About the Author

Carl Welte founded Welte Associates in 1993. Welte Associates enables organizational leaders and teams to achieve desired business results by helping them build the organizational capabilities to do so. That is, the requisite strategy, structure, systems, and workforce capability to succeed.His many years of organizational, management, and consulting experience has equipped him with the requisite wisdom, consulting, and coaching skills to enable leaders and teams to effectively address their organization's opportunities and challenges. He has held senior-level positions in both large and small organizations. Carl has also held leadership positions in a variety of professional, industrial, and educational associations.Carl was a visiting faculty member for 12 years at the University of Idaho, teaching in its executive development program. He has also taught leadership and management programs in the University of California's extension learning system for more than 10 years. His other books include Building Commitment: A Leader's Guide to Unleashing the Human Potential at Work, Balboa Press, 2016, and Communicating about Differences: Understanding, Appreciating and Talking about Divergent Points of View, Balboa Press, 2021. He has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BS degree in business administration from the University of California.Carl lives in Novato, CA with his wife Dee. They have three children, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild.