About Rita
Dr. Rita Webster
Founder, WiseLeader, LLC
Chief Leadership Officer
Rita Webster, Ph.D. is a masterful leadership advisor, trainer and coach. She developed the proven WiseLeader process that has helped hundreds of talented leaders get to their next level and countless teams implement new strategies and drive change.
Rita has a passion for working with women leaders who have significant leadership roles and want to make a bigger difference. As an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas, she developed and launched the Life Leadership Circles for Women Managers certificate series. In addition to her one-on-one coaching work, Rita continues to develop programming for women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related fields. Her goal is to bring together professional women who want to learn from each other and lead in ways that are authentic, energizing and effective.
In addition to her work in the leadership field, Rita is a Founding Mother of Awesome Women a nonprofit focused on creating a world in which “every woman’s voice makes a difference.” She was instrumental in co-designing a speaking process which is now the signature process of the organization.
Rita has co-lead the prestigious ACE Leadership Program with Margaret Anderson-Kelliher and the Minnesota High Tech Association, mentors young women as a volunteer at Mentiium, is a member of the the Minnesota Change Management Network, the Performance Excellence Network, has been a Baldrige Examiner and is a former board member of the Minnesota Organization Development Network.
Rita lives with her teenage children who are active in baseball, gymnastics, track, football, and wrestling. They share their home with two cats, Kitty and Sammy and a sweet guinea pig named Buddy.
Rita is an avid gardener and spends her spare time entertaining or walking or biking with friends along the Mississippi River which is near her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Founder, WiseLeader, LLC
Chief Leadership Officer
Rita Webster, Ph.D. is a masterful leadership advisor, trainer and coach. She developed the proven WiseLeader process that has helped hundreds of talented leaders get to their next level and countless teams implement new strategies and drive change.
Rita has a passion for working with women leaders who have significant leadership roles and want to make a bigger difference. As an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas, she developed and launched the Life Leadership Circles for Women Managers certificate series. In addition to her one-on-one coaching work, Rita continues to develop programming for women leading in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related fields. Her goal is to bring together professional women who want to learn from each other and lead in ways that are authentic, energizing and effective.
In addition to her work in the leadership field, Rita is a Founding Mother of Awesome Women a nonprofit focused on creating a world in which “every woman’s voice makes a difference.” She was instrumental in co-designing a speaking process which is now the signature process of the organization.
Rita has co-lead the prestigious ACE Leadership Program with Margaret Anderson-Kelliher and the Minnesota High Tech Association, mentors young women as a volunteer at Mentiium, is a member of the the Minnesota Change Management Network, the Performance Excellence Network, has been a Baldrige Examiner and is a former board member of the Minnesota Organization Development Network.
Rita lives with her teenage children who are active in baseball, gymnastics, track, football, and wrestling. They share their home with two cats, Kitty and Sammy and a sweet guinea pig named Buddy.
Rita is an avid gardener and spends her spare time entertaining or walking or biking with friends along the Mississippi River which is near her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.