Kevin Wilde
Executive Leadership Fellow
Kevin Wilde serves as an Executive Leadership Fellow at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Education/Experience
Currently, an Executive Leadership Fellow at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. 34 years of experience in leadership & talent development at General Electric and General Mills.
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Biography
Kevin Wilde is an Executive Leadership Fellow at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He teaches applied leadership in several graduate courses. His current research topics include leadership coachability, executive derailment, and contemporary talent development. In 2015, he concluded a 34 year corporate career in leadership and talent development at General Electric and General Mills.
While at General Mills, the organization was consistently recognized for its innovative development work, highlighted by global top rankings in leadership development by Fortune and Leadership Excellence magazine and Training magazine’s “Hall of Fame” designation as a top company for employee development. In 2007, Chief Learning Officer magazine selected Kevin as CLO of the year.
As he continues to be an active contributor to the leadership and talent development
profession with business advising and writing, his advisory work includes the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) and GP Strategies.
His most recent book, Coachability: The Leadership Superpower, was published in late 2022. and received a Gold Award from the North American Book Awards. While actively researching, writing, and teaching, he first and foremost considers himself a student of the game of leadership and believes there is always something new to learn.
Areas of Expertise
- Talent development
- Leadership
- Coachability and Receiving Feedback
- Learning and Development
- Leadership Assessment
