Testimonials

“I’ve worked with Mike for almost twenty years. He is uniquely able to help someone leverage their strengths, address their challenges, and execute on their plans. He builds winners. He creates leaders. He helps teams come closer together in the way they work and communicate to perform at a higher level.”

“Mike’s value is not just that he knows how to use specialized tools to assess bank talent. He knows the banking business and how to apply industry-specific coaching principles to create meaningful personal development plans.”

“If you hire Mike to assess and coach existing and rising bank executives, buckle-in. It’s work, and it’s a serious commitment. Because if you ask him to hold you and others accountable, he will. With his 40 years of in-bank experience and proven skill in people development, he’s helped us to help ourselves become a better bank.”

Mike was an extension of our executive team. He sat at the table with us where we set strategy, he helped create and nurture the culture we wanted, and he helped us select the people who could move our business forward.

Mike Fitzgerald has an inherent gift for developing and leading people. From talent identification to strategic programming and facilitation, Mike is thoughtful, deliberate, and profound. He knows talent and inspires authentic development in next generation leadership.

While leading change at State Bank, Mike reinvented HR to become an extraordinary Talent and Leadership Development program. He is selflessly devoted to ensuring the right people in an organization are provided the opportunity to reach their full career potential.

Mike Fitzgerald led the building of our talent management infrastructure and orchestrated the development of an excellent leadership development program for our emerging leaders. He has a gift for building customized solutions for unique situations.

For more than 9 years I’ve witnessed the unique talent and passion of Mike Fitzgerald first-hand. He has done more in developing young talent than anyone I have witnessed in my long career. He is a humble servant leader, driven to develop future leaders.

Mike has a proven track record of elevating the next generation of leaders. He creates innovative and thought-provoking programs that build camaraderie and critical skills at the same time.

Mike Fitzgerald is extremely talented at identifying and developing leaders. He works collaboratively and balances his vision with an openness to other ideas and approaches. He expertly moves among various roles, including design, selection, assessment, and teaching.

Mike knows how to find the people who can help reshape the future.

Mike and his people know our business. They know how we make money. They know how we provide value to our customers. They helped us build a team with great skill, passion, focus and commitment.

I worked alongside Mike as a banker, and again as a client of Fitzgerald MSI. He exercises the same skill, work ethic and sound judgment as a consultant. We hired winners.

Mike knows that we’re very busy people, so he did his best not to waste our time. He did his homework.  He learned our products, our culture and the way we do business.  He found people who could do the job, and more importantly, could work in our company and with our people.