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Richard J. Leider
Ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the "Top 5" most respected coaches, Richard J. Leider is a best-selling author with 30 years' experience in coaching people to live and work on purpose. As founder and chairman of the Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting firm, he is an internationally recognized speaker who works with many leading organizations including 3M, Boeing, American Express, Pfizer, Habitat for Humanity, and the Mayo Clinic. As a leader in executive development, Leider has taught over 100,000 executives from 50 corporations worldwide.
Believing passionately that each of us is born with a purpose, Leider is dedicated to coaching people to discover their own power of purpose. He holds a master's degree in counseling, is a Senior Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Center for Spirituality and Healing, and is a nationally certified master career counselor. Leider consistently receives the highest marks as an educator in the Global Learning Resource Network of Duke Corporate Education and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota Carlson School's Executive Development Center. His work has also received recognition from the Bush Foundation, which awarded him with a Bush Fellowship to study purposeful aging.
He is the author of seven books, including three best-sellers, and his work has been translated into 17 languages. Repacking Your Bags and The Power of Purpose are considered classics in the personal development field. His newest book, Claiming Your Place at the Fire, has been touted as the defining book on the new retirement. As a commentator on life transitions, Leider has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and USA Today, and has appeared as a guest on television and public radio.
Leider gives speeches, presentations, and workshops worldwide. Along with his professional pursuits, he has led annual Inventure Expedition walking safaris in East Africa for more than 20 years. |
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