Bio

Bill is the Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting, an evangelist for courage, a writer, speaker, consultant, and father of 3. He's on a mission to build workplace courage to deliver fantastic results. Bill is the originator of the new organizational development practice of courage-building, and the author of Courageous Leadership: A Program for Using Courage to Transform the Workplace. The program has been taught in eleven countries since its launch in 2011. Bill is the author of the international bestseller ''Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results,'' published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, and numerous other bestselling and award-winning leadership books. Over the past two decades, thousands of executives have attended Bill’s keynotes and workshops from renowned organizations including NASA, eBay, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lenovo, USB Bank, SPANX, the National Security Agency, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Bill’s insights about courage and risk-taking have been featured in over 100 newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Post, NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Boston Herald, Woman’s Day, Redbook, Fitness, and The Harvard Management Update. Renowned leadership author Jim Kouzes says, “After his keynote at our annual The Leadership Challenge Forum, delegates came up to me and said things like: ‘That was fabulous,’ ‘The best speech I’ve heard in a long time,’ ‘Very inspiring,’ and ‘You made a great choice.’ – It’s no wonder that there was a spontaneous standing ovation at the end.” Bill attended West Virginia University on a full athletic scholarship, and is a former member of the U.S. High Diving Team. He earned a Master's Degree from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. You can learn more about Bill and his unique background by visiting http://BillTreasurer.com.