Michael Shandler

Award-winning author, Michael Shandler’s boyhood in a dysfunctional family during the apartheid era in South Africa provided powerful grist for his transformational journey as told in Karma & Kismet — A Spiritual Quest Across Continents, Cultures, And Consciousness. Michael is co-author with Nina Shandler of four books, including the Marriage and Family Book - A Spiritual Guide, Ways of Being Together, and co-author with Michael Egan of the graphic novel, Vroom! Turbocharged Team-building. Shandler is a former principal and partner at Arthur D. Little and holds a masters in counseling and a Doctorate in leadership and organization development from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Michael lives in western Massachusetts where he continues writing, coaching, cycling, being a husband, a dad, and a grandpa of five incredible grandchildren.