Speaking and workshops on leadership, resilience, communication, mental health, masculinity, and human development for organizations, leadership teams, schools, conferences, and communities.
Speaking and Workshops
William’s talks and workshops combine lived experience, practical leadership principles, reflective insight, and meaningful storytelling to create conversations that are engaging, challenging, and deeply relevant to the audience in front of him.
Whether speaking to executives, leadership teams, students, veterans, community organizations, or men’s groups, his work focuses on leadership, resilience, communication, responsibility, mental health, and human development — helping people navigate pressure, adversity, growth, and change with greater courage, clarity, authenticity, and strength of character.
Drawing from experiences in executive coaching, leadership development, wilderness leadership, university teaching, and challenge-based learning, William brings a grounded and deeply human perspective to leadership and personal growth.
Depending on the audience and setting, engagements may range from keynote talks and interactive workshops to facilitated discussions.
Speaking Topics And Themes
- Leadership Forged Through Challenge
- Resilience Under Pressure
- Communication, Courage, and Difficult Conversations
- Men’s Mental Health and Human Connection
- Leadership, Responsibility, and Personal Growth
- Meaningful Challenge and Human Development
- Authentic Leadership in High-Pressure Environments
- Masculinity, Mentorship, and Maturity
- Sustainable Leadership and Wellbeing
- Leadership Lessons From Wilderness and Adversity
Featured Talk
Leadership Lessons From a 68-Day Winter Pilgrimage
In the winter of 2012, William walked alone from North Carolina to Canada along the Appalachian Trail during one of the harshest seasons of the year. Facing isolation, uncertainty, self-doubt, and extreme conditions, the experience became a profound lesson in resilience, humility, leadership, mental endurance, and human growth.
Drawing from experiences explored more deeply in his book Walk of Honor, this presentation explores what challenge can teach us about leadership, courage, responsibility, mental health, perseverance, and what it means to continue moving forward under pressure.
Past Audiences and Organizations
Organizations & Leadership Teams
Abbott Laboratories
ACASS
CIMA
Emergent BioSolutions
Heritage College
Innovative Medicines Canada
Kruger
Metro Supply Chain
Conferences, Universities & Community Organizations
2024 Kitcisakik Indigenous Men’s Health Conference
Elevate Mental Health Support Group
Hongik University
Open Door / Le Mouvement Communitas
University of International Business and Economics
Various Leadership and Personal Development Conferences