Andrew Wilhems
 
 

Andrew Wilhelms, MBA

PARTNER (US-West Coast)

andrew@globalreachleadership.com

Andrew is an accomplished coach and developer of leaders in world-class organizations. He led Global Leadership Development for Tesla, building a strategy to ensure the company has great managers, fosters a high performance culture, and builds a robust pipeline of leadership talent to support the continued growth and success of the organization.

Prior to Tesla, Andrew was Vice President of Talent Management for McKesson, #11 on the Fortune 500 list with ~80K employees worldwide and ~$200B in annual revenue. He managed leadership development; performance management; the balanced scorecard; and talent review/succession planning for all layers of management. He and his team created and rolled out McKesson’s leadership framework, designed and delivered talent programs, and managed the annual employee experience survey to foster an engaged, aligned, and high-performing culture.

Andrew received an MBA from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Philosophy from University of California, Berkeley.

 

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Super Power

Recently won the backflip contest during his son’s birthday party – 9 backflips in a row and only a slight knee injury to show for it

Motto

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead

Giving Back

International Justice Mission, WorldVision, Southern Poverty Law Center, lots of local school and sporting activities with and for his three young sons