Interview with Dr. Richard Strand

Developing the Visionary Leader Around You!

Join The Chair Academy's Executive Director, Dr. Richard Strand as he discusses the urgency for visionary leaders in education. Richard will discuss how The Chair Academy supports the reality that great vision and great leaders must be developed around you, as well as within you.

Dr. Richard Strand serves as the Executive Director of The Chair Academy headquartered in Mesa Arizona, an organization that has offered world-class, competency-based, leadership development programs for college and university leaders since 1992. Previously, Richard served as the owner and chief executive of Richard & Associates, a company dedicated to developing leadership talent in organizations globally and enhancing the climate of employee engagement.

Richard has had two highly successful careers as a leadership practitioner. As a commissioned officer in the United States Army he successfully commanded at the company, battalion and brigade level in addition to holding increasingly responsible staff positions as a general staff officer assigned to Headquarters US Army Europe, the Joint Staff and as the Special Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.