The David Allen Company

Michael Dolan
Michael helps clients achieve breakthroughs in productivity, focus, and effectiveness through one-on-one workflow coaching. Clients describe Michael�s style as authentic, supportive, present and focused.

Prior to joining The David Allen Company, Michael held key positions in advertising, marketing management, and design strategy.

I love this work because, in a handful of days, I�m able to provide clients with practices and principles that make a profound impact on their ability to access relaxed focus in any situation. And in my own continuing practice of GTD, I�ve noticed that the more integrity I have to my commitments of day-to-day next actions and projects, the more I experience creativity, boldness, and freedom in the bigger picture of my life.
-Michael

Articles by Michael:
The Power of Successful Outcome Thinking
The Impact of GTD on Groups
Defining Your Work

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Coach's Corner

When the scope of my job more or less doubled overnight recently, I realized that I needed to get serious about how things got done. Michael Dolan and the Getting Things Done program have been an absolutely fantastic change in the way I work. The two days I spent with Michael were incredibly efficient, very targeted to exactly what I needed, and left a lasting impact. It's a simple, but very effective approach, and the onsite consulting was invaluable in just getting it implemented and into muscle memory. I'd strongly recommend the program, the onsite consulting, and Michael Dolan in particular, to anyone who is looking to jump start a game plan for keeping on top of their world.
Peter Horst
SVP Brand Marketing
Capital One Financial

As the founder and CEO of a successful proprietary capital management firm it is critical to our success that I keep my balance and remain focused on our highest goals in the midst of a barrage of potential distractions, opportunities and surprises. My ongoing coaching relationship with Michael has been a fundamental aspect of strengthening this balance and focus over the past nine months. Practicing the systematic approach of GTD has enabled me to manage my agreements and goals in a simple yet powerful way. We've rolled out DavidAllen training and coaching across our entire organization because we've seen how these practices help our managers get more of the right things done with less stress and energy.
Chuck Whitman
CEO and Founder
Infinium Capital Management

Michael just provided me with the two-day David Allen Workflow Coaching and I have to say it was one of the best experiences of my career. Thanks to Michael's coaching and hands-on help, I have been able to completely re-focus my efforts and bring my professional capabilities to a whole new creative/strategic level. I highly recommend Michael and GTD training to ANY executive looking to be more productive and successful.
Matt Langan
VP Technology Practice
DBC Public Relations Experts

I just concluded two wonderful and inspirational days of workflowcoaching with Michael. Our work together surpassed what I imagined thecoaching to be. He helped me fundamentally re-think how I've beenapproaching GTD in general, how I define projects and next actions,and how to imagine new Visions for myself; we even got a major projectunstuck while working the natural planning model together on the whiteboard.
I now have a new perspective on the weekly review and how powerful itis to the ultimate success of my entire system.
It was a delight working with Michael.
Andy Reed
VP
Sheehan Gorelik, LLC