Kick-Start a Culture of Collaboration

Winsor Jenkins is a recognized thought leader on the topics of leadership, team development, collaboration, coaching, and workplace culture. He has over 30 years of pivotal involvement and leadership, working at senior levels in three publicly traded companies. Winsor is a team development advocate and soccer enthusiast, promoting soccer as a fitting metaphor for team collaboration via his books, articles, and blog posts. He is a graduate of Cornell University (BS - Industrial & Labor Relations), the University of Idaho (MBA), and the Hudson Institute of Coaching. His coaching certifications include the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Systemic Team Coaching. He is also certified in several world class leadership development programs and assessment tools, including Situational Leadership, MBTI, and Polaris Competency Model. Winsor grew up in the Rochester, NY area (Spencerport). He played, coached, and refereed soccer. Winsor lives in Meridian, Idaho.

My passion for leadership and team development began early in my career after being introduced to Ken Blanchard's books and programs. Over the years, I learned as much as I could about leaders in business, sports, politics, and even on the battlefield. Learning lessons from people like Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell, John Wooden, and others was important because they demonstrated leadership in the field. My favorite leader is Nelson Mandela. He was an optimist with a vision for replacing apartheid with democracy in South America. He was also an innovative leader who saw the value of sport to leverage peoples' emotions, demonstrating a collaborative mind-set in winning people to his cause. Throughout my career I often found myself in situations where I was trying to persuade people to move from win-lose to win-win scenarios. This eventually led to generating win-win solutions and started writing...marrying my passion for leadership development with soccer.