Rick Williams

Rick Williams is an experienced corporate leader, management consultant, company founder, board member, and speaker. His board of directors' service builds on his belief that boards can be accelerators for their company. His new book, Create The Future: Powerful Decision-Making Tools For Your Company And Yourself, will be released in Fall 2024.

Rick Williams is an Executive Council member at the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn, for more information, visit the author’s website CLICK HERE.

CEO Insider

Crisis Management – The Board Of Directors Role

CEO InsiderRick Williams

The board of directors provides leadership, guidance, and governance to companies and non-profits. The CEO or Executive Director leads the organization and manages day to day operations. In a moment of crisis such as the extreme challenges facing organizations word wide during the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of the board...

CEO Advisory CEO Insights

Crisis Leadership During COVID-19

CEO Advisory CEO InsightsRick Williams

The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging leaders worldwide in ways most have never experienced. The health of your employees and their families is threatened. You are experiencing an extreme range of challenges. Some of you are under government orders to close or demand for your products has disappeared. For others, demand...

CEO Advisory Lifestyle and Travel

A Culture Of Discovery: Two Companies On The Path To Success Short

CEO Advisory Lifestyle and TravelRick Williams

Your role as leader of an entrepreneurial company is to create a culture of discovery and a culture of success. My earlier article, Starting a Business - Fail Quickly, concluded that if you believe you know exactly how your business will work and what your customers will buy, you are...

CEO Agenda

Starting A Business: Fail Quickly Short

CEO AgendaRick Williams

Starting a new business requires complete commitment and conviction. Sometimes irrational confidence in your ultimate success is a core requirement.Friends and colleagues are patting you on back and wishing you “good luck” while wondering why you are taking on this quixotic venture. They expect you to fail but do not...

CEO Advisory

Your Customer Doesn’t Know What He Wants

CEO AdvisoryRick Williams

The sign in my usual coffee shop says, “The customer is always right!” Business advisors tell us to match our product or service to what the customer wants. If Henry Ford had asked his customers what they wanted, a faster horse is what he would have heard. Steve Jobs built...

Education and Career

Maximizing the value from your board of directors

Education and CareerRick Williams

Your board of directors can be a value accelerator for your company. Operating as a resource, a coach, a big question decider, a risk manager, a monitor of progress, and the center of governance, your board can be a valuable asset. What can you do to capture that value? My...

CEO Advisory

Your board of directors – pain in the butt or valuable asset

CEO AdvisoryRick Williams

“I don’t need or want a board of directors!” This is the view of many CEOs and owners of small to medium-sized companies. Getting advice from their accountant, lawyer, or golf buddy is all the help they need. “I’m doing OK.” If your goal is to grow your company, then...

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Rick Williams

Crisis Management – The Board Of Directors Role

Crisis Leadership During COVID-19

A Culture Of Discovery: Two Companies On The Path To Success Short

Starting A Business: Fail Quickly Short

Your Customer Doesn’t Know What He Wants

Maximizing the value from your board of directors

Your board of directors – pain in the butt or valuable asset

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