Kyle Willkom Has Always Strived to Live an Action-Packed Life. Along with starting his leadership development company, Action Packed Leadership, Kyle wrote two books on leadership: Wake Up Call and The Thinking Dilemma Created the Action Packed Life online leadership course (reaching high school students across the country) Was the first employee of a million-dollar marketing startup Has run 6 full marathons. Marathons completed are: Portland, New Orleans, North Carolina, Michigan, Singapore, and the original marathon from Marathon to Athens, Greece. Worked with RampUpMKE to help make Milwaukee more accessible for people with disabilities. Climbed Mt. Washington with author and mountaineer, Chuck Garcia. Started a tech company in Nashville with author and speaker, Matt Tenney. Started a comedic rap group that got over a quarter of a million views on YouTube. Broke his hand trying to stiff-arm a charging bull in Oklahoma (and still did a leadership training in New Jersey the following week - see photo below with cast on hand). After tearing his ACL at the age of 10, became an all-state basketball player and then a walk-on for the Marquette University Men's Basketball team. Led several service trips to New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Spent a year training with the Army in the ROTC program. Now Kyle travels the country, guitar in hand, delivering inspirational speeches that are funny, interactive, and life-changing. His speeches motivate and challenge students to have a vision, set goals, accomplish big things, and become a better version of themselves.
