Elle Allison Napolitano

Elle Allison-Napolitano is founder of Wisdom Out, a professional development company specializing in leadership and organizational learning and a hub for research and information about the nature of wisdom in individuals, couples, leaders, and organizations.

Originally educated and employed as a teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent, Elle started her professional development and consulting business in 2000. Elle founded Wisdom Out in 2006, just as she was completing her PhD. in Organizational Learning from the University of New Mexico. Inspired by a single line in a textbook that said, “Wisdom is the pinnacle of adult learning,” Elle began researching the nature of wisdom and it’s role in learning organizations.

Building on her original wisdom studies, Elle’s research and fieldwork has led to discoveries about how to leverage organizational practices, processes and structures for sustainable change, leadership and organizational resilience and the development of transformational leadership.

Dr. Allison-Napolitano has worked with clients in education, health care, business, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Elle is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a graduate of National Staff Development Academy. She reaches a diverse audience by delivering engaging and informative keynote addresses and seminars on leadership and organizational development, leadership coaching, and wisdom.

Elle lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their very old Vizsla dog named Ole.’

• Leadership Resilience: Seeing things through with pluck and grace
• Wisdom Out: The wisdom of transformational leadership
• Transformational Leadership Coaching: For leaders who want to coach and build other leaders more than they want to manage people day-to-day
• Wise Up: Darn good advice for fools in love (this engaging talk helps employees focus on caring for their most important relationships—which helps to make them happier and more engaged at work).

PhD. in Organizational Learning from the University of New Mexico, MA in Education from Northeastern IL University, BS in Education from Illinois State University, member of the National Speaker’s Association, Graduate of the National Staff Development Academy from Learning Forward.