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Michael Philip Grinder (born September 22, 1942) is an American author, motivational speaker and coach in the field of nonverbal communication. He was trained and mentored by his older brother John Grinder, the co-creator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers. Grinder's work focuses on nonverbal communication techniques for both educators (in the arena of classroom management) as well as for leadership within the business world.

Life, Education and Career
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Michael Grinder is the second out of nine children from Jack and Eileen Grinder. In 1951, the family moved to San Diego, California. Afflicted with ADHD and dyslexia, Grinder graduated from high school at a 4th grade reading level. He attended seminary for the first two years of university after high school, studying to be a Catholic priest. The credits Grinder earned in seminary were only transferable to a Catholic university, and so he ultimately ended up at Loyola-Marymount University of Los Angeles to finish his degree. He graduated from Loyola-Marymount with a Bachelor of Arts (in 1965), Master of Arts (in 1967), and teaching credential (in 1967). In 1966, Grinder taught as a student teacher in Watts and Compton in Los Angeles, then began teaching in southern California. He spent the next 17 years teaching in California, Oregon, and Washington.

After years of experience as a teacher, Grinder started speaking at conferences and conducting seminars based on his observations. In 1987, Grinder founded his corporation Michael Grinder & Associates which focused primarily on coaching school districts and businesses in nonverbal communication and management.

Influences
The two biggest influences in Grinder's material come from his brother, John Grinder, and humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers. Rogers was an educational consultant at a high school that Grinder was teaching at

met psychologist Carl Rogers

Michael was at the high school that Carl Rogers was an educational consultant for. He was influenced to create classroom atmosphere where the individual student was accepted. The human-to-human communication model created a model that Michael would use for the rest of his life. Rita Dunn’s work on Learning Style provided a model that Michael used to identify and respond to a wide diversity of students’ learning styles. Bernice McCarthy tempered the Dunn influence by having Michael realize when to individualize and when not to. John exposed Michael to how people bring in information and store it. Dunn, McCarthy and John Grinder were the basis for Michael’s educational work.