Adaptive Challenge Consulting

Building Better Leaders & Teams Through Authentic Leadership & Inclusion Training

Greensboro, NC

Welcome to Adaptive Challenge Consulting — Your Partner in Purpose-Driven Leadership

At Adaptive Challenge Consulting, we help organizations grow by equipping their leaders with the mindset and tools to lead with clarity, connection, and impact. We understand that real transformation doesn’t come from quick fixes—it comes from courageous leadership, emotionally intelligent teams, and cultures where everyone thrives.

We partner with executives, HR leaders, and managers to address complex challenges—both obvious and beneath the surface. Through our human-centered, systems-thinking approach, we deliver high-impact training that builds resilient teams, strengthens leadership, and drives sustainable results.

Our edge? We combine deep expertise in leadership development, emotional intelligence, and inclusion with a refreshing mix of humor, humility, and real-world wisdom. The result: leaders who can adapt, inspire, and deliver lasting change.

Dr. Alan Mueller’s TEDx Talk: Doing the Math: How do we measure privilege?

It’s easy to think about the time we spend doing things, but it’s harder to consider the time we don’t have to do something.

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Another great conversation with Jessica Wright!

Dr. Mueller returns to the Illustrating Leadership podcast to delve more deeply into personality type and how we can use ‘talking type’ to build emotional intelligence.

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How Emotional Intelligence can help us Build Inclusive Environments

Dr. Laura Gonzalez and Li Miles get deep and ask Dr. Mueller how emotional intelligence skills can enhance our ability to foster inclusion.

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Picture of Dr. Alan Mueller and Katie Rössler with the caption Emotional Intelligence in Today's World.

What is Emotional Intelligence?

There are many lists of competencies that people consider to be part of emotional intelligence. Check out this conversation between Katie Rössler and Dr. Alan Mueller.

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Dr. Mueller talks about how to be a better white person tomorrow.

Dr. Mueller joins Nicky Yazbeck in a deep conversation about every day things people can do to be better citizens of a diverse world.

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Find your Cadence: Feminism, Confidence, and Starting a Business

A great a candid conversation with Candace about entrepreneurship.

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Master Your Moment: Stories that inspire hope

Talking about personality type and how it relates to our ability to adapt.

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Illustrating Leadership Podcast

Alan joined Jessica Wright for a great conversation on a leader that he admires, the Rev. Dr. William Barber II.

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Allowing students to mess up.

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

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Transformation with Martiné

Alan joins Martiné for a conversation about imperfection and embracing failure as a teacher.

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Kickass Career Conversations

Alan talks with Louise and Kim about crafting success through failures.

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The Student Affairs Spectacular

Alan Mueller - Lessons Learned from Interviewing 50 SSAOs in North Carolina

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