Clients
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Gilead
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Vera
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Corcept
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Sonoma Bio
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Sony Playstation
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Genentech
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BioMarin
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Integra
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Nurix
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Nvidia
• Gilead • Vera • Corcept • Sonoma Bio • Sony Playstation • Genentech • BioMarin • Integra • Nurix • Nvidia
Richard’s approach to executive leadership and development is truly outstanding. With broad and deep organizational experience, he has honed his coaching approach with the right balance of directive and flexibility. We have partnered together to develop executive team cohesion and clarity for long-term organizational health, and Richard has already made a huge impact. Preparing for off-sites, he customized to our specific and rapidly evolving needs. He is proactive and detail-oriented, and confidently leverages his experience to avoid pitfalls and optimize a smooth process and constructive outcome. In the moment, he is observationally acute and emotionally intelligent. More effectively than any facilitator I’ve worked with, he facilitates authentic communication through the uncomfortable, critical team conversations that must happen.
— Marshall Fordyce, CEO, Vera Therapeutics
Richard has an unparalleled ability to understand team dynamics very quickly, and that makes him an incredibly valuable partner to navigate complex challenges in groups of all sizes and stages of growth. He has a deep knowledge of the principles of organizational design and development and an engaging style that makes him particularly effective at asking the tough questions and driving productive discussion and ultimately results.
— Amy Flood, Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer, Corcept Therapeutics
Richard stands out in so many ways. He has outstanding listening skills and spends time to understand our goals, challenges and expectations. He is able to ask the right questions of us to help us better understand and communicate what we are trying to achieve. He has a deep toolkit to meet a broad range of developmental and transformational needs. His proposals are always customized to meet our specific needs and he partners closely to further adapt them. He is always flexible and ready to adjust to time constraints and the specific cultural landscape he encounters. He follows-through diligently on all activities, especially in the post-event debrief period. In summary, Richard provides a truly individualized and customized approach to meet the needs of our teams as we seek evolution and transformation.
- Leo Plouffe, SVP, Patient Safety, Gilead Sciences
I have worked with Richard over many years, and across different teams and companies. Richard has a unique ability to understand people and teams. When engaging with him, he’s able to quickly ask the right questions and ascertain the dynamics of the team. Richard has been an amazing partner that has helped develop, motivate and bring teams closer together. He is able to marry his deep insights regarding individual and team behavior, with his experience and knowledge of corporate environments. As well, Richard facilitates with wit, humor and an easiness that holds the teams’ attention and inspires them to grow and exceed together.
— Cindy Lee, VP IT, Exelixis
I had the pleasure of working with Richard to prepare for a virtual team strategy session in which we were reimagining the future of our organization and the impact we could make. While we had general goals in mind, Richard partnered with us to home in on how we could make the session resonate more with each individual in the group (instead of a generic "team vision" session). The result of this session was that each individual on the team felt more personally connected and invested in the series of workshops as a whole. Richard has a unique gift of being able to help leaders and teams cut through the noise and find clarity that personally resonates. I appreciate every opportunity I get to work with Richard and partner together.— Andrew Lim, Corporate PMO, Gilead Sciences