The Art of Change, LLC

About The Art of Change, LLC

The Art of Change Skills for Life programs are presented by Dr. Rick Kirschner, a communications expert, bestselling author, business trainer, internationally known speaker, blogger, and coach, in order to help individuals and organizations embrace change, resolve conflict and improve communication. His entertaining, motivational and idea-packed speeches, training and coaching sessions have been called a life-changing experience by his clients.

Dr. Rick Kirschner has presented to and consulted with many of the world's best known organizations, including Heineken, NASA, Providence Health Systems, Starbucks, Texas Instruments and numerous others to not only make their events memorable and entertaining but also to bring about positive change in the lives of their managers and employees.

Dr. Rick Kirschner is also the author of the comprehensive communication training book,Insider's Guide To The Art Of Persuasion, besides other bestselling books including the coauthored work and international bestseller, Dealing With People You Can't Stand: How To Bring Out The Best In People At Their Worst. His next book, due in 2010 from Hyperion Press, is about building connections with people, with ideas, with groups and in groups.

He is on the faculty of the Institute for Management Studies, and a Thought Leader with Athena Online. He provides training through the CanDoGo learning system. He is adjunct faculty with the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM), where he teaches a five day intensive course on Healthy Communication (Psyc 604) to incoming freshmen.

He blogs three days a week on ideas and strategies to increase influence and improve persuasive interactions, plus offers his insights into world events and politics as related to persuasive communication.