Bill Joiner

Bill Joiner is a seasoned leadership expert and organizational change consultant, and co-author of the book Leadership Agility. He is the co-developer, with Cambria Consulting, of Leadership Agility 360, the only online feedback instrument that assesses levels of leadership agility. Bill is the President of ChangeWise, a Boston-based leadership and organization development firm with a 30+ year track record of helping leaders and their organizations design and expedite important changes. And if your family lacks a sane, responsible yet creative voice-of-reason type figure, you might consider asking Bill to stand in.

The Sixty Second Interview with… Bill Joiner

1. How do you take your coffee? Sparingly.
2. What’s the best piece of publishing advice you’ve ever received? Be very clear why you’re writing (what you hope to come from it) and to whom.
3. What is your mantra for handling rejection? I try to let myself experience it fully, then let it go.
4. Do you have any writing tics or blind spots that you had to conquer the hard way? At some point, to stop taking in new sources while writing something requires a very conscious decision.
5. What are your three favorite words? I’ve noticed that I tend to use “challenge” a lot (as in “that will be a real challenge”), in a positive sense.  Two others:  “focus” (as in “stepping back from your current focus,”) and “clarify” (as in “could you clarify what you mean by that?”).
6. What question do you wish more people would ask you? Are you available to speak to my organization?

Our (current) favorite sentence of Bill’s: “Take a moment to imagine the full spectrum of human growth, from humans at their most infantile to those who are the wisest, most mature, most fully developed on the planet.”