About Kevin D. Wilde

Kevin D. Wilde serves as 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.

During his time at General Mills, the organization was consistently recognized for its innovative development work, highlighted by Fortune’s #2 ranking as one of the best companies in the world at leadership development, #1 listing by Leadership Excellence magazine, #1 Global Learning Elite ranking, 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.

Kevin 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 2022 and received a gold award from the North American Book Awards. His early books include “Dancing with the Talent Stars: 25 Moves that Matter Now” and “A CLO Leadership Reader: Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s Best for Today’s Learning Leader.” His writing for Talent Management magazine received a national award for editorial excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. His work has also been published in over a dozen books, including “Coaching for Leadership,” the “Pfieffer Annual on Leadership Development” and “Forward Focused Learning.”

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.