Next Solutions is the Consulting and Advisory Arm of Dr. Douglas A. Wilson, a New York Times best selling author and thought leader in building purpose-driven companies.
Purpose driven companies are defined by 3 principles:
The purpose of business is to do both well and good.
Great leaders and great organizations excel at providing their people, their customers and their communities both economic and social value.
Aligning an enterprise and its people to achieve a worthy purpose is not just the right thing to do, but is also the most effective way to achieve sustained high performance in an increasingly unforgiving competitive environment.
As a business advisor and consultant, Dr. Wilson works exclusively with CEOs and their senior teams. He is a skilled facilitator of both strategy and culture development. A company’s long term success rides on the quality of dialogue and trust that is created at the top to address the most critical issues for the future.
With a deep background as a psychologist and a business leader, Dr. Wilson can work effectively with a senior team to insure strategic issues are put on the table - even the most difficult issues to discuss. Dr. Wilson works from a leadership framework anchored in a company’s purpose, their practical values, the philosophy of the leader, and a view of how to integrate passionate execution by all stakeholders with the business strategy. The goal is long term high performance with a motivated and fulfilled team who is doing the best work of their lives.
Doug is also the Chairman of the CEO Leadership Alliance of Orange County, a group of CEOs from some of the county's biggest companies working together to build a thriving Orange County for all. The CEOs work together on two priorities, how they can grow as purposeful leaders to help build higher performing organizations and a better world, and how they can address some of OC's biggest problems, both economic and social.
To read Doug’s blogs, listen to his podcasts, or to schedule him for a speech, please visit douglasawilson.com
Examples of Dr. Wilson’s work over the past 24 months:
Each of three large homebuilders bring Dr. Wilson in on a quarterly basis to meet with their senior team. The CEO and Dr. Wilson work together to prepare strategic questions for each meeting based on a leadership framework developed by Dr. Wilson. The CEOs trust Doug to facilitate each topic on the agenda, ask tough questions, think out of the box, raise sensitive issues, and engage the entire team.
A multi-billion dollar software company brought Dr. Wilson in to work out a design for enhancing team performance within the entire company. There was a need for deeper cross-functional cooperation to accelerate both creativity and speed in a complex matrixed organization. A tool called Your Style of Influence, co-authored by Dr. Wilson and in wide use today, was instrumental in the process. Dr. Wilson started at the very top where the process was tested, providing excellent results. From there, Doug and his team implemented performance improvement throughout the entire company.
Dr. Wilson, in partnership with The Center for Higher Ambition Leadership (CHL), has brought together CEO's from Orange County to both learn from each other and work toward a collective community impact. To learn more about the work, please visit http://claoc.org.
Clients Served by Next Solutions - The focus of Next Solutions is not so much by industry as it is by the aspiration of the CEO. If the CEO is both aspirational about a good return for shareholders and making a social impact, then it is a good match to work with Doug. The deepest area of expertise for Doug is working to build superior performance at the level of the senior team. Doug works to remove friction, build on the strengths of each member, and create a robust dialogue about the most important subjects that need to be on the table to achieve superior performance.
To read Doug’s past blogs and articles, please visit douglasawilson.com
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About Doug
Doug is the Chairman of the CEO Leadership Alliance of Orange County, a group of CEOs from some of the county's biggest companies working together to build a thriving Orange County for all. The CEOs work together on two priorities, how they can grow as purposeful leaders to help build higher performing organizations and a better world, and how they can address some of OC's biggest problems, both economic and social.
Doug is an Executive Fellow at The Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. The Center selects thought leaders or CEO's who have demonstrated outstanding higher ambition leadership for this honor.
Doug has been the CEO of Next Solutions, Inc. since 1990. Next Solutions became one of the most profitable consulting firms in the country per employee because it focused exclusively on significant value add opportunities in homebuilding. Over a period of 15 years, Next Solutions contracted with both public and private homebuilders to help them grow significantly in their market. The contracts were long term and CEOs worked with Next Solutions to implement and scale the best possible growth path for their respective companies. The contributions of Next Solutions are acknowledged in the industry and include the first in-depth market surveys of all homebuyers in a marketplace, the first centralized “pull based” production system used in homebuilding, and the first major design center that gave customers choice in the buying process.
In the early 80’s, Doug authored TeamSight, an assessment instrument used to build high performing teams. The test is used extensively today in Fortune 500 companies around the world and is sold at www.teamsight.co. The assessment was originally titled Your Style of Influence. The name has since been changed to better capture the purpose of the assessment, which is designed to provide insights into both individual and team performance.
Doug has a unique background, first as a psychologist with a bachelor’s degree from S.M.U. and a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas. He also earned a masters degree in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. From 1980 to 1989 he grew both a clinical practice in Newport Beach California and a parallel business consulting practice.
Doug has also:
Taught part time at the USC Graduate School of Business in Organizational Behavior.
Worked extensively in the 80s and early 90s with Toyota Motor Sales introducing leadership practices and consulting with the head of both H.R. and strategic development.
Co-authored Leadership for Health Care in the Age of Learning with Dr. Michael Maccoby and Richard Margolies. The extensive report focused on integrated health care systems in the United States and was funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Maccoby is a world renowned thought leader on strategic intelligence for leaders.
Published articles in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and The Harvard Business Review.
Doug is married to his wife Karen of 44 years. They have two adult children and three grandchildren. Doug currently serves on the board of Friendship Shelter, the largest advocacy group for homelessness in South Orange County. His wife Karen is a social entrepreneur and has started and built multiple successful non-profits. Doug lives in Laguna Beach, California and he loves to surf, mountain bike, hike, and play guitar.
Read an article on Doug's Grandfather: A Tradition of Built to Last in Homebuilding
Douglas A. Wilson, Ph.D.
CEO, Next Solutions, Inc. 1998-Current
We build people, we build companies, we build communities. If we can't add significant value, we are not satisfied.
Executive Fellow: The Center for Higher Ambition Leadershiip, Boston. 2014 - Current.
The Center was founded by a group of Harvard Business School professors, thought leaders, and Fortune 500 CEO's who want to restore the belief that business is in fact designed to do both well and good in our society. The Center seeks out leaders who model exceptional abilities at engaging all key stakeholders with a compelling purpose that has both an economic benefit and social impact. Doug and a small team are starting a West Coast CEO Higher Ambition Group designed to accelerate learning across these companies. The Center will work with the companies to document their results with disciplined research and then amplify postive outcomes through business publications such as the Harvard Business Review and Strategy and Business.
Partner and Founder, iDynamx 2006-Current
Doug is the author of Your Style of Influence, which is an assessment instrument used to build high performing teams. The test is used extensively today in Fortune 500 companies around the world and is administered by iDynamx.
Chairman and Majority Owner, Townhall.com 2005-2009
When sold to Salem Communications, Townhall.com was one of the top 500 websites in the entire US
Ph.D., Counseling
University of North Texas
Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary
B.A., Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
New York Times Best Selling Author and Contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, and multiple trade magazines.
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DOUG SURFING IN LAGUNA BEACH CA. BUSINESS IS A BIT LIKE SURFING - MANAGING A MYRIAD OF UNCERTAINTIES AND MANEUVERING THROUGH THEM.