Michael Carroll is a teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism and is the author of "Awake at Work" (2004), "The Mindful Leader" (2007), "Fearless at Work" (2012) & "Mindful Leadership Training" (2016). In his professional career, he worked on Wall Street and in the publishing industry, holding executive positions at Shearson Lehman/AMEX, Paine Webber, Simon & Schuster, and the Walt Disney Company. Michael began practicing meditation in 1976 after receiving instruction from his first teacher HH Dudjom Rinpoche, graduated Buddhist Seminary in 1980 under the guidance of his root teacher Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and has studied with other teachers including Traleg Rinpoche; Changling Rinpoche; Osel Tendzin and Khenpo Khatar Rinpoche.