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Michael Kaufman, MSW, PhD, is delighted to have published his first book, which is the culmination of his lessons and insights gleaned over a 30-year career in the helping professions, most notably social work and special education.
What makes his perspective so distinct is the unique blend he brings to all his professional endeavors, combining his “heart of a social worker” with “head of a business executive” to create an uncommon merger that leads companies, effects change, and improves lives.
With a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s degree in social work, and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology, Mike currently directs the special education management and consulting company he co-founded in 2017. Prior to that, he launched the start-up of a now-blossoming teletherapy company and served at the helm of Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI)—first as COO, then CEO—one of the largest privatized schooling companies for students with special needs in the country.
A public speaker, college professor, and graduate of Harvard Business School’s Key Executives Program, Mike wanted to share his career path with fellow helping professionals to empower their own rise to organizational leadership, particularly by championing their natural proclivities and abilities. The result is "Doing Good & Doing Well: Inspiring Helping Professionals to Become Leaders in Their Organizations" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023).
In all that Mike does, he lives by the Churchill motto “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Reviewed by Jennie More for Readers' Favorite
Doing Good & Doing Well by Michael L. Kaufman, MSW, PhD, is a guide for helping professionals like teachers, therapists, social workers, doctors, and nurses to assume leadership roles in their organizations. As these professionals and others like them focus on the well-being of people, often working in under-resourced communities, they may be too humble to see themselves in business roles. This book guides anyone hoping to enter a management or leadership role where they will be responsible for people. Kaufman advises on what to expect in the boardroom, a day in the life of a CEO, hiring, mentoring, and losing people, and how to begin wrapping their minds around transforming from the role of a carer to the leader of an organization of carers.
Doing Good & Doing Well by Michael L. Kaufman, MSW, PhD, is a resourceful and insightful book and certainly a must-read for all professionals who want to or are about to become a manager or leader. I enjoyed the multiple examples of people-management scenarios where Kaufman explains personnel issues and how leaders dealt with each effectively, putting his advice into perspective. Few leadership or business books provide such practical guidance and real-life examples. It can be difficult for a professional to transition to management, but Kaufman details the new skills, experiences, pitfalls, and opportunities that professionals can expect. Kaufman has a wealth of knowledge about business and leadership, making this book one of a kind that will help professionals successfully transition from specialist to business leader roles.
