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Michael Wader

President/Owner
Leadership Excellence International, LLC, USA
Country or state 
United States (Colorado)
Available to 
Global
City 
COLORADO SPRINGS
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Michael Wader is an award-winning international speaker and best-selling author who is an inspirational catalyst, teaching corporate leaders and entrepreneurial owners skills to lead their teams into the future successfully.

He is Power-Walking himself into his 4th Quarter Century of enjoying life and passing that energy and passion to his audiences. His mantra is “Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude!”

Michael Wader is the President and Founder of Leadership Excellence International, USA. He served 26 years in the United States Air Force and is a Viet Nam War Veteran. Michael was selected as the Best Senior Enlisted Leader in the Pacific Air Force in 1986 and nominated for the Air Force’s Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award four years in a row. His leadership experience has enabled him to write six books, including his Best Seller, “Lead Yourself First,” which was endorsed by Brian Tracy.

For the last 25 years, Michael’s experience in training and coaching leaders to improve their skills in 15 countries has produced success in small companies of 40 people to large corporations with 80,000 employees worldwide. His simple but straightforward message has helped hundreds of managers to reinvent themselves using his Dynamic Leadership and Lead Yourself First programs.

He is a Toastmaster in four different clubs in four countries and an active member of the Malaysian Association of Professional Speakers and the Virtual Speakers Association International.

Michael is satisfied in knowing that he helps people of all nationalities. He believes that we don’t need more things in this world to divide people. Instead, dynamic leaders must unite people and contribute to a prosperous-for-all international economy and, ultimately, global well-being.

Current position (1)

President/Owner

Leadership Excellence International, LLC, USA

Degrees (1)
Business Management
University of Maryland
1976 to 1990

Presentations

Presentations (3)
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude

"The Catalyst" delivers a motivational/inspiring presentation to those wanting to improve their personal or corporate leadership skills with an active call-for-action to step forward and make needed changes to be better.
5 Key points:
1. Leaders must train others
2. Reduce stress while increasing tension
3. Must have transparent integrity
4. Lead by example
5. Learn to listen

Five Competencies of Highly Effective Leaders

Enthusiastic, Up-lifting presentation by "The Catalyst" inspiring anyone wanting to improve their personal or corporate leadership skills. Description and examples of specific actions leaders need to take to motivate and lead their teams to higher performance. Learn the competencies needed for 21st Century Leaders.
5 Key points:
1.Strong goal orientation
2.Consistent Integrity
3.Innovation and Creativity
4.Resilient resourcefulness
5.Consistent communications

Secrets of Active Longevity: Diamonds Don't Lose Value

Inspiring and fun speech about the actions senior citizens need to take in order to continue adding value in today's workforce.
4 key points:
- Don't under estimate your value
- Learn how to become a "Mentern"
- Balance your mind, body, and attitude
- Believe in Yourself

Past talks (2)
Dynamic Leadership
HR Conference
Nar-Sultan, Kazakstan
April 16, 2020
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude
Lean Forum
Kiev, Ukraine
December 11, 2019
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  • Videos (1)
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Lean Forum M W Excerpt Shortened EN
Easy going, but no non-sense
Easy going, but no non-sense
Call-to-Action motivation
Call-to-Action motivation
Thought provoking presentations
Thought provoking presentations
Global Speaker
Global Speaker
Technology Savvy
Technology Savvy
CEO's Love it!
CEO's Love it!
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude.2
Leadership Survival in a Crisis Tip! English
Leadership Survival in a Crisis
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Books & Articles (5)

Lead Yourself First
GracePoint Publishing,
2021
Leadership Survival in a Crisis, Workbook
Leadership Excellence International,
2019
Looking Up!
Leadership Excellence International,
2019
Fired Up!
Leadership Excellence International,
2020
Four Steps to Crisis Preparedness

Expertise (10)

Leadership
Technology
Business
Crisis Leadership crisis management Aging workforce Leadership Skills Entrepreneur and Leadership Development Lean Technology Active listening skills

Clients

INTEL and AMD manufacturing companies, Penang, Malaysia
CEO Club of Kiev, and the European Business Association, Kiev, Ukraine ine, 25th International Women's Conference, St. Petersburg Russia, Oct. 2019 Lean Forum, Kiev, Ukraine, Dec. 2019
25th International Women's Conference, St. Petersburg Russia,
Quality Leadership Conference of the of American Society for Quality
October Railroad and St. Petersburg Electric Transportation, St. Petersburg, Russia
Asian Conference for Quality, Taipei, Taiwan and Soul, Korea
Indian Conference for Quality Management, Chennai, India

Awards & certifications (1)

Certified Lean Expert
Leadership Excellence International

Reviews

Testimonials (7)
  • Awesome, motivating, inspirational! Very informative and up-to-date training. Michael is an engaging individual who can trigger changes!
    Antonio Morales
    Industrial Engineer
    Safran Landing Systems
    Verified
  • Inspiring, refreshing and informative. Experienced trainer (Michael Wader) with actual work field experience. Good Lean Leadership training for all leaders and personnel who will become leaders.
    Chian Rui Di
    Data Engineer
    Shell Petroleum
    Verified
  • Michael has great knowledge in Lean implementation in many countries and different types of business. Great examples and information to use immediately. Michael provided me with a new perspective on Leadership.
    Chan Yin Wu
    Lean Quality Leader
    Steelcase
    Verified
  • Fruitful and fun learning! Trainer (Michael Wader) was clear and knowledgeable, with lots experience to share with participants.
    Wong Wing Hon
    IT Manager
    Mercedes-Benz
    Verified
  • Energetic, realistic, & informative. I’m happy to have spent two days here learning. It is not too long or short and I can forsee myself applying the techniques taught.
    Lee Su Ann
    Quality Engineer
    Gemalto
    Verified
  • Great examples of innovative techniques to generate new ideas. Great self-reflection of myself, change starts with the “man-in-the-mirror”. This training showed me how to reflect on myself and change myself before I want to change others.
    Raja Mariam Ruzila, Sr.
    Staff Researcher
    Minos Berhad
    Verified
  • Training and trainer (Michael Wader) was great. Helped me to improve and sharpen my leadership skills. Explanation was very clear, materials were very useful.
    Anthony Selvarajan, Sr.
    Print Officer
    Girsecke-Devirent
    Verified
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