Richard Leider

Richard Leider's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Richard Leider is consistently rated as one of the top executive educators and coaches in the world. He is ranked by Forbes as one of the "Top 5" most respected executive coaches, by Linkage as one of the "Top 50" executive coaches, and by the Conference Board as a "legend in coaching." Richard Leider has a worldwide practice working with leaders from organizations such as Ameriprise, Caterpillar, Ericsson, Habitat for Humanity, MetLife, Pfizer and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

As a speaker and seminar leader, Richard Leider has taught over 100,000 executives from 50 corporations worldwide. He is an adjunct faculty on executive education programs at Duke Corporate Education and the University of Minnesota Carlson School's Executive Development Center. Richard Leider is also a guest lecturer in the Harvard Business School's General Management Program.

Richard Leider is the author of eight books, including three best sellers, and his work has been translated into 21 languages. Repacking Your Bags and The Power of Purpose are considered classics in the personal development field. Claiming Your Place at the Fire and Something to Live For, have been touted as breakthrough books on "positive aging." He is a contributing author to many leading edge coaching books, including: Coaching for Leadership, The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching, Executive Coaching for Results, The Leader of the Future, and The Organization of the Future.

Richard Leider holds a Master's Degree in Counseling and is a Nationally Certified Master Career Counselor. He is a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing where he is a founder of The Purpose Project. As a commentator on work/life issues, Richard Leider appears in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and USA Today, and on PBS television, NPR radio and other media sources.

More About Richard Leider . . .
A pioneer and leader in the field of coaching, Richard Leider is widely recognized for his leading edge work on helping people discover "their calling" in work and life. His work received recognition from the Bush Foundation, from which he was awarded a Bush Fellowship to study "purposeful aging." Richard Leider was named a "Distinguished Alumni" by Gustavus Adolphus College and to the "Hall of Fame" at Central High School in St. Paul, MN.

Believing passionately that each of us is born with a purpose, Richard Leider is dedicated to helping people to "discover the power of purpose." Along with his professional pursuits, Richard Leider has also led walking expedition safaris in Tanzania, East Africa for over 25 years./td>

• Working On Purpose
  

  What makes you want to get out of bed in the morning? These days the answer to that question seems more difficult than ever to answer. Based on Richard's book, The Power of Purpose, this presentation helps audiences discover the power of purpose... a clear answer to the question.

• Something to Live For
  

  Our culture offers us precious little guidance on finding your way in the second half of life. Part of the problem is that we lack a clear picture of what we are meant to be doing during our second half. Based on Richard's newest book, Something to Live For: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life.

• Lighten Your Load
  

  Are you feeling overwhelmed—weighed down by too much to do and constant busyness? Based on Richard's international best-selling book in 21 languages, Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life, this presentation shows audiences how to "lighten their loads" to find new energy and engagement.

• Whistle While You Work
  

  Everyone has a calling-something they were bom to do. You will find this program helpful if you are asking yourself questions like: What do I want to be when I grow up? How can I make a living doing what I love? What is my life's work? Whistle While You Work is a liberating process that helps you discover your own answers to such questions, uncover your life's calling and decide if your job is your calling. Calling is about deliberately choosing work that is consistent with your gifts, passions and values. Calling is a labor of love that is intrinsically satisfying-that makes you whistle while you work. Through story, framework and the powerful Calling Cards exercise, this program will help you uncover how to make a living doing what you were bom to do.

• The Power of Purpose
  

  If you have ever wondered why you get up on Monday morning. The Power of Purpose will help you find the answer and integrate it into your life and work. This presentation provides a simple, practical process for coaching yourself and others on the power that purpose brings. As a result of this presentation, you will be able to: find and act on your purpose; create meaning in your life and work; lead and coach others on purpose; and understand your personal bottom line in a changing world.

• Repacking Your Bags
  

  People everywhere feel overwhelmed today - weighed down by countless re-sponsibilities and buffeted by never-ending changes and busyness. Repacking Your Bags shows how to climb out from under these burdens and find new energy and fulfillment. With lively personal examples and stories, this presentation provides a simple yet elegant process to help you balance the demands of work, love, and place in order to create and live your own vision of success. As a result of this presentation, you will be able to: lighten and balance your load; develop your vision of success and the good life; and create meaningful dialogues with colleagues, family and friends around repacking issues.