Keynote Speaker · Former FedEx, Siemens & Canon Executive
Bill Schuhlein shows leaders the unconscious patterns steering their decisions, and gives them a practical method to change them.
See Bill on stage
Two and a half minutes of what your audience will experience: science they can trust, stories they won't forget, and a method they can use Monday morning.
Keynotes & Workshops
Every program is grounded in established research on how people actually think, then turned into tools your audience can use right away.
The research is clear: fast, automatic thinking drives far more of leadership than we admit. Bill opens with a live pattern interrupt, shows how the same facts framed two ways flip a room's decision, and helps every leader name the pattern running them: the Achiever, the Peacemaker, the Guardian or the Disappearer.
Burnout, avoided conversations, control and quiet disengagement usually aren't skill gaps. They're patterns. In this hands-on session, managers learn to spot four patterns in themselves and their teams, then use R.E.N.E.W.™ to plan the conversation they've been putting off.
In kintsugi, broken pottery is repaired with gold, so the break becomes the most beautiful part. Bill applies that idea to organizations: the failed launch, the lost members, the hard transition. Leaders leave knowing how to turn their hardest moments into lasting strength.
The Method
Insight alone doesn't change behavior. Bill pairs a way of noticing with a way of acting.
The insight framework: how to catch the conscious mind being overruled.
The five-step method teams use to replace a pattern with a better one.
About Bill
“Your mind is lying to you, and I can prove it.”
As a former executive at FedEx, Siemens and Canon, Bill Schuhlein spent decades inside large organizations watching capable leaders make the same costly decisions again and again. He wanted to know why. That question became his life's work.
Today Bill is a Fortune 500 keynote speaker and the founder of The Energy of WILL™. His talks draw on established research, including Daniel Kahneman's work on fast and slow thinking and Antonio Damasio's work on emotion in decision-making, to show leaders the unconscious patterns driving their behavior. Then he gives them a way to change those patterns.
Bill is also a Certified Master Hypnotist and a member of the Florida Speakers Association, as well as a member of the National Speakers Association. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
Who Bill Speaks For
Annual conferences, leadership summits and luncheons for executives and their boards.
Leadership offsites, kickoffs and all-hands that need more than motivation.
High-pressure teams where one pattern-driven decision carries real cost.
Evidence-based sessions on decision-making under pressure.
Bill Schuhlein enables others to achieve goals and success for the good of the entire group.Lisa C.
Book Bill
Tell us about your event and audience. Bill will respond personally with availability and the program that fits best.