An ardent capitalist with leadership chops, Bill Catlette is a coach, business author, and regular contributor to talent and leadership conversations. His firm, Contented Cow Partners works to develop leaders, improve talent management, transform cultures, and boost performance via coaching, provocative keynotes, and seminars. His side hustle involves advocating for transplant patients and serving on the board of the National Foundation for Transplants.

Bill Catlette is a human resources consultant with over 30 years' experience helping build highly successful organizations. He is the co-author of the "Contented Cows" leadership book series.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

CAREER
Bill Catlette has worked in a variety of Human Resource management and executive capacities with some well known and highly regarded service distribution firms. His corporate ports of call have included assignments with Genuine Parts Company, the Atlanta-based distribution arm of NAPA; Automatic Data Processing, where he served as the company's Corporate Manager of Employee Relations; and Federal Express Corporation; where, as a Managing Director, he and his staff were responsible for developing many of the Human Resource programs which enabled that company to become recognized as one of the nation's 5 Best Managed Companies (Forbes), one of the 100 Best Companies in America to Work For, and, without question, one of the true "world class" service organizations.

Upon leaving Federal Express in 1989, Bill founded The Westar Group, a human resources consulting firm which, concentrates primarily on the areas of Employee Relations, Teamwork, Leadership Development, and Business Strategy.

With better than 5,000 hours addressing business leadership groups, Bill is an accomplished speaker and seminar leader.

PERSONAL
Bill, a native of West Virginia, considers himself an excellent sport fisherman, a mediocre (but enthusiastic) tennis player, and a washed up golfer. He and his wife, Mary, have two adult children and live in Collierville, Tennessee (near Memphis).