Joseph Michelli

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Joseph Michelli
Born (1960-08-11) August 11, 1960 (age 63)
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Denver
University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Author, radio host, and public speaker
SpouseNora Michelli (deceased)

Joseph Michelli (born August 11, 1960) is an American psychologist, organizational consultant, speaker, and author. Since 2004, he has written business books, including The Starbucks Experience, The New Gold Standard, Prescription for Excellence, and Driven to Delight. He is a visiting assistant professor at Campbellsville University. [1]

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Early life and career

Michelli received his undergraduate degree from the University of Denver, in psychology, philosophy, and political science and was honored as the 1981 Outstanding Junior Man. [2] [3]

He earned his PhD in 1988 from the University of Southern California, completing his thesis entitled Observational Bias in Spouse Observation Integrating Cognitive and Behavioral Approaches to Marital Distress. [2]

Psychology

During his undergraduate studies he co-authored an article for Psychology Today entitled Would You Believe a Child Witness. [4] In 1985 Michelli co-authored the research paper A Brief Test for Measuring Malingering in Schizophrenic Individuals that was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry . [5]

Additional academic publications from his studies included articles in the Journal of Pediatric Psychiatry [6] and Law and Human Behavior, [7] as well as a chapter of the third edition for Behavioral Assessment: A Practical Handbook. [8] Michelli is also the author of financial and economics publications. [9]

Michelli worked as a clinical psychologist for the Penrose-St. Francis Health Care System in Colorado during the 1990s. [10] Michelli continued his practice as a psychologist through the late 2000s, working as a forensic psychologist in Colorado and special investigator for public prosecutions. He has also been interviewed as an expert of forensic psychology on CNN. [11]

Radio

Joseph Michelli began his career in radio as a teenager with KRLN in Canon City, Colorado from 1973 to 1978. He then worked at KWBZ radio in Denver under the pseudonym "The Rock and Roll Kid" as an on-air host from 1979 to 1982. [12] He took an eight-year break from radio while attending graduate and post-graduate school, but returned to radio in 1990. That year Michelli began hosting what would become a nationally syndicated radio show called Wishing You Well on the Business News Network. [13]

As a radio host, he was interviewed for major newspapers to respond to current events involving psychology. [14] The show continued until 1999. Michelli also hosted The Joseph Michelli Show on KVOR in Colorado Springs, CO, a daily 2-hour afternoon drive talk show that ran from 1997 to 2007. Due to his work as an author, as of 2007 Michelli would host the show over the telephone on the road while doing book signings, speaking engagements, and other events. He left the show in June 2007. [15]

Upon his departure from the radio business it was claimed he had "raised the talk show bar" in Colorado, [16] as Michelli left to work full-time on his books. [17] Michelli's commentary on social issues was sometimes the cause of controversy. [18] [19] The group Media Matters stated that he had failed to deter frequent callers from making insensitive remarks about homosexuals, and had allowed a guest host for his show to make similar remarks. [20]

Consulting

Michelli is also a consultant that works with companies on customer retention strategies. [21]

Books

Books on corporate cultures

Michelli has written or co-written a number of books on the culture of individual businesses.

Other books

Personal life

Michelli married Nora Leigh Smith, with whom he had two children, Joseph Andrew and Fiona. Nora died from breast cancer on February 11, 2013. [13] [44]

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