If we had to hang our collective hat on one set of values that drive our WiLD brand, this would be it. RELATIONAL – Architecting supportive and honest conversations. Leaders don’t develop in a vacuum. Leaders don’t lead in a vacuum, so we can’t develop them alone. It gets real when we get together and risk something, […] Read More
In the past, and even in some cases now, the process of investing in the learning and growth of your employees and leaders is often called Talent Management or Talent Development. The job titles of the leaders in these spaces are similar – Director of Talent Management isn’t uncommon. However, when it comes to actually […] Read More
WiLD Leaders is fired up to announce that Matt Woll will be joining our leadership team as our Chief Operations and Innovations Leader. Matt is a natural integrator of important causes and organizations. From his experience leading the launch of Undivided – a documentary film highlighting the story of a transformational partnership between a church […] Read More
One of the first challenges of being a Ph.D. student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology is rethinking how you think. In a world that permits glossing over the details for the sake of a one sentence tweet and full of search engines that think for us, being informed is counterculture. With doctoral students raised in this world, this is […] Read More
We misunderstand and misuse the idea of character in our business culture because in business, margin drives everything. To go all business for a second, margin is the difference between a product or service’s selling price and its cost of production or to the ratio between a company’s revenues and expenses. Even if you don’t consider […] Read More
Leading is hard work; it requires a person to see things differently. A leader needs to effect change and that takes guts, rigor and vulnerability. In the bible there is a moment where a guy named Jesus and his earliest followers are faced with pressures beyond their level of comfort. The stakes are high and they are […] Read More
This is a picture of my friend Mark Adams being coached regarding his calling and purpose in front of 27 leaders at our WiLD Leaders Coaching Certification in Seattle this past week. Mark is a senior leader in the Free Methodist Church of the USA who is a leader of leaders of leaders. While this […] Read More
Who are the leaders or potential leaders around you who are reluctant to take on the role of “leader” or who are reluctantly in the role and might need a little support? We all know them. They are not sure they want to be the leader because they feel under-qualified, under-prepared, introverted, or may have […] Read More
At a time when we are about to elect our next President and we’re faced with polarizing options to choose from, it is about time we get real about leaders. Take a look at the most popular leadership theories, books, and magazine articles out there. It doesn’t matter whether it’s about leading in business, in […] Read More
On my second trip to the outer rim of India, I continue to learn so much about the power of love and the threat it poses to each of us, and to our cultures. A recent graduate from Immanuel University here is providing graduate education to those on the margins of the caste system is now […] Read More