Michael “Woody” Woodward, PhD, PCC is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Executive Coaching and Founding Director of the Coaching Innovation Lab at New York University (NYU) School of Professional Studies where he developed and now leads the Master of Science in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting program (ECOC). Dr. Woodward serves on the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Thought Leadership Institute Board of Directors where he co-chairs the ICF Taskforce on AI in Coaching. 

Dr. Woodward authored the Amazon top selling career book The YOU Plan and co-authored the Digital Coaching Revolution. He has appeared on The TODAY Show, LIVE with Kelly, Fox Business and CNN among many others. In practice Dr. Woodward focuses on building leadership capacity and has worked with leaders from Bacardi, SAP, Sugar Foods Corporation, and The Miami Herald among many others. He started his career as an HR consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwC) and IBM Global Business Consulting Services. He also served as 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.