Rhea Wessel

American Writer, Educator and Thought-Leadership Strategist Institute for Thought Leadership

  • Frankfurt Hesse

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Biography

Rhea Wessel is an American writer who helps companies grow their business by enabling their experts with story smarts. She advises and trains on ideation, messaging and how to find and articulate your best ideas to create new solutions. As a journalist, she wrote thousands of stories for magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and BBC. As a writer for companies, she has penned and edited thousands more stories across 30 industries. Rhea is the founder and head of The Institute for Thought Leadership.

Industry Expertise

Writing and Editing
Financial Services
Media - Broadcast
Media - Online

Areas of Expertise

AI
Strategy
Thought Leadership
Writing and Editing

Accomplishments

Dow Jones Newswires Award

1999

Finalist, Best of Newspaper Writing, American Society of Newspaper Editors

1998

Education

Columbia University

M.A.

Communication and Media Studies

1999

The George Washington University

B.A.

Journalism

1991

Affiliations

  • The Institute for Thought Leadership : Founder and Head

Languages

  • English
  • German

Media Appearances

Write Like a Thought Leader: Rhea Wessel Shows Us How

First Things First with Dominique DiPrima  tv

2023-04-06

They say “all politics is local.” The KBLA morning show offers news and commentary from a uniquely different perspective.

The show features newsmakers, but also unconventional voices you likely won’t hear anywhere else on LA talk radio; all helmed by one of the most trusted voices in local community advocacy.

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Thought Leadership Leverage Podcast  online

2022-10-15

There are two major challenges thought leadership practitioners face when they sit down to codify their ideas: Too many ideas, and A big, blank page. Sitting down to codify your content can feel like a daunting task. You've got tons of insights - but when you're staring at that first page, everything freezes up. Where do you even start? To learn how to gather your insights, map them out, and codify expert solutions, I’ve invited Rhea Wessel, the Founder of the Institute for Thought Leadership. Rhea helps companies turn their subject-matter experts into thought leaders, enabling them to share their insights clearly, cohesively, and fluidly.

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Sample Talks

AI to Boost Your Thought Leadership

How to use AI to frame your ideas and hone in on your audience as you create thought-leadership materials

Your subject-matter experts: Your company’s hidden innovation power

In this session, Rhea Wessel, the Founder and Head of the Institute for Thought Leadership, shares about the innovation power that is hidden inside most companies – the ideas, models, concepts and work of your subject-matter experts.

How to launch a thought-leadership program in 90 days

Thought-leadership programs help smaller organizations compete with their larger rivals. This session drills down on why you should build a program and how you can do that and roll it out within 90 days.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training

Articles

Why you should write like a thought leader

Medium

2021

Articles written in the thought-leadership style are writing that explores solutions for a problem that plagues your audience. The problems you address and the solutions you discuss are informed by the thought leadership niche you have articulated for yourself.

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Rising Tide For Sustainability-Linked Loans

Global Finance

2020

To give themselves financial incentives to achieve sustainability targets—and signal to stakeholders that they are serious about reaching those goals—a growing number of companies around the world are taking out sustainability-linked loans to meet their financing needs.

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Companies Face The Green Wave

Global Finance

2019

The Green Party’s strong showing in recent elections for the European Parliament highlights the increasing importance of sustainability for companies looking to attract investors, engage with the public and adapt their business models to the operational and financial risks of climate change.

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