Dr. Andrew Temte is the Author of “Balancing Act: Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire,” “The Balanced Business: Building Organizational Trust and Accountability through Smooth Workflows,” the Host of the Balancing Act podcast, the former CEO of Kaplan Professional, and the Founder of Skills Owl LLC.
Andrew Temte’s life and career experience inspires current and future leaders to rethink how they lead, how they design their work environments, and how they motivate and retain their teams. Temte’s perspective and advice on management blends the tenets of organizational health with that of continuous improvement to drive high trust, high accountability organizational cultures. With his viewpoints, experience, and kind approach to delivering advice, Andrew Temte is the reformed leader we all need to hear from.
About Andrew Temte
Temte is also a voice for change and growth in the market for skills and work readiness worldwide. He has served as a member of World Economic Forum’s Skills Consortium and clearly sees the need to develop and test new and alternative pathways into the world of work. To ensure the viability of humans in the workforce of the future, we must improve academic outcomes, reduce the cost to acquire industry-recognized credentials, and enhance accessibility across myriad demographic groups.
Dr. Temte has also served in the following professional positions at Kaplan: President and Global Head of Corporate Learning, Dean of the Kaplan University School of Professional and Continuing Education, Interim President of Mount Washington College, and President of the Kaplan University College of Business and Technology. He is also a board member and senior advisor at the Financial Modeling Institute. This blend of higher education and professional education experience gives Dr. Temte a unique perspective over the issues surrounding the future of employment and workplace relevance.
Dr. Temte earned his doctorate in finance from the University of Iowa with a concentration in international finance and investment theory. He holds the CFA designation and has over 14 years of university teaching experience in the areas of corporate finance, investments, and international finance.
An accomplished musician and leader of the rock band, The Remainders, he is active in numerous fundraising events and committees in the La Crosse, WI, community.