Professionally...
Ron’s style whether speaking to hundreds, coaching or training someone one-on-one is fun and rigorous; Ron believes that holding the tension between the two is where growth, productivity and life satisfaction occur. It is with this approach and from this perspective that Ron engages his audiences and creates lasting results for both individuals and organizations.
In 2001 Ron was honored by perhaps the most prominent coach training school in the world, CTI (The Coaches Training Institute), by being asked to join their exclusive faculty of 60 people who trained coaches for them globally. Soon after, Ron became one of only 20 people qualified to administer exams and certify people worldwide as Co-Active coaches. “It’s an amazing thing and quite a blessing to be paid to travel the world, meet great people and teach a ‘coach-approach’ to living and working.” Ron has trained Fortune 500 business leaders, government personnel, attorneys, athletes and many other folks looking to develop the skills, either to become certified professional coaches or to simply add to their already well-stocked skill-set in their current profession.
Ron considers it quite a privilege to have coached quality people from various nations, cultures, and religions. His clients have been CEO’s, top-level sales people, athletes and even other coaches. One common component of all of his clients is that they are competitive; they want to do, be and have more. They have, what Ron terms, “…a feeling in their gut that they want something."
Ron is a CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) and a PCC (Professional Certified Coach) through the International Coaches Federation (the international governing body of coaching).
Ron on Ron…
I was born and still reside in upstate NY with my wife and two boys. I met my wife in 5th grade and, well, the rest is history. As fulfilling as Coaching is, raising my boys to be good men is, to me, one of the greatest and most fulfilling responsibilities I could ever hope to have. It’s also the finest, most challenging and rewarding personal growth program in the world. If you have kids…you get it.
For fun and to stay in shape I engage in a lot of physical activities; I train for and compete in races such as the Ironman Triathlon and ultra marathons (distance greater than a marathon). These events are fun, challenging and rewarding; they too require a lot of time. I’ve been talking for years about ‘retiring’ to doing just shorter races…I think 2009 may be my year, we’ll see.
In my younger days, I worked with my father who was and is a mason contractor; it was with him that I learned a strong work ethic. It’s a funny thing, as a young man when you’ve got men yelling at you for brick, mortar and the like; you either step up or quit. Well quitting in my situation wasn’t an option, so I learned to work -harder and harder. For that I am deeply grateful to my father.
I am grateful to my mother for her planting the seeds of the importance of having God in one’s life. She was committed to her boys going to church, so every Sunday regardless of the verbal gymnastics my brother and I tried on her, we were escorted to church. My family and I, now happily, attend church on Sunday.
I am an avid student of history, particularly of American history. I thoroughly enjoy studying, discussing and teaching principles for individual liberty and prosperity.
My dream? I have many but here is one: I believe there is much to be learned from character to economics by studying history. That said, when my boys get a little older, I plan to load them up in our truck and take them on a pilgrimage of sorts, all across these United States to study and experience more of life and a lot of history. It’s important to teach and learn by doing, so visiting people, factories, battlefields, etc. while having fun, deep and meaningful conversations will certainly be wonderful fulfillment.
More? Well, I guess we’ll have to talk.
Soon,
RR