WAYNE APPLEWHITE

Wayne Applewhite was a co-founder of a leadership development firm and has a Doctor of Management degree. He has thirty plus years of challenging leadership experiences, coupled with a foundation of continuing education. He held challenging positions such as Associate Professor (Boston University), Director of Graduate Military Programs (Boston University, Metropolitan College), Associate Dean, Instructor, Lecturer, Adjunct Professor, Outside Director, Thought Leader, Non-commissioned Officer in Charge, Officer in Charge, Commander, and COO. In each of those leadership positions, he continued to build his leadership skillset and pursued formal and informal education.

He hosted a radio show for a year and a half called Affect! through BlogTalkRadio. The podcast was an intellectual incubator where guests and callers had the opportunity to exchange ideas, concepts, and thoughts in hopes of influencing and motivating others to action in a positive way; as you can imagine, all of the topics were leadership related. 

Enjoying people and sharing ideas, he has been a successful independent consultant with clients as the Consulate General, Hamburg, Germany; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, Belgium, AMTRAK, and the United States Marine Corps, to name a few.  And he was co-chair of the inaugural George Mason University Parent and Family Council which served the University, students, parents, and the community at large. 

He enjoys teaching and learning leadership, process improvement, change management, team building, translating vision to practice, project management, and self-efficacy. He developed three models for his teaching and consulting practice: The “SIP³”© Model for strategic thought, the “Environmental Influence Model” for active and passive strategic positioning and learning, and “The Soccer Model” © for collaboration.

He volunteers for the Smithsonian Institute’s Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum and is an accomplished author. He published two children’s picture books that speak to civility, integrity, communication, and critical thinking: Anthony Learns a Lesson and Anthony Finds a Way, and also published a nonfiction book: Back to the Basics: A Handbook for Success in America.

However, if you ask him, his greatest joy and accomplishment, is being a husband and a dad!