Shannon Wallis is the Global Director of Leadership Programs and responsible for the development of top-tier talent for Microsoft’s Sales Marketing and Services Group, a 45,000 employee organization. She is an executive coach, consultant, and teacher with more than 20 years of international work experience in leadership development and organizational change. She works with her clients to define what they want, take the steps to get it, and release the limiting beliefs that hamper their progress. Prior to her current role, she consulted to and held management positions in Fortune 100 businesses as diverse as Coca-Cola and Universal Studios. Her degrees include an MBA from Duke University and a BS in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. She is an active member of the National Speakers Association and a highly sought after keynote speaker.
She is the co-author of Blueprint for Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard. Her chapter, Getting to the Destination: 15 Lessons from The Camino, tells the inspiring story of how her personal and professional expertise crystallized in one transformational experience – a 500 mile hike across northern Spain. It demonstrates the power of vision for overcoming adversity to achieve success. Her keynote address on the same topic is popular with individuals and organizations embarking on major change.