When Mike was the President and CEO of a publicly-traded company, he attended the intensive Principle-Centered Leadership Week conducted by the Covey Leadership Center, now FranklinCovey. Deeply impressed with the material taught, he told his wife Sherry, "One of these days I'd love to teach these concepts." A few months later the company he headed was acquired and merged, and he was faced with a marvelous moment of choice. Electing to follow an inner drive rather than stay on, he knocked on the Covey door.

Mike spent several years with Covey Leadership Center's Professional Resource Group as a full-time Learning Facilitator. He assisted in the creation of workshops, videos, and organizational leadership products by serving as the Director of Operations, and Director of Media in the Innovation Group of FranklinCovey. Now, as a Senior Consultant, he speaks on and teaches the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, Building Trust, Power of Understanding, What Matters Most®, and The 4 Roles of Leadership.

Mr. Wuergler brings to FranklinCovey a unique combination of experiences. He served in various executive suites in the motion picture and television production industries, as well as having once operated an active consulting practice. He was a producer of syndicated television programming at Walt Disney Productions, as well as a member of Disney's Show Development Team for both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. After leaving Disney, Mike produced four theatrical feature films and was nominated for an Emmy Award for directing a television special that saluted the returning troops of Desert Storm.

Mike's consulting practice led him to become the Chief Operating Officer of the American Television Network. As the consultant hired by the venture capital firm, he also became Chief Operating Officer of Alternative Network Television, Inc. Earlier in his career he was President of ComWorld International.

Mike has been active in Scouting as an Explorer Post Advisor. He has sung tenor in the Utah Symphony Chorus and served on the community theater board. He fronted a musical group that once opened for The Supremes, The Righteous Brothers, and Peter Paul and Mary. He spent six months in the National Company of Fiddler On The Roof, and was a member of the National Children's Theatre during his stint in New York City as a working actor. He and his wife Sherry are the proud parents of five children and grandparents of seven. He travels from Massachusetts.