coincidence. It is a methodology.

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