Rich Hurst travels throughout North America training leaders in the areas of planning and organizational development, with special focus on creating the environments and structures which engender healthy and productive staff relationships. Rich has served as board member or consultant to businesses and non-profits in the fields of health care, relief and development, food service, education, publishing, and telecom. He is a popular leader, encourager, humorist, and dynamic speaker with a client list that includes the Chickasaw Nation, Georgetown University, U.S. Air Force, AOL, Health South, David C. Cook Publishing, the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Rich has published eight books. He has become a recognized authority in several fields and in 1993, the book Giving the Ministry Away: Empowering Adults for Effective Leadership, which he co-authored, was named the “Leader’s Book of the Year” by a national leadership association. His other books include Calling (Dreamtime, 1997) with Frank Tillapaugh; Intimacy: The Search for Significance (Cook, 1997); Courage to Connect (Cook, 2001); Getting Real (NavPress, 2000) with Ken Baugh; The Quest (Group, 2004) with Ken Baugh; and a children’s book called The Goodnight Thing (Red Door Press, 2006). Rich has been published in Christianity Today, Discipleship Journal, Enrichment Journal, SAM Journal, Presbyterian Today, Group Magazine and numerous papers. Rich has served on the staff of key organizations in America. He holds a Masters degree from Fuller Graduate School. Rich and his wife Kim, an author and consultant as well, live with their two daughters in Virginia. |
