William L Sparks

William L. Sparks serves as the Dennis Thompson Chair and Professor of Leadership at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte. Concurrently, he serves as the Managing Director for William L. Sparks & Associates and as a Partner with Peter Browning Partners providing leadership, team, and board development services to organizations worldwide. He created and validated the Actualized Leader Profile©, the ALP360©, and the Actualized Team Profile© over the last twenty years, and they have been translated into nine languages. He completed his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Development from the School of Business and Public Management at The George Washington University.

His TEDx Talk, “The Power of Self-Awareness,” explores the importance of personal responsibility for self-actualization.

https://www.ted.com/talks/william_l_sparks_the_power_of_self_awareness

He lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife Erin and their Alaskan Malamute Thor and Cavapoo Shelby.

He can be reached at: http://www.drwillsparks.com