Career
David Wilson is a seasoned senior business leader committed to pursuing the most valuable outcomes for businesses and their people while working at the highest professional and ethical standards. He has worked in C-level positions for large companies and the Fortune 500 and in smaller, entrepreneurial-minded businesses. He is passionate about helping businesses and organizations create superior and sustainable performance by assisting people to be at their best while working in well-orchestrated, purpose-driven organizations.
David's broad experience has given him many different views into the complexities and challenges business leaders face. He knows the anxiety and fear that comes with being overwhelmed with day-to-day problems while struggling to stay focused on long-term strategies that drive growth. He's experienced the frustrations of business cultures plagued with infighting, internal politics, and self-centered mindsets that slow down and stall a business's progress. He's worked through his own leadership challenges with a sincere appreciation for leadership's influence and impact on people and the results they achieve.
Over time, David has learned what works, what doesn't. He has championed and architected transformational change, seizing opportunities and building high-performing businesses, organizations, and people. David sees every business enterprise as a value-creation system woven into a social network of customers, suppliers, leaders, employees, and owners. He believes everything and everyone must come together in a mutually beneficial way to maximize value and achieve lasting success. With this challenge in mind, he founded the High Order Group, helping others do what he has learned about creating superior and sustainable performance.
Coaching
David was mentored and coached early in his career and was taught a coaching style of leadership, a technique that has served him well. Over time he added to his years of training the formal skills and credentialling in business, executive, and life coaching. He is credentialed in communication skills development and conflict resolution, skills and techniques he and others have used for years with great success. David is also experienced and credentialed in several self-discovery and self-awareness instruments that help people better understand themselves and others, leading to better communication, teamwork, and conflict resolution, not to mention personal, professional, and business performance.
Working with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and senior business leaders, David helps activate an aligned and accountable workforce through a robust set of integrated tools and practices.
The Person
David is a man of faith, having worked in the community, served on several non-profit boards, and led ministries in his church and parachurch organizations. He is a proud husband, father, and grandfather. Along with his wife (Tenley) of 39 years, David lives just outside of San Antonio, Texas. There, David and Tenley enjoy an empty nest with their two Labrador Retrievers, Boss and Belle, and a couple of cats, Butler and Ghost-Rider. David is an early riser, and you can catch him for a cup of coffee most of the time.