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ARTICLES + BLOGS
Featuring the WiLD Team
COMPOSED: THE HEART & SCIENCE OF LEADING UNDER PRESSURE FEATURED IN FORBES
Regarding Dr. McKenna’s work, Ron Carucci said, “Most management literature offers mere stress-management technique or more superficial self-management approaches. McKenna’s approach, by contrast, digs a bit deeper to more fundamental origins of healthy, or unhealthy, responses that leaders form in the face of unrelenting pressures.”
LEADERSHIP COURAGE: THE MOST CRITICAL COMPONENT IN DEVELOPING IT – PART 3
“To better understand how leaders can develop courage to meet the most complex business challenges head-on, we sat down with Drs. Rob McKenna and Daniel Hallak to gain insight from their work at WiLD (Whole and Intentional Leader Development).”
- Beau Rivers, Forbes Contributor
30 MOST INFLUENTIAL INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS ALIVE TODAY
“The inclusion of Dr. Rob McKenna on the prestigious list of the most influential living I–O Psychologists is testament to his preeminence in the field. His passion and expertise in leadership development — and his revolutionary brand of sacrificial leadership — commands attention from everyone who is dedicated to leading well.”
YOU'RE MORE THAN A NUMBER AND TYPE
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
HOPE AND PURPOSE IN UNCERTAINTY
A guest piece by Dr. Rob McKenna in Psychology Today on the action needed to maintain hope and purpose.
WHO IS YOUR SAFE HARBOR?
This guest piece is an excerpt from Dr. Daniel Hallak’s upcoming book, Don’t Lead Alone.
Selling Your Business: Succession Planning and Sacrificial Leadership
This piece by Dr. Rob McKenna and Dr. Daniel Hallak gives a fresh and needed perspective on succession planning.
“Given what we know now, at this point in time and in this cultural and organizational context, how do we prepare the next generation of leaders to lead after we are gone?”
YOU CAN'T LEAD ALONE
“Nothing will crush your team or organization faster than acting in isolation. Now more than ever, you need the right support to help you steer the ship.” Dr. Daniel Hallak writes for Talent Quarterly on the dangers of lonely leaders.
WHOLE LEADERS UNDER PRESSURE: YOU AND THEM
From The Great Conversation Blog, “For so many of us, our efforts at developing ourselves as whole leaders are in reality partial or fragmented efforts rather than whole.”
"LEADING UNDER PRESSURE" - FEATURED IN DAD.CEO
Pressure is often unavoidable, but how we deal with it is not. Dr. Rob McKenna (Founder and CEO of WiLD Leaders Inc.) writes more about pressure and composure in an article featured on Dad.CEO.
"WHOLE LEADER REFORMATION" - DR. ROB MCKENNA AND DR DANIEL AND THE LEAD ARTICLE IN THE SPRING ISSUE OF OUTCOMES MAGAZINE
The article was the lead article in the Spring 2019 issue of Outcomes Magazine and sets the Foundation for the concept of a whole leader reformation and what it means to invest in the development of whole leaders.
PODCASTS + INTERVIEWS
Featuring the WiLD Team
"ALL ABOUT WILD LEADERS" - FEATURED ON THE ATD PODCAST WITH DR. SCOTT MELANSON
Dr. Rob McKenna (Founder and CEO of WiLD Leaders Inc.) and Dr. Daniel Hallak (CCO of WiLD Leaders, Inc.) were featured on the Association for Training and Development Podcast with Dr. Scott Melanson. During the podcast, they describe the mission and vision behind WiLD Leaders, the power of the WiLD Toolkit for developing whole leaders, and Dr. McKenna’s latest book Composed: The Heart & Science of Leading Under Pressure.
"LEADING UNDER PRESSURE" - FEATURED ON THE FLOURISHING CULTURE PODCAST WITH AL LOPUS
Dr. Rob McKenna (Founder and CEO of WiLD Leaders Inc.) was featured on the Flourishing Culture Podcast with BCWI president, Al Lopus. During the podcast, they look at the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting financial crisis that has created a lot of uncertainty for ministry and business leaders. Every ministry has been affected, most drastically. Nearly everyone is dealing with falling revenues, learning to manage remote teams and significant instability. How do leaders keep their composure?
"LEADING UNDER PRESSURE" - FEATURED ON THE BRANDON SMITH SHOW
How do great leaders stay cool, calm and collected? Dr. Rob McKenna author of “Composed: the Heart & Science of Leading Under Pressure” and Brandon Smith discuss intentional leadership and self development. Listen in!
Investing in the Whole Person as a Leader
Dr. Nathan Regier welcomes Rob McKenna, PhD to today’s episode. “The person who has the most capacity to lead within any system is the one who can express himself with the least amount of blame.”
#oncompassion
Dr. Rob McKenna on the Faith Marketplace Radio
Guest Dr. Rob McKenna, CEO & Founder of WiLD Leaders, joins Bob Lambert on this episode of Faith Marketplace Radio.
WHAT’S YOUR “WHY” WITH DR. MCKENNA
Dr. Nathan Iverson interviews Dr. Rob McKenna on his why diving into a conversation on purpose and meaning.
THE WiLD LEADERSHIP PARADOX WITH DR. ROB MCKENNA
Dr. Rob McKenna is the founder of WiLD Leaders, Inc, the WiLD Foundation, and author of Composed: The Heart and Science of Leading Under Pressure. What you can learn in this episode:
Why vulnerability is essential for great leadership
How “Whole and Intentional Leader Development” can help you
The reason paradoxical leadership tension exists
Understanding why you are here and a sense of purpose is key to leadership success
"CREATING COURAGEOUS AND SACRIFICIAL LEADERS" - FEATURING DANIEL HALLAK ON TALENT DEVELOPMENT HOT SEAT WITH ANDY STORCH
Daniel talks to Andy of the Talent Development Hot Seat on how to create courageous and sacrificial leaders. They examine together how to develop the leader within you.
"EXAMINING THE LEADER WITHIN YOU" - FEATURING DR. DANIEL HALLAK ON OUTCOMES ROCKET
A podcast with Dr. Daniel Hallak on developing intentional leadership.
"THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN LEADERSHIP"
In this episode, Dr. Hallak joins Dr. Flo to discuss social capital in leadership and how culture influences personal leadership.
"CHANGING THE FUTURE ONE RELATIONSHIP AT A TIME" - FEATURING DR. DANIEL HALLAK
Dr. Hallak shares how a network of trusting relationships is key to growing as a professional and for opening doors to make impact through our work.
"THE SCIENCE BEHIND LEADERSHIP AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT" - DR. ROB MCKENNA, PODCAST GUEST ON THE FLOURISHING LEADER PODCAST WITH BCWI
“On this episode, we look at the fourth of the eight drivers that make up The FLOURISH Model. We call it Uplifting Growth, and my guest has plenty to share with you about why Uplifting Growth is a critical driver to help improve—and even transform–your workplace culture. “