MISSION – Coach Sypsomos

About Coach Sypsomos

Michael Sypsomos is an author, Project Coach and the founder of The Mentor Group International. As Project Coach, he is internationally recognized for creating project excellence for his clients throughout his forty years career. Michael has served as an executive and project coach for major international companies including Chevron, Unocal, CITGO, PTTEP and Total, helping them to achieve iconic project success through customized PMOs (Project Management Offices) and award-winning megaprojects.

Among his most gratifying accomplishments, the one closest to his heart is coaching the project that was awarded the prestigious 2003 PMI (Project Management Institute) International Project of the Year Award runner-up, for the Unocal Thailand, North Pailin Gas Development project, (second only to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah).

Michael is the co-founder and past president of the Thailand PMI (Project Management Institute) Chapter, and has been a passionate supporter of the advancement of the profession worldwide. He is a lecturer at prominent universities, and an international speaker, sharing his story in events all over the world.

Michael now dedicates his time working with Project Owners who are overwhelmed with underperforming projects that drain their budgets and energy, to turn the projects and their companies into profitable successes.

Michael currently lives in Thailand with his family.

You can get in touch with Michael Sypsomos by email at Michael@CoachSypsomos.com

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS

My humble beginnings and later accomplishments

From a young age in my home country of Greece, I understood the incredible power of the mind and the ability we have to create our reality and future, the importance of having a clear picture of our purpose and destination. I also understood how critical it is to have the proper mindset and energy in influencing others, in a way that they learn to chart their personal map of their journey and create their own magic..Read More

Services

Working with Coach Sypsomos is a stimulating and transforming process that takes the clients’ projects, organizations and careers to the next level.

COACHING

Coaching Project Leaders Over my 30 years of coaching project owners and project sponsors, I found out that many of the projects and organizations of some of the brightest and …

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS

Often I am asked to provide a recommendation on what the client needs in improving their Project Management practices. Depending on each case, I conduct one or both of the …

WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING

Project Owner Training This course is focused on the Project Leaders to develop a clear understanding of their roles as Project Owners or Project Sponsors, and how to give direction …

SPEAKING

Michael has a reputation as an excellent speaker and presenter on Project Management, Project Leadership and related areas. His talks are customized for each event, they combine personal experiences with …

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Testimonials

Christina DoddThought Leader, Life Coach and Trainer

“Michael is an exceptional coach”

I had the pleasure to work with Michael on several sessions, in various areas of executive coaching. Michael is an exceptional coach! his high level of empathy and understanding of the human nature enables a person to open up freely to firstly identify and remove the really difficult and painful barriers that keep one’s mind paralyzed. He has an approach that instills confidence in the coachee and at the same time pushes them to push themselves and allow to be coached. He is a master of talking things through. I highly recommend him, whether it be for corporate, executive or personal coaching or training.

Vichapat PiyaratnGeneral Manager

“Michael as my Mentor, led by example and inspired me to be the person and successful professional I am today”

It was an incredible experience and joy working with Michael. Michael showed me what it means to be a true mentor, coach, and leader. During my time working with Michael, he truly led by example and as my Mentor, he inspired me to be the person and successful professional that I am today. Of all the things that he taught me over the years, one thing always sticks in my mind; Michael showed me that there is no “I” in team, everything is “We”. Those simple words changed my life and perspective on approaching everything that I do. I will forever be grateful for having the greatest opportunity of working and being mentored by him.

Dave CraneLife Designer, Executive Speech Strategist

“Michael has the ability to make your dream a reality, every time”

Michael has the unique talent of being an outstanding Project Coach, while he is equally one of the best Speakers I have met. He will help you get your challenging projects and teams back on track and thrive; he has the distinctive ability to help you make your important dream a reality every time!

Michael gets inside your soul and system, and he immediately understands what you need, even if it’s difficult for you to clearly explain. And besides Michael being a great person who cares about people, he’s done it and seen it all before and his vast experience shows through in your own projects.

Nanna SageTalent Strategist l C-Suite Coach

“Coach Sypsomos has helped put more order and sanity in my life, and my projects are more successful and profitable than ever before”

I always felt that although my coaching business was successful, there was room to raise it a few notches to a next level. When I first spoke to Coach Sypsomos, I quickly realized that everything we do in any type of business are projects, and if we learn how to plan, organize and staff them in a structured manner, our business will improve. I decided to work with Coach Sypsomos and I am certainly glad I did; the boost I got in my organizational, decision making and productivity skills, helped me take my company to new levels of success I never expected! As an added bonus, I was surprised to see that the processes I learned in organizing and making decisions for my projects, I could now apply in my personal life; as a result I can now more clearly understand my purpose, set goals and execute them in a way that helped me improve my career and my life immensely.

Besides being a worldwide expert in Project Management and master in Organizational Change, the one trait that sets Coach Sypsomos apart, he truly cares and he is passionate about helping people.

I can wholeheartedly attest that Coach Sypsomos has helped put more sanity and order in my life first and foremost, while he has helped me get organized as an executive and improve the projects for my company, in a way that I am now in total control over them and they are more profitable than ever before; I am very appreciative and cannot recommend highly enough the value that Coach Sypsomos’ Executive Coaching will bring to anyone’s projects, organization and life.

James DentleyCEO, Life and Business Strategist

“I was captivated by Michael’s passion, speaking style and extensive experience in Project Management”

I first had the pleasure to hear Michael speak at an International Expert’s Speaking Forum and I was immediately captivated by his passion, speaking style, and most important by his extensive experience in Project Management that he shares through his storytelling.

Subsequently I have had the opportunity to stay close to Michael’s successes, and appreciated that as a Project Coach he is not only outstanding in helping clients build successful projects, but he has the ability to help you organize and put order and harmony back in your own life, which is your most important project.

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“Mr. Sypsomos contribution resulted in significantly improving the quality of Thai education”

“I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Michael Sypsomos for the many positive contributions to the Thai Education. We first met in 2003, when Michael taught Project Management to an executive group of the Thai Ministry of Education; at that time, he expressed his strong interest to help improve the Thai Education system, and we decided to initiate a pilot program for the Satun School system. Mr. Sypsomos coached the principals and teachers of the Satun school system in improving their curriculum and other areas, through the use of Project Management, which resulted in the school system achieving a high National Standard in Thailand by the end of 2004. Through subsequent training with other Thailand school principals, this successful model was applied to other schools, resulting in significant improvements to the quality of education of those schools as well. Mr. Sypsomos provided his services through the support of initially Unocal and subsequently Chevron and then his own company “The Mentor Group”. Later

on, in 2009 Mr. Sypsomos and his associates continued to provide additional training aimed to develop the teachers’ Coaching and Project Management skills, resulting in enhancement of the students’ analytical and critical thinking, decision making and structured thinking in general.

I am very appreciative to Mr. Sypsomos for offering a very unique set of skills and expertise that have helped individuals, companies and the Thai Education system, through a structured approach to implementing projects in a self-sufficient manner, which is an area that Thailand needs significant improvement, as an emerging Asian economic power.”

Senior Executive – Thailand Ministry of Education

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“Michael contributed to delivering consistently successful projects and improved organizational capability”

During Michael’s tenure as a Project Coach, tasked to establish a Project Management Methodology and Office, he used a unique and extremely effective coaching approach that applies to projects, and later on as an Executive, he contributed to delivering consistently successful projects and improved organizational capability.

Michael has been an active participant of our CSR program, especially through his work with the Ministry of Education and his relentless contributions to improving the Thai Education System. He is a recognized expert and dedicated advocate of Project Management and Leadership in the global as well as the local Project Management community, the co-founder and president of the Thailand PMI Chapter, and well sought after lecturer at various universities, where he initiated their Project Management programs.

I am grateful to Mr. Sypsomos for being such a valuable asset to our company and the Kingdom of Thailand.

C-Level Executive, Unocal Thailand