Rick Kirschner

Rick Kirschner: Profile

As a motivational speaker and communication skills trainer, Dr. Kirschner delivers artful programs on Business, Relationships and Life that are ideal for your event. In venues ranging from conference halls to boardrooms to grand theaters, with groups as large as 6000 attendees or as small as 4 executives in an off the beaten track locale, he helps his audience find the personal motivation and learn the needed skills to do the important work today for creating a better tomorrow.

In 1994, McGraw Hill published the first edition of his coauthored book, Dealing With People You Can't Stand: How To Bring Out The Best In People At Their Worst. That book went on to to a second edition in 2002, and is now an international bestseller, in two editions and 20 translations. It is used by a wide range of businesses and in colleges and universities to teach the basics of conflict resolution.

In 2007, he authored two books and an 8 CD audio as part of a comprehensive program, Insider's Guide To The Art of Persuasion, through Talk Natural Press. That same year, he was hired by the Ashland City Council to conduct a five month series of training and coaching sessions designed to increase their leadership effectiveness. Word of this project made the national news, including a mention on Keith Oberman's Countdown that named him the Second Best Person In The World.

2007 also marked his first publishing contract with Hyperion Books. His new book is in bookstores now, titled How To Click With People: The Secret To Better Relationships In Business And In Life. In January of 2011, Macmillan Audio released the audiobook version of Rick's coauthored international bestseller, Dealing With People You Can't Stand: How To Bring Out The Best In People At Their Worst.

Clients include the world's best known organizations, from Heineken to NASA to Progressive Insurance to the National Association for Neonatal Nurses to Starbucks to Texas Instruments. He's been interviewed on hundreds of radio and television programs, including CNBC, FOX and CBC. His ideas are found in newspapers and magazines including USA Today, London Times, The Wall Street Journal and Executive Excellence.