About Mike
Mike Markovits is an independent leadership consultant, founder of Markovits Consulting Services, LLC. Mike is an internationally recognized expert in leadership development, talent management and succession, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Mike was a Partner at AchieveMission from 2012-2020, a non-profit consulting firm, leading consulting and coaching engagements, working directly with senior nonprofit and foundation executives to build the leadership and organizational capabilities to scale social impact.
Before joining AchieveMission, Mike led global leadership development, talent management and succession planning at IBM. In that role, Mike led organization design and development, talent assessments, annual succession planning, diversity, executive staffing, and leadership development. He led a global team of over 200 people.
Prior to his role at IBM, Mike held a series of increasingly senior roles through a 20-year career as an HR professional at General Electric, including leading the design and global delivery of GE’s widely-emulated leadership and executive development curriculum.
Mike is active in community-based activities including leading support groups for white people on eliminating racism and co-leading an effort entitled: Facing Racism in Stamford CT.
Mike began his career in the social sector and has sat on several nonprofit boards throughout his career. He earned his Masters in Management from MIT, his Masters in Education from Harvard, and his BA from Oberlin College.