meet wins - Leadership Background

Winsor is an accomplished business partner who worked in senior level leadership positions in three publicly traded manufacturing companies.

With a passion in collaborative leadership and team development, along with coaching, his professional background has contributed to the  development of managers at all levels.  He brings a deep understanding of what it takes to successfully transition through the leadership pipeline from front line manager to the C-Suite. 

An intuitive and results oriented leader himself, he engages people on a dynamic and interactive development path, enhancing their ability to be highly effective and insightful leaders. 

Winsor's professional background covers a 30 year time line with 3 publicly traded manufacturing companies, working in the US, Canada, and Mexico.   Listed below are key leadership positions held:

• Vice President, Human Resources
• Corporate Manager, Industrial Relations & Organization Development
• Corporate Manager, Organization & HR Development
• Director, HR Wood Products Group
• Division Employee Relations Manager

EDUCATION:

• MBA, University of Idaho
• BS-Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University

COACHING CERTIFICATIONS:

• Hudson Institute of Coaching
• International Coaching Federation
• Systemic Team Coaching

TRAINING CERTIFICATOINS:

• Situational Leadership II
• APG Programs: Symphony, Conductor, Coaching for Execution, Tempo
• DuPont STOP, AdvantEdge

OTHER COACHING & TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS:

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Polaris Commpetency Model & 360
• EQI-2.0 AND EQ-360

BOOKS:

• The Collaborator:  Discover Soccer as a Metaphor for Global Business Leadership (2007, DW Publishing)
• Focus On Them (2018, ATD Press)
• Game of Teams (scheduled for publication in February 2021)

ARTICLES:

• The Pitch for a New Leadership Metaphor
• Partners On The Field
• Situational Leadership
• Soccer Metaphor Works Best

BLOG POSTS 

• What Soccer Teaches Us About Collaboration
• Introducing the 2019 "Collaboration" World Cup!
• Harnessing the Power of the Team's Network to Collaborate-to-Innovate
• Do the Math for Developing a Collaborative Mindset:  2018 Soccer World Cup
• Leverage Soccer's World Cup to Develop Team Collaboration
• Use Management Innovation to Close the Collaboration Mindset Gap
• Collaboration Eats Tactics (Execution) for Lunch
• Kick-Start a Culture of Collaboration
• Developing Partners On The Field
• Completing Innovation's Due Diligence
• What Will You Do With It (to Empower Innovation) ?