Bill Treasurer is the Founder &amp; Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting, a courage-building company that exists to help people and organizations live more courageously. He is the author of international best-seller <em>Courage Goes To Work</em>, which introduced the new management practice of courage building; <em>Courageous Leadership: Using Courage To Transform The Workplace</em>, a comprehensive off-the-shelf training program; and <em>Leaders Open Doors</em>, which became the #1 leadership training book on Amazon. All royalties from <em>Leaders Open Doors</em> are donated to programs that support kids with special needs.

Bill has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and many others. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, and a Bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship. In addition to being an author and business owner, Bill is a former U.S. High Diving Team captain. For seven years he traveled throughout the world performing with a team of high performing athletes. During that time, he did over 1500 high dives from heights that scaled to over 100 feet – sometimes on fire.

Bill is also on the board of his local YMCA and fights for the rights of people with disabilities. Most importantly, he is the father of three beautiful children, Alex, Bina, and Ian.