Bill is a consulting-educator with over 55 years of experience spanning four separate careers: military (USMC), engineering, business consulting, and education. He’s a founding Principal of MindPrep Education, a small business that specializes in helping middle managers, emerging business leaders and professionals become better thinkers and leaders. He does this through writing, workshops, team facilitation, and one-on-one coaching. Bill has published six books. · He is the lead co-author of The Prepared Mind of a Leader: Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems (Jossey-Bass, 2006). · He co-authored Rethink, Reinvent, Reposition: 12 Strategies to Renew Your Business (Adams Media, 2010). · He authored an e-book for Adams Media in 2011: Rightsizing Your Business: Breakthrough Strategies to Create a Flexible and Profitable Business in Any Economy · MindLab II, was published in 2014 to provide short exercises to improve critical thinking. · Demystifying Business Strategy was published in 2019. This concise workbook is focused on helping leaders answer six questions that demand solid answers. · How to Turn Strategic Concepts into Actionable Strategy was published in 2019. This workbook is focused on understanding twelve factors that determine strategic success and the interrelationships among them. Bill has an undergraduate degree in Socio-Technical Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MBA from DePaul University. Contact: Telephone: (312) 802-6476 or bill.welter@mindprep.com . Offices are in Loveland, Colorado.