Wendy Seidman
Chief Learning Officer
Biography
25+ years of significant contributions to training and development on a global scale.
Wendy kicked off her career with Shell Oil where she moved from a successful selling role, acquiring a great deal of awards, into training. She worked there with Business Owners (Oil Companies and Stations) to run successful operations by strengthening a wide range of skills including leadership, people management, financials and sales.
She then invested 18+ years as the Director of Training and Content Development for Willow Creek Association (WCA). She has consulted in a CLO role with Compassion International, Lead Like Jesus and is currently designing a leadership app for Chick-fil-A. Her body of work includes:
- Producer of global leadership events. At the peak, ran 9 conferences a year, each with 60-100 breakout sessions.
- Designed courses have generated over $40M in revenue and reached over 2,000,000 people.
- Products include video training, workshops, leadership tools, train-the-trainer, and more.
- As an expert in train-the-trainer, she created a 6-step training process created for non-trainers to effectively train others. Over 300 people/speakers were coached to adopt this 6-step process.
- Conducted product launches with training and train-the-trainer experiences in the U.S., Germany, Poland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Gold Medallion winner in publishing.
- Created learning strategies for a wide variety of organizations.
- Consulting Clients include Marcus Buckingham, Amway, ATD, ConEdison (New York City utility company), ECFA (Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability), and Trinity International University (Doctor of Ministry program).
- Work with Subject Matter Experts to turn books into viable and profitable interactive experiences.
- Published Training Curriculum/Courses:
- Network
(Spiritual Gifts course: Bruce Bugbee, Don Cousins, Bill Hybels) - Becoming a Contagious Christian (BACC)
(Evangelism course: Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel, Bill Hybels) - BACC Student Edition
(Evangelism course: Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel, Bill Hybels with Bo Boshers) - Ordinary Day with Jesus
(Spiritual Formation course: John Ortberg and Ruth Barton) - Good Sense
(financial management/stewardship and budget course: Dick Towner and John Toffilon) and Freed Up revision course - ReGroup/Making Your Small Group Work
(Small Group Skills curriculum: John Townsend, Henry Cloud and Bill Donahue) - Igniting a Life of Generosity
(Devotional book for ECFA—Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) - Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Workbook
(Meg Meeker) - Emotionally Healthy Skills
(Small Groups course: Pete and Geri Scazzero) - Ignite
(Teen leadership course: Lead Like Jesus {Blanchard, Hodges})
- Network
Degrees:
- B.S.—Indiana University (Kelley School of Business, marketing concentration)
- M.R.E. (Masters of Religious Education)—Trinity Seminary, Deerfield, IL