Back West, Inc. is the name given to the coaching / consulting practice for me - J. Mike Smith.
In my work I help individuals, teams and groups achieve more and perform better - usually to achieve significantly more and to perform significantly better.
I am a San Francisco-based executive and team coach with a consulting practice working with individuals, teams, and organizations. Some of the people I work with may be much like you. I bring to my work over 25 years of business experience and a work background that spans industries including financial and professional services, high tech, biotech, retail and wholesale distribution. While I know a lot of theory, I also know a lot through the school of experience and practice. I haven't been just a "tourist" in the corporate workplace - I've lived there and been a citizen.
When I work with individuals and teams it's often the about terrain and environment I know well since I've held jobs based from cubicles to the executive suite - all the while having coaching as a key component of my work. My consulting practice - Back West, Inc. - is focused in three areas – executive coaching with individuals, coaching work with teams such as team start-up and team building, and group facilitation and off-site design.
More information, including contact details, can be found at my consulting practice web site www.backwest.com. The name comes from growing up in the Pacific West, and living out east: calling home "back west" seemed to be the logical orientation rather than the usual "out west."
