Kelly Weber
Founder & CEO, Wander | Executive Advisor & Leadership Architect to C-Suite & Partners | Certified B Corp | 1% for the PlanetThe Wander Project
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About
I’m the Founder and CEO of The Wander Project, a woman-owned, Certified B Corp executive advisory firm grounded in the long view. Over the past 20 years, my work has spanned management consulting, executive advisory, and leadership development, including formative experience at IBM and leadership of the West Coast Strategy and Organizational Change practice at West Monroe Partners. Today, I advise founders, C-suite leaders, and executive partners responsible for creating value in high-consequence environments. When the stakes are high, the timeline is compressed, and every decision carries weight, leadership becomes the differentiator. My work strengthens the leadership architecture behind value creation: helping leaders sharpen judgment, elevate decision quality, build trust, and lead through complexity, transformation, and growth. By developing both the inner and outer dimensions of leadership, I help create the conditions where performance and value compound over time. Wander partners with a select group of senior leaders across financial services, healthcare, technology, and global consulting through long-term advisory relationships. I’m a member of the Forbes Coaches Council and hold certifications from the International Coaching Federation, Co-Active Training Institute, Leadership Circle, and the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. I’m also a graduate of Yale University’s Executive Leadership program. As a Certified B Corp and member of 1% for the Planet, The Wander Project is part of a global community using business as a force for good. Leadership, oriented. Go ahead, Wander.
Kelly Weber
Published content
expert panel
As AI reshapes daily work and engagement hits historic lows, members of the Senior Executive HR Think Tank explain why purpose—not perks or productivity alone—is emerging as the defining competitive advantage for organizations competing to attract, retain and inspire talent.Work is changing faster than most organizations can keep up with. Roles are shifting, AI is taking over entire categories of tasks, and employee engagement is stuck near record lows. Amid all this, one quieter question is emerging as the key difference-maker between organizations that keep their best people and those that lose them: Why does this work matter?Members of the Senior Executive HR Think Tank, a curated group of experts specializing in human resources, agree that purpose is no longer a soft concern to address after salary negotiations. It is becoming the new point of distinction once pay, benefits and flexibility become table stakes.The numbers back them up. Only 31% of employees in the U.S. and Canada region were actively engaged as of early 2026, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report. While engagement has many causes, leaders increasingly point to a lack of connection between day-to-day work and organizational purpose as one of the biggest contributors.
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The Wander Project
Company bio
Wander is a woman-owned, Certified B Corp executive advisory firm grounded in the long view. We partner with founders, C-suite leaders, and senior executives operating across complex global organizations. Not to optimize performance. To ensure what they build and lead can actually hold. Our work sits at the level of orientation. How leaders perceive what matters. How they regulate pace. How they make decisions they can stand behind as conditions shift. And how those decisions shape the systems they lead. Because the leaders who endure aren’t the ones who move fastest. They’re the ones who can see clearly and act with precision when it matters. This isn’t about the role. It’s about the person inside it, and the systems they are responsible for shaping. Leadership, as we understand it, is a way of orienting, living, and deciding. It shapes people, organizations, and futures long after individual tenures end. As a proud Certified B Corp and member of 1% for the Planet, we are part of a global community using business as a force for good. We exist to co-create more meaningful lives, healthier organizations, and a happier planet.