Tim Conder | Founder and Co-Director - Black Mountain School of Theology and Community
Rich has a contagiously warm demeanor, is a visionary, is extremely intelligent, and is a uniquely gifted leader. He is among the best I've ever worked with in community/team formation, strategic leadership, and motivation toward common goals.
Rich has a contagiously warm demeanor, is a visionary, is extremely intelligent, and is a uniquely gifted leader. He is among the best I've ever worked with in community/team formation, strategic leadership, and motivation toward common goals.
Harry Kiiru | PhD Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rich has been my spiritual mentor and life coach for the last twelve years. Our time together has been enriching and transformational for me. As an African immigrant whose scholarly work is on race and migration, I have appreciated the intentionality and awareness that Rich brings to his coaching. He is a student of society and cross-racial and multicultural dialogue, which allows him to listen intently and empathetically, synthesize content, and provide necessary feedback. His wealth of experience leading various local and international organizational structures and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives allows him to provide exceptional and individually tailored coaching.
Rich has been my spiritual mentor and life coach for the last twelve years. Our time together has been enriching and transformational for me. As an African immigrant whose scholarly work is on race and migration, I have appreciated the intentionality and awareness that Rich brings to his coaching. He is a student of society and cross-racial and multicultural dialogue, which allows him to listen intently and empathetically, synthesize content, and provide necessary feedback. His wealth of experience leading various local and international organizational structures and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives allows him to provide exceptional and individually tailored coaching.
Emily Tamanaha | Executive Director, Private Family Foundation
I’ve had the privilege of working with Rich in several different capacities over the last few years - from leading volunteer groups, to forming partnerships, and leading organizational transformation. He is a wise, thoughtful, empathetic, and strategic leader. I appreciate how he brings decades of experience yet always approaches with an attitude of curiosity and learning, catalyzing collaborative solutions from that place of empathy and listening. I also value that he is someone who can balance big vision with a clear headed approach of how to put that vision into practice. It has been a joy to work with him and I’ve been constantly impressed and encouraged by his leadership.
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Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.
Paul Kulp | Vice President, Technology Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/US
“Rich mentored me through a difficult season of leadership. I was a new director at a large college ministry, I needed personal growth and a crash course in senior leadership to step up to the challenge. Rich brought an empathetic ear, and this way of always drawing out God’s invitation to me in each moment. At various times we talked about coaching skills, enneagram, interpersonal dynamics, personal development, and eventually sabbatical. He was my personal guide through a very difficult season, catalyzing growth and resilience when many of my peer leaders didn’t survive. I can only thank God for his role in that season, and the ways it prepared me for the demands of senior leadership. “
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.