Rich Mayhew founded The Mayhew Group in 1991 after a 20-year business career. His vision for TMG was to create development experiences for leaders that would significantly improve their ability to succeed in a complex and global environment.
Rich built his leadership experience through ten years as an operating manager in retail and corporate banking where he was responsible for financial control, risk management and relationship banking. He then spent another ten years leading organizational development and training functions at Bank of America. During this period he managed the development of matrix and distance leadership skills for international banking offices. Appointed as Vice President of Human Resource Development in
Rich has combined his experience as a general manager and as an international consultant to develop leadership programs that cross organizational, cultural and geographic boundaries. He conducted a Strategic Leadership program for Dow Corning that was delivered around the globe for culturally diverse executive groups. The program won the American Society for Training and Development’s 1999 Excellence in Practice citation. He has also conducted leadership programs globally for Disney’s Consumer Products Division. Additionally, Rich developed the first management development program for creative and production staff at Disney’s TV Animation division, as well as a leadership program for Disney’s ABC TV and Cable Networks Division. He also developed a program for a maquiladora plant in
As companies realign globally, he has assisted them in bringing cross-functional and globally diverse teams to high performance such as a culturally diverse group of East Asian managers in a
Rich serves as an adjunct faculty member with the Center for Creative Leadership, the largest developer of leadership talent in the
He has served on the boards of the Professional Coaches and Mentors Association and the Organizational Development Network and has presented at their conferences.
Rich holds a B.A. in finance and has completed the graduate level Advanced Organizational Development Program at
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Rich lives in
He is on the board of directors of the Pat Rincon Dance Collective www.rincondance.org
He is also on the board of directors of the Red Lotus Society www.redlotussociety.org, an organization dedicated to a more peaceful and sustainable world through the practice of conscious movement and meditation.
Music is his passion.