
President, OnPoint Consulting
Greater New York City Area

President, OnPoint Consulting
Greater New York City Area
Rick is President of OnPoint Consulting and has a twenty year track record of success as a human resource consultant and executive. He was a Founder and Managing Partner of Manus, a human capital consulting firm, which he grew to over $4 million in revenue and sold to Right Management Consultants in 1998. At Right, Rick was the Managing Vice President of the Northeast and Eastern Canadian Consulting Practice where he was responsible to 55 professionals and grew the region’s revenue from $7 million to $20 million.
He has served as a consultant to leaders and management teams at the Astra-Zeneca, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Citibank, Coca-Cola Company, ConocoPhilipps, Eisai Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, Merck & Co., NYSE Euronext, Northwestern Mutual Life, PeopleSoft, Pfizer Inc., Pitney Bowes, Prudential, Siemens Medical Systems, Subaru of America, and UBS among others.
Rick has extensive experience in formulating and implementing strategic plans, managing change, and talent management. He has addressed executive conferences and made presentations to leadership teams on the topics of leader effectiveness, strategy execution, managing change, performance management, 360º feedback and its uses, and developing and using competency models to enhance organizational performance.
Rick has co-authored three books on leadership including Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices, (co-author with Dr. Gary Yukl) published by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, The Art and Science of 360º Feedback, (co-author with Toni Lucia) published by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, and The Art and Science of Competency Models, (co-author with Toni Lucia) of published by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
Strategic planning and implementation
Leadership and management development
Executive assessment for selection and development
Enhacing an organization's ability to execute plans and deliver consistent results
Building a culture of accountability
Performance management
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
OnPoint Consulting is an organizational and leadership consulting firm that specializes in helping companies close the gap between the creation and communication of their vision and strategy and the achievement of their business objectives.
OnPoint combines practical research-based tools and models, state of the art business simulations, action learning, and in-depth experience across industries to deliver high-quality and high-impact leadership and organizational development initiatives. OnPoint’s solutions are designed to reflect each client’s organizational culture and business environment.
OnPoint’s organizational assessments provide practical, actionable data to help drive execution and enhance organizational performance. The firm provides value-added analysis and interpretation, along with customized approaches to help its clients translate issues into action.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1998 — December 2006 (9 years )
Rick is President of OnPoint Consulting and has a twenty year track record of success as a human resource consultant and executive. He was a Founder of Manus, a human capital consulting firm, which he grew to over $4 million in revenue and sold to Right Management Consultants in 1998. At Right, Rick was the Managing Vice President of the Northeast and Eastern Canadian Consulting Practice where he was responsible to 55 professionals and grew the region’s revenue from $7 million to $20 million.
The focus of Rick’s work has been on helping organizations close the gap between strategy and execution. Rick has co-authored three books and numerous articles on leadership. His most recent book is Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices, (co-author with Dr. Gary Yukl) published by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer).
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1984 — December 1997 (14 years )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)
January 1979 — December 1983 (5 years )
MPL , Economic and Strategic Planning , 1977 — 1979
MA , Education , 1972 — 1974
BS , Behavioral Science , 1966 — 1970