William H. Bishop

William Bishop is the chief executive officer and founder of The Bishop Advisory Group, LLC, a consulting company that harnesses the power of critical thinking to provide practical solutions. Dr. Bishop is a veteran of the United States Navy, where he ascended to the rank of chief petty officer in seven years. During his naval service, he successfully formed, trained, coached, and led integrated, cross-functional teams across a variety of platforms and combat situations to achieve complex mission objectives. He served as a leadership facilitator and later as a program manager for the First Line Leadership Development Program at the Center for Naval Leadership (CNL), where he designed, developed, and revised the navy’s leadership curriculum. His dynamic and energetic style made him a highly sought and engaging facilitator. The contributions he made to CNL had a lasting impact Navy-wide, and many of his ideas and concepts are still in use today.

Bill holds a doctorate in strategic leadership from Regent University, where he pioneered and promulgated the concept of servant networking. He is a prolific author whose works have been featured in Talent Management magazine, the Journal of Strategic Leadership, Proceedings magazine, the Journal of Values-Based Leadership, the Journal of Human Values, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, the Journal of Business Ethics, and Leadership Advance Online. Going Home: A Networking Survival Guide is his first book. He holds degrees from Excelsior College (BS), Regent University (MBA), and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program (Authentic Leadership Development).

Bill has been a featured keynote speaker at Regent University, American Society for Training and Development Southeastern Virginia, and the Disability Transition Assistance Program.