Trainer
& Developer, Consultant, Presenter,
and Writer.
Richard (Rick) is called a "true
internationalist", born in
Toronto, Canada, and also raised
in Chicago, Illinois and London,
England. He subsequently has lived
and worked in 7 countries. He lives
with his wife and son in Muscat,
Oman. Current residence outside
Oman is Geneva, Switzerland and
Brisbane, Australia. He works worldwide.
Richard
has career experience with quality
companies such as Qantas, KLM, Dubai
Petroleum Company (Conoco) IATA
and Emirates Airlines. He has held
valued industry positions in Australia
such as Sales Representative, District
Sales Manager and Customer Relations
Manager. Rick was transferred to
Amsterdam in 1989 as Marketing &
Sales Trainer for KLM worldwide.
In 1997/8 he took a break to attend
university in Australia, in order
to extend his qualifications in
the field of training, development,
consumer relations, leadership,
and sales and marketing.
Richard
incorporates his valuable background
into appropriate training of middle
management to senior management
Leadership and Management subjects.
He believes in bringing innovative
and creative ideas to his training
that engage and enthuse his audiences
worldwide. He has delivered hundreds
of presentations, from small seminars,
and informal one to one sales presentations,
to large formal presentations for
up to five hundred guests. His credibility
in training subjects is through
actually experiencing them as a
manager during his career, and then
translating this experience into
successful delivery of presentations
and classes.
By
being in touch with the world around
him Richard can develop analogies
and 'themes' that his groups connect
with quickly and use to accelerate
and enhance their learning. Every
year he visits at least five top
global companies’ headquarters
abroad to assess their strategies
and methods of work in order to
keep himself relevant and up to
date. Richard observes, “There
are so many reference points around
us, and it is important to use them.”
He often quotes the old eastern
proverb, “I hear and forget,
I see and remember, but I do and
understand." His training is
highly interactive. He believes
in comprehension and application
from the training brought back in
the work place which makes his work
with groups more valuable to the
companies he works for.
Richard
Coles presents the popular management
radio show – “Lets Talk
Business” on 90.4 FM Radio
Sultanate of Oman at 3PM every Monday
and Thursday
Some
of his Educational & Professional
Qualifications Include:
