Kevin Wilde

Kevin Wilde can be found online at: www.kevinwildeonline.com

Kevin Wilde is responsible for world-wide people and organization growth at General Mills, including talent management, executive development and the Leadership Institute. Since joining the company in 1998, the organization has been consistently recognized for its innovative development work, highlighted by Fortune's #3 ranking as one of the best companies in the world at leadership development and Training magazine's designation as a 'hall of fame' inductee as a top company for employee development. In 2007, Chief Learning Officer magazine selected Kevin as CLO of the year.

Kevin is a columnist for Talent Management magazine and serves on the editorial board for a number of professional journals. His first book, "Dancing with the Talent Stars: 25 Moves that Matter Now" was published in 2011. His work has been published in over a dozen other books, including Coaching For Leadership and the Pfieffer Annual on Leadership Development. His writing has received a number of awards, including an AZBEE award for one of the best business columnists in 2011 from the American Business Publication Editors. He has been quoted about talent and leadership development by Fortune magazine, Business Week, the Financial Times and Time magazine.

Before joining General Mills, Wilde spent 17 years at General Electric in a variety of human resources positions in the healthcare and capital divisions, as well as corporate assignments at GE's renown Crotonville management development center. While at GE, he also held positions in manufacturing, marketing and six sigma quality.