Michael Hughes is president of Michael J. Hughes Consulting & Training Inc,, a business development and management training company that specializes in helping professionals increase results by improving personal effectiveness.
He has spent over 33 years in the business world, including the last eleven as a successful entrepreneur, business coach, trainer and professional speaker. His customized consulting and professional development programs have been utilized by clients such as Scotiabank, Sun Microsystems of Canada, Day-Timers, Canadian Tire, RBC Financial Group, The Conference Board of Canada and the University of Ottawa MBA program.
Michael has done extensive research on, and is a specialist in, utilizing networking as a business strategy. He is author of the 110-page special report entitled "Networking for Results: How to Leverage Relationships into More Sales and Profits". He has written numerous articles on the subject of networking and is a sought-after speaker on this topic.
He has been the subject of articles in the Globe and Mail, the Report on Business Magazine, CBC TV and Radio, and the Ottawa Citizen. Michael is a member of the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers. His two strongest assets are his ability to communicate effectively and to influence others to take results-oriented action.