Rick has been in demand for the past fifteen years as a confidential adviser to many of today’s most senior executives and is extensively connected within the global business and leadership communities. 

Few career business executives have proven they can deliver sustained next-level revenue and profit growth at different companies, of different sizes, in different industries, and in tough times. Fewer have a track record of growing leaders as a primary strategy. Fewer still are servant leaders who have demonstrated an ability to help other senior leaders grow their businesses and experience personal growth by drawing on first-hand experience from the front lines. And just a very few can also translate lessons from business into memorable leadership lessons that can help learners at any age.

Rick Miller is one of the very few.

Rick began his career in 1980 as a sales trainee in the tech industry working for Sperry Corporation. There he learned important lessons about relationships, accountability, and constant change. Rick developed skills as a turnaround specialist and rose to serve as a Division VP/GM for the North America Division.

Rick left Sperry in 1995 to serve as a Corporate Officer at AT&T, running a “long-lines” unit—he was AT&T’s first outside recruit for that position in 100 years. Rick’s team tripled the growth rate to 15% and held it for three years as they built a robust $5B unit. Rick was then promoted to President of Global Services.

In 2000, Rick was recruited by the internet start-up, Opus 360, to serve as President and COO. During the market crash of 2000, Rick’s team completed a successful IPO while dramatically increasing revenue and profit.

Then in 2002, Rick was recruited as the first hire of a newly appointed Lucent Technologies CEO to turnaround sales at the $21B telecommunications provider. After the company returned to profitability, Rick was asked to serve as President of Lucent’s Government unit, which became the fastest-growing unit at Lucent for the next three years.

Since 2008 when he founded BEING CHIEF LLC, Rick has worked confidentially with senior leaders across many industries including hi-tech, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, automotive, media services, financial services, and in non-profit organizations. The result is always growth.

Rick also has a long track record of community service. He founded a non-profit organization, The Balance & Stretch Center, to help other non-profits be more effective. As President and CEO, he led the development of products used by other non-profits to help children with diabetes. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Joslin Diabetes Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, where he raised millions of dollars. He has spent countless hours volunteering at the Barton Center for Children with Diabetes, teaching business leadership at Syracuse University’s Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans and working with therapists stretching the muscles of children with cerebral palsy in a heated pool at a Rehabilitation Center. 

In 2023, Rick was recognized by College Sports Communicators (CSC) for a lifetime of professional success and community service with induction into the All-America® Hall Of Fame.

Rick enjoys learning something from everyone he meets, and feels he has something to share with everyone in return. 

Rick earned a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University and an MBA from Columbia. He currently lives in Marblehead, MA.