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Reach Your
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COACHING
ABOUT ME

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CEO
Coaching

The role of the CEO coach is to not only coach the leader, but to focus on the strategic goals of the entire organization. The coach holds the CEO and Senior leaders accountable to achieving the revenue, profitability and innovation goals of the business as well as guiding the CEO in their quest to create a healthy, productive and positive culture throughout the entire organization.
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Entrepreneur
Coaching

Entrepreneurial coaches are guides to help you navigate business and life challenges by focusing on development of the entrepreneur’s business, communication and life skills. Entrepreneurial coaching exercises your unexplored assets and potential and supports your personal and business growth in an everchanging and dynamic business atmosphere.
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Exit Coaching

A unique type of coaching specifically designed to help the entrepreneur exit their business and/or create a succession plan. The exit coach works specifically with the CEO on planning and executing the exit strategy, selecting their exit team and M and A advisors.
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Who is

Ladd Richland

Ladd Richland is a seasoned CEO/Entrepreneur having started four companies and successfully exiting two of the four. His most notable business accomplishment was the founder and CEO of CRI, a leading provider of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). Mr. Richland co-founded the company and established CRI as one of the most comprehensive solutions providers of software and services for human capital management in the market. Richland brings more than 31 years of experience in fostering and building high-growth companies. He is currently a private investor in business and Real Estate Ventures and serves Executive Advisory and Board Roles with Command Packaging, a 60M manufacturer of plastic bags for the Retail, Restaurant and Grocery Industries, Jiffy Lube and In-Flight Warning Systems, a Southern California Aerospace Firm, Digital Hire and Gravyworks.

Richland started his career at Sprint Corporation where he was the number one Sales Representative of 780 and later became one of the youngest managers in the company’s history. Richland is currently a Gold member of the of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and a past member of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) where he has held several officer and board member seats. He was named to the board of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Alliance (RPOA) and was an active member in the Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA), the Society of Human Resources Managers (SHRM) and the Employment Management Association (EMA). Richland sat on the advisory council for the recruiting certification program at Cal State Dominguez Hills and was a frequent speaker at industry events. Richland earned a B.A. in economics from the UCLA College of Letters & Science and holds a certification in Entrepreneurship from the highly acclaimed MIT Enterprise Forum.

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Testimonials

I have had the pleasure of working with Ladd Richland over the last several years and I acknowledge Ladd as a highly insightful and knowledgeable transformational agent who has helped guide our firm through our most challenging and successful times.
Our offering has the complexities of high-end consulting assignments, and Ladd’s knowledge and insight have been invaluable in identifying and closing significant opportunities. I’ve worked with other advisors and am part of a small business round table group… having Ladd’s advice is very different… someone who has actually built, led, and sold a business successfully.
I’m a copious notetaker and Ladd’s advice is “book worthy”. What I captured during my sessions with Ladd has amounted to a “how-to” or “what now” reference guide.
Marc Hutto
CEO, Reveal Global Intelligence
I have been incredibly blessed to have many coaches over my career and none of them have been more valuable to my recruiting business than Ladd Richland. Following his input, our company made a huge pivot this year that was risky and necessary. That pivot not only saved our growth issue but accelerated it to all new heights. We have more than 5X our revenue since working with Ladd and we expect to 10X next year! In addition to his acute business knowledge and expertise, he is amazing to work with. I truly look forward to our calls. They are fun and exciting and even though it's not always what I want to hear... it's what I need to hear to elevate myself and our company. He is much more than a coach or mentor; he is someone who truly cares about you and has your best interest at heart. Above all, he is a great friend. If you are considering a coach to think deeply on situations or problems, analyze decision making, or you're just trying to innovate for the future... you WILL NOT go wrong working with Ladd. You can trust me on that 100%
Mark Hoge
CEO. Digital Hire
He recognized that we needed to re-evaluate our Mission, Vision and Values, and needed to define a set of behaviors that would propel us into the future as a market leader. Through a series of interviews, exercises and coaching sessions, I am pleased to say we are well on our way to transforming our company into a polymer manufacturer with an extremely bright future with unlimited product lines. He helped us “open our eyes” and recognize that our fields of gold were in our own backyard. We are so pleased with the level of strategy that he brings, that we have added him to our advisory board and we continue to use his coaching services for several of our management employees. His fresh perspective has allowed us to “unlock” our potential and has created a level of enthusiasm at Command that I can only compare to our founding years.
Peter M. Grande
CEO, Command Packaging

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