About Us


Walt and David

David Hodge (l) and Walt Wiley laying elbows
on Tony Steward's car while visiting
Joe Gibbs Racing facility in Huntersville NC.

About Winning With Encouragement

With offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia, Winning With Encouragement was established as a full time ministry in 1997 and is overseen by a board of directors composed of Christian men and women representing various careers including law, real estate, accounting, homemaking, professional athletics and banking. WWE is incorporated in the states of North Carolina and Georgia and is a tax-deductible, nonprofit (501c3) organization.

Over the past few years, WWE has had the opportunity to present hundreds of live seminars to over 100,000 participants throughout the United States and more than 30 countries worldwide. In addition, over 500 ministry professionals have been trained as licensed instructors with The Look of the Leader and The Encouragement Seminar.

Here is a sample of some of the hundreds of churches, organizations, and corporations WWE has partnered with through seminars, training, speaking or consulting:

HoneyBaked Hams
Carrollton GA

Our Savior Lutheran
Centereach NY

Evans Service Company
Elmira NY

Branford Evangelical Free Church
Branford CT

Charlotte Rescue Mission
Charlotte NC

The Salvation Army
Sacramento CA

Cornerstone Engineering
Bakersfield CA

First Baptist Church
Atlanta GA

Gardner Webb University
Boiling Springs NC

Second Baptist Church
Houston TX

Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster PA

Dallas One Construction
Tampa FL

Christian Life Center (A/G)
Ft. Lauderdale FL

Allmand Brothers, Inc.
Holdredge NE

Awana Clubs International
Streamwood IL

Assoc. of Christian Schools Intl
Colorado Springs CO

Maranatha Bible Conference Center
Muskegon MI

Shiloh Christian Schools
Springdale AR

Christ Church of Oak Brook
Oak Brook IL

Grandview Park Baptist School
Des Moines IA

United States Military Chaplains
Washington DC

Walt and David

Walt and David pictured with leaders of WorldTeach Singapore who are expanding The Encouragement Seminar and The Look of the Leader throughout Southeast Asia.

Winning With Encouragement is rapidly expanding internationally. Missionaries and ministry leaders from the following countries have been trained to teach The Look of the Leader or The Encouragement Seminar: Canada, Suriname, Philippines, Togo, Kenya, Trinidad, Nigeria, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, Brazil, Russia, Singapore, Namibia, Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Workbooks have been translated into Spanish and Vietnamese with future plans for several other languages.