winsor jenkins - award winning author
In 2007, Winsor wrote, The Collaborator, where he married his passion for leadership development with his passion for the sport of soccer. Written in the form of an allegory, readers are introduced to a new, innovative platform and process for developing leaders who effectively collaborate and produce win-win outcomes. The book won the 2009 AXIOM Business Book Award, Bronze Medal Winner - International Business!
In 2014, he left the corporate world and started his consulting and coaching business with a focus on collaborative leadership development. This led to co-developing a new team development training program in 2016, called The Collaboration Game, designed to help people develop a collaborative mind-set and skill set to enact genuine team collaboration in the workplace.
In 2018, he was asked by the Association for Talent Development (ATD) to serve as one of five contributing authors to write Chapter Three - Collaboration, for their book, Focus on Them. Through ATD's management research, the ACCEL Model was developed identifying Collaboration as one of five key skills for front-line managers to learn for today's changing workplace.
In 2021, he published his book, Game of Teams, to help people understand the power of working with a leader/team coach for developing their "Self-Awareness" leading to more effective collaborative leadership and team success. Written in the form of an allegory, readers follow the exploits of a newly promoted manager who learns, with the help of a coach, how to kick-start their journey to become a collaborative leader.
Prior to that, he wrote articles for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's magazine, Soccer Journal, in 1997 -1998 and The Journal of the Human Resources Planning Society (2005).
Winsor is former senior-level business leader who played a key in-house role in the development of leaders at all levels.
He is a graduate of Cornell University (BS), the University of Idaho (MBA), and the Hudson Institute of Coaching. His certifications include the International Coaching Federation (ICF), along with a variety of leadership development programs and assessment tools, including Situational Leadership, MBTI, and Polaris Competency Model and 360.
Winsor played, coached, and refereed soccer.
He is a United States Air Force Veteran.
Publications
BOOKS:
- The Collaborator: Discover Soccer as a Metaphor for Global Business Leadership (2007)
- Focus On Them (2018 - ATD Press)
- Game of Teams: Discover How to Become a Collaborative Leader (2021)
ARTICLES (Sample):
- Soccer Metaphor Works Best (Soccer Journal)
- Situational Leadership (Soccer Journal)
- Partners On the Field (Soccer Journal)
- The Pitch for a New Leadership Metaphor (Journal of HRPS)
BLOG POSTS (Recent)
2023 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP:
- RELATIONSHIPS MATTER: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2023 Soccer World Cup
- MINDSET RULES: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2023 Soccer World Cup
- METAPHOR TO MINDSET: 2023 Soccer World Cup
- TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SOCCER - 2023 Soccer World Cup
- BEYOND LOST CAUSES: 2023 Soccer World Cup
- THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: 2023 Soccer World Cup
2022 MEN'S WORLD CUP:
- THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
- MINDSET TRUMPS SKILLSET: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - Soccer World Cup
- LOST CAUSES: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
- GAMECHANGER: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
- IT'S ALL IN THE GAME: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
- GOOD TO GREAT: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
- BLOOD, SWEAT & TEAMS: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
- SEEING IS BELIEVING: Collaborative Leadership Lessons - 2022 Soccer World Cup
GENERAL COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP:
- Metaphors People Can Act-On in Positive Ways for a Hybrid Workplace
- Redefining Collaboration for a Hybrid Workplace
- Your Team's Virtual Platform to Effectively Collaborate in a Hybrid Workplace
- Wake Up: Realize There Are Leaders Everywhere!
- Leadership Development for a Hybrid Workplace
- Collaboration is Deliberate Teamwork in a Hybrid Workplace