Michael Kane
Michael KaneMichael Kane is an international facilitator and training consultant who also serves as an adjunct instructor for School of Continuing Studies at Tulane University. He has extensive experience as a facilitator and trainer of managers and staff in both the private and public sectors.
In addition to teaching management and organisational behavior courses as adjunct faculty since 1980, Mike has fifteen years experience as a Spanish-speaking facilitator/trainer and contract consultant in training and development projects for non-governmental organizations, numerous corporations, USAID, and government ministries in Latin America, the Caribbean and Middle East. Prior to becoming a full time facilitator and trainer in 1985, Mike worked for eight years for McDermott International, an energy services company, in human resource, and as the corporate historian. McDermott sparked Mike to develop a lifelong interest in corporate cultures and organisational dynamics.
After Hurricane Katrina, Mike volunteered as the local coordinator for the GFSC Disaster and Crisis Intervention training process, and is one of the organizers of the local DCI NolaNetwork of facilitators who volunteer or contract their services to deliver the workshop to more than 250 participants. Dr. Kane is bilingual in Spanish/English, and relatively fluent in Portuguese and in French.
Portfolio
Training and group facilitation projects in judicial administration, educational and fiscal administration processes or projects
Design and facilitation/training of seminars and workshops in diversity, antiracist dialogues, negotiations and management training
Facilitation of corporate retreats
Training in strategic planning, SWOT analysis, diversity strategy, communications, leadership, group process, decision-making, employee performance appraisal, customer service and time management
Outdoor teambuilding