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For most of my career, the work I did with leaders lived in two places: in the room during a session, and in my head between them.
The methodology in the app is the same one I have used in real engagements for two decades. The frameworks, the language, the way of seeing. What is new is that it no longer depends on me being in the room.
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A leader would have a breakthrough on a Tuesday. And whether it held depended almost entirely on whether I was available on Thursday to reinforce it. That bothered me for years. Not because the coaching wasn’t good — but because the growth was tied to my calendar. The person doing the changing had the least access to the thing helping them change.
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Self-awareness is the rudder of leadership. Without it, every skill you build steers you faster in the wrong direction. Capacity is the engine. Without it, even the most self-aware leader burns out.
I have watched both failures up close for a long time now. The work is building both.
Richard held senior general-management and HR roles; Chief Human Resources Officer at The Marketing Store and AmeriKing, Vice President of International HR at Carlson Companies, and Chief Talent Officer at Witt/Kieffer — with more than a decade working internationally. He has sat on the decision side of the table, accountable for outcomes, not advising on them.
Since 2006 he has logged 9,000+ hours coaching first-time CEOs, new C-suite executives, high-potentials, and leaders facing career-defining transitions. For fifteen of those years, he has coached through Management Leadership for Tomorrow.
The Aware Leader began as a book and one idea; it is now a book, a methodology, and an app for practice between conversations. He built the ESSENTIAL Assessment, acquired in 2026.
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Bring one methodology and private individual practice to the leaders you are counting on next.
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