As an executive coach, Dick Smith is dedicated to helping business owners overcome challenges to reach their most important business goals. Dick is a veteran entrepreneur who understands the risks and rewards of small business. While running a successful start-up venture, as a Vistage member, Dick saw first-hand how the executive coaching he received transformed his business. Today, he is committed to working with fellow entrepreneurs to increase their effectiveness and enhance their lives.Dick recognizes the courage and determination it takes to run a business. As an executive coach, he helps business owners confront roadblocks to their success and explore solutions in a non-judgmental environment. Since 2008, Dick has been a Chair with Vistage International, the world’s leading chief executive organization. He provides executive coaching to CEOs individually and in group settings. Dick and his Vistage group help entrepreneurs work through issues that keep them up at night. He believes that small business owners drive the US economy and Dick helps them remove obstacles so they can turn their vision into reality. As a Vistage group Chair, Dick facilitates meetings of 12-16 CEOs so they can discuss business issues, offer advice, challenge each other, gain perspective and be held accountable for making changes. He meets monthly as a one-on-one executive coach with his CEO members so they can develop their individual strategies for success. Prior to becoming a Vistage Chair, Dick Smith was CEO of Communivisions, LLC, a corporate communications/event consulting business. For over 25 years, he has been a leader in the corporate communications/event production industry as: Executive Vice President with TBA Global Events; President/CEO of Corporate Productions; and Executive Vice President with Paramount Productions, Inc. In 2004, he founded the International Association of Corporate Event Producers (IACEP) and served as Chairman.Specialties: LeadershipStrategies for SuccessCorporate CommunicationsOrganizational developmentExecutive Business CoachingExecutive Business MentoringBusiness Owner LeadershipExecutive Business Coaching for CEO'sExecutive Business Coaching for PresidentsExecutive Business Coaching for Business OwnersExecutive Business Mentoring for CEO'sExecutive Business Mentoring for PresidentsExecutive Business Mentoring for Business OwnersGroup Discussions for Business OwnersBusiness Growth