EBOOK: TOP 15 TRENDING LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS IN 2024
At the end of 2023, we conducted a content analysis of hundreds of conversations with leaders who took part in this grand project called the WiLD Conversation. In the language of these actual leaders, the following is the heart and soul of what they are talking about and thinking about. These 15 trending conversations fell into four main categories…
5 Steps to Invite Change
There are different ways to arrive at a place of change, but there's one we recommend…
DIFFERENCE + SAMENESS: Whole Leader Development and Diversity, Equity, + Inclusion
Over the past months, Rob and I have become friends and have learned so much from one another. So, as we sought to write something together regarding the relevance of whole leader development, we decided to write it as a dialogue - a conversation between us designed to explain the intentions behind the toolkit in reference to our own personal journey of inclusion and exclusion, and as a way to project where the conversation regarding differences and similarities across our contexts may be going next.
THE MULTI-VOCATIONAL LEADER | Our Hope For the Future
What does it mean to be a multi-vocational leader and what does it mean to invest in them? To be a multi-vocational leader is to be a person who is called to be a leader or a contributing member in more than one context of our lives - the number of contexts being defined by the number of different calls to serve that we may receive and the number of times we respond with a “Yes, I will serve there” answer.
WiLD Leaders Corporate Charter, Culture & Expectations
Want a glimpse into the WiLD Leaders Corporate Charter? Read it here! The team values, leadership presence, our expectations of one another, and what others can expect from us.
The 10 Scientific Truths of Whole + Intentional Leader Development
What would change if we intentionally prepared a generation of courageous and sacrificial leaders who will bring thoughtfulness, conviction, hope, resourcing, strategic thinking, and deeply rooted care to the institutions and people they serve?
No Margin for Character
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 yourself a businessperson, that is important to understand because we, as a culture, define something’s value by its margin – by the difference between the cost we pay and the benefit we get.
You Can’t Manufacture Trust
Developing trust and increasing alignment and cohesion is a meaningful goal that requires deep levels of individual and collective change. It doesn’t materialize overnight. Trust is like a muscle that with work will grow in strength and endurance, but if left neglected, will atrophy. Here are five core convictions for how we approach building real, long-term trust with executive teams.
10 Years of Whole Leader Development; Bad Bobby Goes WiLD
It all started with the name Bad Bobby. While that may seem like an unconventional start, it is our lack of convention and desire to see leaders as they really are that is the key to everything we do. The story begins with a confession and a-ha moment. First, the confession. My name is Rob, I am a grown man, and I play video games along with 155 million other Americans. I don’t play every day, but I do enjoy them when I get a chance to play. The fact is that my understanding of video games inspired me to build an online leadership development portal and set of tools that are wholistic, real, and create deep insight and learning for leaders.
Whole Leaders in an Emotional Pandemic
A new reality is upon us. An opportunity - to be our best when it's a bit tougher to do so. The uncertainty of a biological pandemic is likely to impact everything we see, and a host of things we can’t. What we do see around us isn't only a need for further preparation in
One Month on the Job – Practicing What We Preach
Over the past 3 years I have had 12 jobs, which for a freelance writer is probably not that big of a number. I joined the Whole + intentional Leadership Development (WiLD) team to minimize the amount of hours that go into my tax return and because the team and mission seemed exciting and unusual. I have worked with other leadership development programs, however WiLD has an impact that almost looks too good to be true.
WiLD Leaders – Looking Back and Forward
It’s hard to believe it’s nearly a decade since we started in the business of whole and intentional leader development and a full year since Dr. Daniel Hallak joined the WiLD Leaders team as our Chief Commercial Officer. As you may know by now, our mission has been to invest in the development and preparation of this generation of courageous and sacrificial leaders – and not just to talk about it as a good idea – but to provide an intentional pathway to their whole and intentional development through the WiLD Toolkit. It’s been a busy and unbelievably fulfilling year. So, here is a quick review of our year, lessons we’ve learned, and what’s just around the corner for WiLD Leaders.
WiLD Leaders Celebrates Annie Barthel’s Next Step
Today was Annie Barthel’s last day working officially on the WiLD Leaders team before she transitions to her new role at Slalom Consulting. Annie has served as one of our Promotions Specialists for the last year, and while we are going to miss Annie, we are so excited for the next place she is going to serve.
Wild Stories in a Sensible World
When it comes to our willingness to tell the stories of our lives, there are at least three kinds of people. Those too eager to share, those who don’t know there’s anything to share, and those who hesitate to share the real story. The first group defines themselves by their edginess and outside-the-box thinking (which is inside-the-box thinking, by the way). The second group lacks the awareness that they are just as weird as the rest of us, and the third group has a different kind of challenge. It’s the challenge of navigating the world of what is “sensible” and what is “wild”. I’m most interested in this third group.