Adaptive Challenge Consulting

BUILDING BETTER LEADERS & TEAMS THROUGH AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP & INCLUSION TRAINING.

At Adaptive Challenge Consulting, we specialize in empowering managers and leaders to navigate the complexities of organizational growth through a human-centered approach. Viewing organizations as dynamic, interconnected systems, we focus on fostering authentic leadership, emotional intelligence, and inclusive environments.

Our comprehensive training programs address both obvious and hidden challenges, equipping leaders with the skills needed to build resilient teams and thrive in today’s diverse workplaces. What sets us apart is our holistic methodology: we blend leadership development, emotional intelligence training, and inclusion initiatives with a unique mix of humor, humility, and wisdom.

Discover how Adaptive Challenge Consulting can help you unlock your team's potential and create lasting organizational transformation.

Dr. Alan Mueller’s TEDx Talk: Doing the Math: How do we measure privilege?

It’s easy to think about the time we spend doing things, but it’s harder to consider the time we don’t have to do something.

Another great conversation with Jessica Wright!

Dr. Mueller returns to the Illustrating Leadership podcast to delve more deeply into personality type and how we can use ‘talking type’ to build emotional intelligence.

How Emotional Intelligence can help us Build Inclusive Environments

Dr. Laura Gonzalez and Li Miles get deep and ask Dr. Mueller how emotional intelligence skills can enhance our ability to foster inclusion.

Picture of Dr. Alan Mueller and Katie Rössler with the caption Emotional Intelligence in Today's World.

What is Emotional Intelligence?

There are many lists of competencies that people consider to be part of emotional intelligence. Check out this conversation between Katie Rössler and Dr. Alan Mueller.

Dr. Mueller talks about how to be a better white person tomorrow.

Dr. Mueller joins Nicky Yazbeck in a deep conversation about every day things people can do to be better citizens of a diverse world.

Find your Cadence: Feminism, Confidence, and Starting a Business

A great a candid conversation with Candace about entrepreneurship.

Master Your Moment: Stories that inspire hope

Talking about personality type and how it relates to our ability to adapt.

Illustrating Leadership Podcast

Alan joined Jessica Wright for a great conversation on a leader that he admires, the Rev. Dr. William Barber II.

Allowing students to mess up.

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Transformation with Martiné

Alan joins Martiné for a conversation about imperfection and embracing failure as a teacher.

Kickass Career Conversations

Alan talks with Louise and Kim about crafting success through failures.

The Student Affairs Spectacular

Alan Mueller - Lessons Learned from Interviewing 50 SSAOs in North Carolina