Career
The Wilkes have served as media consultants on radio and television They hosted their own radio talk show, The Counseling Connection. In 2001, Steve Wilke appeared on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect along with Ray Romano, Dyan Cannon, and Tara Reid.
During his doctoral work, he became interested in the work of Doctor James Framo who is known for being a notable early pioneer of family therapy.
Wilke was particularly interested in Framo’s research of Family Systems. While obtaining his doctorate in psychology, he assisted Doctor Framo in many couple’s therapy sessions.
From those experiences, Wilke wrote about implementing Family Systems principles into the corporate world. In: 9 Strategies for Improving Internal and Intentional Leadership, the Wilkes share the skill sets that they contend leaders must strive to implement in their professional lives.
The Wilkes" main objective in: Creating and Developing Organizational Dynasties is to show how a corporation models a family system.