By bringing the science and cultural insights of human thriving to life for leaders, teams, and brands, Wisdom Works is transforming how we live and work.

DEVELOP YOUR CAPACITY TO LEAD AND THRIVE

Thriving is key to unleashing your full potential at work and in life. Build the skills and resilience to achieve sustainable high performance and empower your team with our tailored trainings and practical tools.

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FOSTER WORK CULTURES WHERE EVERYONE THRIVES

Our customized programs, enterprise solutions, and practical resources harness the latest wisdom and science of thriving to help you achieve sustainable results while staying energized, fulfilled, and well.

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UNLOCK TRUE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTFUL CHANGE

Our cutting-edge assessment Be Well Lead Well Pulse® measures 19 key bio-psycho-social factors of thriving, empowering you to turn insights into sustainable action for your teams and organizations, starting with yourself.

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Lead with the Wisdom & Science of Thriving

From a foundation of wellbeing, we build meaningful relationships and achieve our goals while enhancing our wisdom and resilience.

This is how we thrive.

And it’s not just leaders who experience these results. Research shows that thriving is linked to:

> Enhancing adaptability, innovation, & learning

> Boosting cognitive agility & performance

> Fostering prosocial mindsets & behaviors

> Improving employee attraction & retention

> Cultivating vibrant work cultures

> Building customer loyalty

> Driving profitability

> Increasing responsibility for people & planet

Simply put, thriving is essential for creating healthy, sustainable, and adaptable organizations.

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How can you become a source of energy, wellbeing, growth, and positive impact as a leader?

 

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We are building a global movement of leaders passionate about creating environments where everyone can thrive.

Become a Thriving Leader
Dondeena Bradley
Jia Gay
Mia Kyricos
Monika Bodarska
Bill Tompkins
Breeze Dong

See results with our science-based platform of assessments, education, and culture change resources—Be Well Lead Well®.

JOIN THE THRIVING GENERATION OF LEADERS

A worldwide movement creating a new standard of thriving at work, at home, and in all walks of society.

Our Clients and Partners

College of Charleston
Google
RS&H
MEA
Roche
Home Depot
Barilla
Booz Allen Hamilton
Hermes
Merck & Company
Western Union
Hyatt
Best Friends Animal Society
Global Wellness Institute
Centura Health
Novartis
Nike
Cox Automotive
AT&T
Coca cola

Latest News and Articles

The Seven Essential Shifts for Thriving Leadership

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Thriving Leadership in an Age of Disruption In today’s world, we’re grappling with an unprecedented convergence of challenges: climate change, digital transformation, social upheaval, economic uncertainties, and more. These forces necessitate a shift from traditional leadership models to ones that can meet these new demands effectively. At Wisdom Works, we advocate for a transformative approach that we call thriving leadership. This paradigm goes beyond navigating disruption; it’s about transforming it into opportunities for growth, capacity-building, and overall wellbeing. Leaders who adopt this paradigm view every aspect of their organization—from tech innovations to brands and daily operations—as chances to succeed in ways where people and the planet can thrive. Seven Shifts in Consciousness, Capability, and Impact Thriving leadership is about building on the best of how we’ve led in the past, yet broadening our consciousness, capabilities, and impact. It challenges both formal and informal leaders to elevate how they use their power and influence through seven essential shifts: From Transactional to TRANSFORMATIONAL From Individual Control to COLLECTIVE EMPOWERMENT From Efficiencies to SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE From Action without Awareness to INTEGRITY From Extraction to REGENERATION From Siloed Thinking to ECOSYSTEM SYNERGY From Burnout to WELLBEING Thriving Leadership Is Personal The seven shifts toward…

Creativity has no age limit

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We all got these big ideas. One day they’re replaced with fears. How did we get here? Darlin’, don’t quit your daydream. It’s your life that you’re making. It ain’t big enough if it doesn’t scare the hell out of you. If it makes you nervous, it’s probably worth it. Why save it for sleep when you could be living your daydream? Lily Meola’s song Daydream (quoted above) beautifully captures how we diminish our lives and work when we disconnect with our ability to imagine. She reminds us we come alive when we reconnect with our inborn creative power. I used to be in a tug of war with my creativity. For the sake of that ever-important “to-do” list, early in my career it was easy to dismiss the inspirations bubbling up within me. Yet, I’ve learned that creativity is not only a natural wellspring of wellbeing, when put to constructive use, it’s also an expression of the best of our individual and collective ingenuity. Just look around you: In large and small ways, people are applying their creativity to accomplish the improbable and extraordinary every day. Today, I tune in to my creative impulses and encourage others to do…

We are being called into a New Paradigm of Leadership

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I recently participated in a transformative ceremony with Native American elders in New Mexico as part of a gathering of leadership development professionals hosted by our team at Wisdom Works. At dusk one evening, we formed a circle under the canopy of a huge cottonwood tree to celebrate the mystery of life in the seven, sacred directions integral to the elders’ worldview: East, South, West, North, the Earth, the Cosmos, and Within. The experience was medicine for my soul; l left it feeling deeply connected and restored. Why did this ceremony leave such an indelible impression within me? Because the wisdom these Elders conveyed was simple and profound: Our interconnectedness is inextricable. The birds and trees and rocks and rivers are our relatives, and as relatives, no being is any better than any other. Humans are not the center of life, we are part of life’s fine-tuned web. Consider a few of the countless examples of how we interconnected: Of the 3 billion genetic building blocks that make up living things, we are 99.9% genetically similar to each other across the globe, 98.8% similar to chimps, 94% similar to dogs, and 60% similar to fruit flies and bananas! We rely…

Stressed-out Decisions Can Reap Stressful Consequences

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An executive recently said to me, “I feel like I’m making big decisions while walking in molasses.” He’s mentally, emotionally, and physically exhausted, working from a depth of fatigue that can’t be cured by a good night’s sleep. Ever felt the same way? All of us experience periods when we don’t feel as internally well-resourced to handle the complexities and demands we find ourselves in. No one is immune from this aspect of being human. Yet, too often, we’re operating from states of prolonged distraction, disconnection, and depletion. Feeling dysregulated at times is normal, yet the research intersecting wellbeing and leadership emphasizes that leading while chronically overstressed can have damaging consequences to the decisions we make, impacting our results, our lives, and the lives of others. For example, scientists at Stanford University’s School of Medicine find that physician burnout may be the source of more medical errors than unsafe medical workplace conditions; plus, it’s linked to lower quality of patient care, lower patient satisfaction, and higher physician turnover. The diminished wellbeing of judges can erode courtroom decorum and the decisions made, harming the people served and the public’s trust and confidence in the judicial system. In sports, high anxiety, burnout,…

#WisdomWorks Framework of Thriving™ maps six science-backed pathways for elevating wellbeing for greater #LeadershipEffectiveness. 

Based on decades of experience developing leaders in Fortune 500 companies and several scientific scales, the framework emphasizes #thriving as an innate resource that people can actively nurture as the basis of human potential, adaptability and growth, fulfillment, and sustainable performance. 

In organizations, high thriving is linked to...
*employee productivity and engagement, 
*prosocial behaviors and teamwork, 
*staff and customer loyalty, 
*workplace citizenship, 
*brand effectiveness, 
*environmental responsibility, 
*profitability and agility,
*positive work culture

With so many positive impacts, who wouldn't want their employees to #thriveatwork?
Only a few days left for early bird registration for our October cohort! 

Develop the #futureleaders in your team or organization (including yourself) with the Be Well Lead Well Pulse® Certification Program. During this week long experiential program, you’ll discover the latest science of human thriving and its practical application in your work, as well as the training necessary to integrate the Be Well Lead Well Pulse® framework and assessment into your work. 

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Our latest study showed that the extent to which the leader experienced their self as well resourced mentally, emotionally, socially, and physically (in essence, their innate capacity to #thrive) significantly shaped their ability to lead. 

Your innate capacity to thrive is an invaluable resource for your #leadership. 
Are you thriving? Is your team thriving? 

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Are you thriving? Are your employees thriving? 

Our holistic assessment Be Well Lead Well Pulse® can support you in measuring your capacity to #thrive and take meaningful action for your #wellbeing at work and in life. 

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A strategic focus on #wellbeing could increase your #positiveimpact. 

@WisdomWorksGroup research reveals that 34% of a leader's reported impact can be explained by their wellbeing. Meaning that when leaders enhance their wellbeing they increase their ability to create conditions where everyone can thrive. 

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We believe this is not only possible, it is the true meaning of effective leadership! 

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The Wisdom Works team believes wealth and wellbeing are partners, not adversaries. Giving back is an integral part of our business engine. 1% of our gross revenues go to Capital Sisters International to support microloans to women in developing nations who are denied access to traditional financial services. Learn more.

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