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Michael Costello

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Director & Chartered Business Psychologist at Workplace Evolution
📍 Lancaster, England, United Kingdom

Michael is a Chartered Business Psychologist and Director at Workplace Evolution, specializing in leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational change. He hosts podcasts for EY and Management Today, and his client list includes high-profile organizations like KPMG, EY, Nike, and Liverpool FC. People who have worked with him describe him as engaging, knowledgeable, and dedicated.

Michael has a keen interest in other cultures, demonstrated by his studies in Chinese language programs at both Lancaster University and the South China University of Technology. This interest in diverse perspectives is also evident in the wide range of leaders and authors he interviews for his podcasts.

He once had the unique opportunity to interview his own boss, an Olympic Gold Medalist, for an episode of his podcast.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Director & Chartered Business Psychologist
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
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Topics Michael cares about

Leadership Development
This is the core of his professional work, focusing on executive coaching, management development, and advising organizations like Liverpool FC and Fulham FC.
Workplace Psychology
As a Chartered Business Psychologist, his work revolves around organizational change, talent development, and assessment services.
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Career

Work history

3-2024
Director & Chartered Business Psychologist
Workplace Evolution
6-2022
Portfolio Delivery Manager: EY People Advisory Services
EY
11-2013 - 6-2022
Director & Chartered Business Psychologist
Workplace Evolution
3-2010 - 11-2014
Leadership & Management Lecturer
Coventry University
3-2006 - 6-2010
Chartered Occupational Psychologist
Dove Nest Group
In the press

Media appearances

The Workplace Evolution Podcast – Michael Costello. Featured in Listen Notes
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Education
2017 - 2020
Lancaster Univeristy Confucius Institute
Lancaster University
2019 - 2019
Chinese Language Programme
South China University of Technology
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