Born in Wyoming · Coaching & retreats delivered nationwide
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WYLD Leadership

Nurture the nature of your leadership

WYLD defines leadership not by your role, but by how you lead yourself each day. Drawing on behavioral economics, positive psychology, and ancient wisdom, we help individuals, teams, and organizations grow through coaching, workshops, and retreats — for lasting results.

We work with

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The WYLD Way

WYLD designs transformational experiences

Navigational teaching that’s simple and application-based, paired with “sticky,” experiential learning — customized to you and your team, inspired by the wisdom of nature, and balanced across a “left + right brain” approach. That’s the WYLD Way.

We help people stock their leadership toolkits and tap into the wisdom already within. Customized development lifts individual and team performance, engagement, and productivity — and consistently deepens a sense of purpose and motivation.

About the WYLD Way

The case for it

Why invest in leadership development

36%

Increase in Business Performance

Companies with the strongest ethical cultures outperform their peers by 40% across all measures of business performance.

Fast Company

$395–$483Billion

Loss to the U.S. Economy

68% of the U.S. workforce is disengaged, resulting in a national crisis.

Gallup

45%+

Increase in Revenue

When a workforce is emotionally connected to their organizational mission and responsibilities, revenue can double.

Harvard Business Review

Only 1 in 8

Employees Strongly Agree

That their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work. Developing strong managers impacts more than just culture.

Gallup

A few of our clients

Bonobos Capital One International Monetary Fund Getaway Smithsonian Institution Ogilvy World Health Organization The New York Times Truveris Thyme Care Thirty Madison Kindthread SAE International Sandboxx Slim Chickens Uncommon Rumble

What people are saying

Voices from the WYLD experience

Our people

Our WYLD Faculty

We’re on a mission to improve the way people work and live. As students of human behavior, we value measurable results — and we know some of our best moments at work can’t be measured. Our faculty act as both teachers and students, helping you and your team grow through the WYLD leadership development program.

Meet Our Team
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FACULTY PORTRAIT — Alexandra Crosswell — client to supply

Alexandra Crosswell, Ph.D

WYLD Sage · Stress science & the mind-body connection

San Francisco, CA

FACULTY PORTRAIT — Maika Leibbrandt — client to supply

Maika Leibbrandt, M. Ed

WYLD Sage · Organizational health & change management

Imperial, NE

From the journal

Field notes

A collection of researched opinions on topics that inspire reflection and action.

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Mindfulness and Stress

In recent years, a phenomenon that has caught the collective attention of our culture has to do with how we pay attention. Mindfulness — nonjudgmental, moment-to-moment awareness — seems to be everywhere.

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Peter Drucker: The Rules of Effectiveness

Reposted from Medium. When Peter Drucker was asked to participate in a study of geniuses, he politely declined. A famous happiness and creativity researcher was writing a book on what people who achieve culture-disrupting success have in common.

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