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Bill Treasurer
"Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur
High Diver, Whitewater Kayaker
and most importantly...Husband & Father!"
Taking Your Company to New Heights
In
today's unrelenting business environment, people need to unleash their
entrepreneurial spirit, unlock their creativity and kick-start their
initiative. Now more than ever, people and organizations need to
be courageous. Small steps on't do...it's time to take Giant
Leaps!
Bill Treasurer Knows About Courage . . .
Bill
grew up with a debilitating
fear of heights. As Bill tells
it, "One thing that's indespensible to courage is
fear. But
fear isn't just an emotion, it's an opportunity. To face your
fear means t be in the midst of your own courage."
In
this high-spirited, content-rich keynote or seminar, Bill will share
with you how facing
his fear of heights led him to become a professional high diver.
For seven years Bill traveled
the world as a member of the U.S. High Diving Team, performing dives
that scaled over 100 feet. That's three times higher than the
highest platform in the Olympic games, the equivalent of a 10-story
building!
Bill's
lessons about courage go well
beyond his years as a daredevil athlete, and include lessons drawn from
his years as an entrepreneur, executive coach and team building
instructor. Among other things, you'll learn how to:
- Draw on fear itself by putting it to work for you
- Make courageous decisions at work and at home
- Recognize the dangers of the "risks of inaction"
- Identify
and prepare for your Giant Leap!
Bill is the founder
of Giant Leap
Consulting and author of Right Risk
(Berrett-Koehler, 2003) — the highly acclaimed book on personal
courage. Bill also
served as editor of Positively M.A.D. (Betterr-Koehler,
2004), which contains stories from over 50 of the world's leading
thinkers (including Bill Treasurer)
about how to Make A Difference
in the world. Get MAD!
Bill's keynotes
include inspiring footage from his high diving days. You and your
workforce will come away refreshed, reinvigorated and recommitted to
high achievement.
Bill Treasurer's insights have been
featured in:
- The Washington Post
- The Chicago Tribune
- The NY Daily News
- Atlanta Journal
- Constitution
- Investors Business Daily
- Redbook
- Women's Day
- Fitness
- Training Magazine
- Harvard Management
- Update
- ...and many more!
“I’m really happy that he came, I’m really happy that we chose him. We’ve been in this situation before where we’ve gone out on a limb to pick a motivational speaker and been disappointed. With Bill, I’ve never been more happy with my choice. I look forward to working with him again.” Ella Koscik, CEO, Management Decisions Inc (MDI)
“Bill is a unique personality. One of those personalities who can light up a room and leave you with stories you’ll be telling for years to come.” Justin Roux, Editor, Pipeline Magazine "I can wholeheartedly say that it was a pleasure working with you and would recommend you to any organization based on my experience! You did a terrific job of providing a customized presentation that reinforced the goals and objectives of CSFB's cross-divisional mentoring program. We loved the jeopardy game of "Let's Play, Guess the Mentor". It was obvious that you conducted a considerable amount of research to identify who mentored many of these business luminaries, Warren Buffet, Dave Thomas, Douglas McGregor, among others. Also, I'm very grateful that you took time to get up to speed on the current approach to mentoring given that so much as changed in this space over the years." Valerie Fondoukis, VP Organizational Development Credit Suisse First Boston
"I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the entire New England Field Division's management team to thank you for your poignant and insightful presentation at our management conference...Your workshop was truly inspirational...the lessons we all learned from you are now a permanent part of our lives. Your mix of humor with serious subject matter provided a motivational platform that our managers will be able to turn to when they are in doubt and change is needed. The Drug Enforcement Administration is truly grateful. June W. Stansbury, DEA, Special Agent in Charge New England Field Division “Really engaging and incredible. His presence related well to our team, he matched our company’s personality. Everyone enjoyed being a part of it.” Frank Fenello, President, Finance & Accounting, MDI
Bill Treasurer is founder and CEO of Giant Leap Consulting (GLC), a Courage Building company dedicated to helping people and organizations be more courageous.
Prior to founding GLC, Treasurer spent 6 years with Accenture, a premier management and technology consulting firm. He was the company’s first internal executive coach, and coached Accenture senior executives to strengthen their leadership skills, enhance team performance, and build strong client relationships. Before joining Accenture, Treasurer was a VP of Program Services at Executive Adventure, where he facilitated over 300 corporate team-building workshops. Treasurer began his consulting career in 1991 at High Performing Systems, where he designed and delivered leadership development programs.
Bill Treasurer is the author of Right Risk (Berrett-Koehler, 2003). Right Risk deals with "purposeful risk-taking" and is based on Treasurer’s experiences both as an organizational development professional, and as a daredevil high diver. Treasurer has shared his risk-taking insights with thousands of radio listeners. And he has been featured in over 100 newspapers, and such renowned print media as the Washington Post, Investor's Business Daily, Chicago Tribune, NY Daily News, Boston Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, MSN.com, HR.com, and such popular magazines as Women's Day, Ladies Home Journal, Fitness, Training, T&D, Women's World, and The Harvard Management Review Update.
Bill Treasurer is also the editor of POSITIVELY M.A.D.: How to Make A Difference in Your Organizations, Communities, and the World. The book is Berrett-Koehler Publishers first-ever author compilation, and contains stories from over 50 of the world's leading business thinkers.
Treasurer is a former member of the U.S. High Diving Team. From 1984-1991 he toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and performed over 1,500 high dives from heights that scaled to 100 feet. He also performed 300 dives as the high-octane superhero “Captain Inferno” – while on fire!
Since 1991, Treasurer has worked with over 75 prominent organizations in the area of Organizational Development, Leadership, Teambuilding, and Change Management. Among others, Treasurer's clients include: Accenture, CNN, Starbucks, the U.S. Veteran's Administration, Macquarium, Spanx, Credit Suisse First Boston, Equity Office Properties, Cox Enterprises, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and many others.
He holds a Masters Degree in Administrative Science (with a concentration in OD) from the University of Wisconsin—Green Bay. He attended West Virginia University on a full athletic scholarship for springboard diving. Though he no longer high dives, Treasurer is an avid whitewater kayaker. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Shannon, twin children, Bina and Alex, and dog Gulliver.
To view recent testimonials about Bill's presentations.
Treasurer frequently speaks to groups about his risk-taking experiences. To learn more about his informative (and inspiring) presentations, including his signature keynote, Take A Giant Leap!
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