Park Wiker
Leadership Mentoring - SMB Consulting
Step into Your Adventure - Build Confidence - Tackle the Unknown - Lead with Grit
Park was in the tech industry beginning in the early 1990s. He has owned several businesses, consulted in tech and worked in corporate environments as an executive.
His passion is teamwork and his aim is helping leaders get more from their teams as they get more from themselves; earning the title of Leader.
He guides new leaders, drawing from rules like 'Pursue what is meaningful' and his real-world adventures in Africa, he will help you avoid costly pitfalls and discover new possibilities.
Business
Your business could be better but what should change? What does better look like?
- Higher labor ratios?
- Higher customer counts?
- Fewer bad customers?
- Better employee performance?
Many times the answer is 'YES'. But you can't change it all at once. Let me help you discover, prioritize and help find solutions to these challenges.
Leadership Team
You have talked to your team and explained the priorities. You have asked for their input but still things aren't changing. Do you need to hire a new team? Why do initiatives seem to stall?
This is where I help leadership teams through a Problem Discovery workshop. We work to reveal the real reasons for regress and develop a plan to address them.
Leaders
Leadership is not for the weak. It requires growth, discomfort and discipline.
I will work with you to improve your difficult conversation skills, prioritize your effort and negotiate effectively, present ideas more confidently.
Trust and Vulnerability
In the high-stakes world of team dynamics, trust isn’t just a feeling—it’s the bedrock of exceptional performance. Drawing from a real-life company meeting where ideas clashed openly, this post explores how vulnerability fosters honest feedback, dismantles egos, and transforms average groups into unstoppable teams. Learn why trust trumps individual brilliance, its core qualities (like honesty and reliability), and practical steps for leaders to build it, even through pain and tough decisions. Discover how embracing criticism leads to unified success.
The Interview
At 4 a.m., I watched Gregory in Cebu struggle with a sloppy script. He googled “purge,” outlined pseudo-code, and asked Tom—his future teammate—for clarity. The code was rough, but his humility, hunger to learn, and respectful demeanor was apparent. Character trumps skill.
Faith
It started off normally enough. Getting ready for work as I normally do. I was on time and was picking up my things to head out the door. As I shut the door behind me, I reached for my keys. Wouldn’t you know it, as I reached for the door to lock it, I lost…