Vision to Action for Your Goals.

Rick Collier is a skilled and experienced leadership coach, facilitator, organizational process and change consultant, and project manager with a passion for simplifying processes and helping people through collaborative problem solving and creative planning. With decades of experience working across cultures and with multidisciplinary teams worldwide, he is a highly effective translator between business strategies and concerns, industry standards, traditions, best practices, and both personal and organizational solutions. Rick's low-drama style and personal focus is all about helping assess organizational needs and then following through with simple, effective action to benefit the organization, workforce, and customers.

Just Right for Your Needs.

Rick provides organizational and executive consulting services worldwide to clients ranging from US Government agencies to universities, associations, and all types of businesses. His collaborative and results-oriented approach focuses on the intersection of business objectives; technical innovation; and the health, wellness, and satisfaction of people inside and outside the organization. Each project is different: Rick's clients count on him to care about their needs and desired results. From large organizational studies or change programs to individual coaching clients, Rick provides the support and services that are wanted and needed -- no more and no less.

Some of Rick's past and present clients are listed on the Clients page.

Services
Leadership Coaching and Support

It all comes down to the people. Everybody sometimes benefits from personally focused, one-on-one support -- whether for established leaders planning and managing change; new managers hoping to develop leadership skills; or team members hoping to move to advance. Rick is an executive coach with ICF-credentialed training and years of experience providing the full range of leadership coaching and staff development services.

  • Executive coaching and leadership support.
  • Junior to senior leadership development coaching and training.
  • Cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and specialist team coaching and facilitation.
  • Decision support including fact finding, analysis, and reporting.
  • Personal and group dynamics assessment including Meyers-Briggs and a full range of other instruments.

Organizational Change and Processes

Change is inevitable and irresistable. Outdated processes increase difficulty, demoralize staff, and interfere with spotting, recruiting, and satisfying customers. Old processes often can be simplified, updated, and made to work easier. Rick specializes in helping organizations smoothly update and simplify to support what needs to be done today -- Not too much or too litte; just right.

  • Organization and team-focused data gathering, assessment, and team building.
  • Cross-cultural and multidisciplinary facilitation and group coaching.
  • Group dynamics assessment tools and training, including Meyers Briggs Type Indicator and a full range of other instruments.
  • Organizational objectives, strategy, and policy development.
  • Internal and external communications strategy and delivery.

Project Planning and Management

Today more than ever, projects have to focus on delivering just what is needed within budget and on schedule. At the same time, flexibility is essential. Overly rigid project processes can become an organizational straitjacket, stopping innovation and isolating the organization from customers. A project manager with decades of experience, Rick specializes in tailoring to manage risk and facilitate decisionmaking to satisfy your customer.

  • Tailored project management based on assessed risk, complexity, and user/business acceptance.
  • Risk and critical path analysis and tracking, including cost - schedule - performance trades.
  • Human-machine interface, including workflow and process migration.
  • System interface and data exchange analysis, specification, and controls.
  • Technical and user acceptance testing, training, and transition support.
  • Training for project management, customer support, and tailored program processes.
  • Proposal development, drafting, and presentation.
Content / Creative

Rick also has extensive experience in trades relevant to most projects; his ability to provide professional services in these areas simplifies and facilitates production of presentation-ready publications and graphics.

  • Research, analysis, writing, editing, and formatting for publication.
  • Web site and presentation design, layout, and content management.
  • Proposals, grant writing, and presentations.
  • Custom photography, graphics, and artistic composition.

Rick is also a prize-winning photographer and travel writer with a worldwide portfolio and numerous commercial placements. Learn more at RickCollierCreative.com.

Rick is a principal partner at En Route Communication. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the George Washington University and a Master of Sciences from the London School of Economics. He has over a decade of experience as a leadership coach and is certified as a facilitator, trainer, negotiator, organizational process and change consultant, and project manager. Rick is also a member of several associations and can draw on a network of coaches, consultants, and subject matter experts.

Rick holds an active US Government clearance through Top Secret / SCI with BI and full-scope poly.
Curriculum vitae and details available on request.
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