The Author

Will Thalheimer, PhD, MBA
Principal, TiER1 Performance

For over 30 years, Will Thalheimer has worked in the work-learning field, playing many of the most common roles in the industry—including trainer, instructional designer, project manager, elearning developer, video/audio editor, speaker, author, product-line manager, consultant, learning evaluator, research translator, and business owner.

Widely respected for his research-inspired innovations, models, publications, videos, workshops, and presentations; Will Thalheimer has focused for the last two decades on bringing practical research recommendations to the industry.

As an industry luminary, Thalheimer draws on a vast network of professionals and thought leaders, and his widely diverse client list brings him insights across a range of global organizations, from large to small, for profit, nonprofit, and educational institutions.

Will blends tough-minded criticism, fairness, humor, and aspiration into messaging that moves things forward. With his forthcoming book, he is making his most definitive set of recommendations on how organizations can leverage learning.

Partial Client List

  • Abbott

  • ADP

  • Allen Interactions

  • ATD

  • Audible

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Bloomberg

  • Bottom Line Performance

  • CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

  • Chick-fil-A

  • Colgate

  • CorpU

  • Delta Airlines

  • Demandware

  • DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency)

  • eLearning Guild

  • Facility Einstein

  • Federal Judicial Center

  • FCB

  • GamEffective

  • Genentech

  • Grovo

  • HCSC BlueCross BlueShield

  • Humentum (formerly insideNGO)

  • Intermountain Health

  • ISPI

  • Johnsonville Sausage

  • Kaiser Permanente

  • Kauffman Foundation

  • Learning Technologies

  • Lever—Transfer of Learning

  • Liberty Mutual

  • LTEN (Life Science Training and Educators Network)

  • McKinsey

  • Microsoft

  • MIT

  • Monitor Group

  • National Park Service

  • Naval Special Warfare Center (Navy Seals)

  • New Hampshire Housing Authority

  • NexLearn

  • Novartis

  • Oxfam

  • Pfizer

  • Practising Law Institute

  • Questionmark

  • SAIGlobal (formerly Midi Compliance)

  • Salem State University

  • Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology

  • Society of Actuaries

  • Strategic Management Group

  • Tetra Pak

  • Troy State University

  • Tufts University

  • Type A Learning Agency

  • UCB

  • U.S. National Park Service

  • University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • UNUM

  • Walgreens

  • William A. Berry & Sons

  • World Bank