About Rich Williams

40 years of experience helping leaders, organizations, and individuals be brilliant at the basics.

Meet Rich Williams

Rich Williams is an author, a professional speaker, trainer, and coach. His gift is to take the complicated and break it down to the understandable. He is a dynamic and passionate speaker that brings it all together with humor. He has spoken all over Florida and has provided leadership, sales, human resources, and business training for his clients.

Rich lives in St. Petersburg Florida with his wife of 35 years, Mary. They have raised four boys together. Rich has his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska. He also has his SPHR and his SHRM–SCP.

Rich Williams has been in the Human Resources/Recruiting world for the last twenty years. He has worked for two national companies where he ran multiple branches ranging from 5–18 offices. During that time, he led or co-led the Sales and Leadership training for both organizations. This was when he began to understand why being brilliant at the basics was so important.

Rich Williams presenting at a conference

Credentials & Background

Education

B.S. in Business Administration, University of Nebraska

Certification

SPHR — Senior Professional in Human Resources

Certification

SHRM-SCP — Senior Certified Professional

Experience

40+ years in business, leadership, sales, and HR

Location

St. Petersburg, Florida

Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent book by Rich Williams

Now Available on Amazon & Kindle

Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent

Ten Ways to Ensure You Have Great People

Rich is the author of the book "Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent" Ten Ways to Ensure You Have Great People. He wrote the book because of being in the staffing industry for so many years and hearing his clients asking how he was able to find the exact right person and they were not. Hopefully, this book will help you find and retain some great people of your own. You can get Rich's book on Amazon and Kindle.

Leading Well — Self-Care Strategies for Leaders by Rich Williams

New Release — Now Available

Leading Well

Self-Care Strategies for Leaders

Leadership is demanding — and sustainable leadership starts with taking care of yourself. In Leading Well, Rich draws on 40+ years of experience to share practical self-care strategies that help leaders stay energized, focused, and effective for the long haul.

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