Michael Wilkinson is the Founder and CEO of Leadership Strategies, Inc. – the leading facilitation training and strategy consulting firm in the U.S. specializing in group facilitation.  Considered a national leader in the facilitation industry, Michael is the author of bestseller The Secrets of Facilitation, The Executive Guide to Facilitating Strategy, and CLICK: The Virtual Meetings Book.  He is a board member of the International Institute for Facilitation and founder of the FindaFacilitator Database.  He was one of the first five Certified Master Facilitators in North America and named Facilitator of the Year in 2003 by the Southeast Association of Facilitators.  Prior to Leadership Strategies, Michael spent six years with ADP and eight years in the information technology practice of Ernst & Young's Management Consulting Group.  He is a High Honors graduate from Dartmouth and resides with his wife and two children in Atlanta, Georgia.