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About Al Ritter
Al Ritter is founder and president of The Ritter Consulting Group. He has consulted for the past 20 years to thousands of people across many industries, in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. He provides world class expertise in -
- Leadership and team development
- Strategy development and implementation
- Culture change
- Management of large scale change
Al works with leaders and teams who are committed to the extraordinary-to achieving real breakthroughs in their own and their organization's performance. He has a proven track record of producing teams, leaders and organizations which consistently generate results beyond what even they thought possible.
“We now see possibilities we never saw before. Most importantly, we now implement effectively, so our results are at a whole new level.” -Bob Smith
Head of R&D, Nabisco
He has a unique understanding of what it takes to become a champion, based on his extensive consulting, corporate and sports background. Before becoming a consultant in 1988, Al spent 18 years in corporate leadership positions with Citicorp, Swift & Company, and PepsiCo.
Since 1988, Mr. Ritter has led numerous engagement teams both in the United States and overseas, in pharmaceuticals, the car/truck industry, foods, energy, utilities, paper products, mining, retail, package goods, insurance, banking, and several non-profits.
Mr. Ritter received an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth and his BA from the University of Connecticut.
He is a member of the Institute of Management Consulting, the Mount St. Joseph Association, and Toastmasters International, and has served on numerous non-profit boards. Mr. Ritter is a long-time sports enthusiast, currently participating in triathlons, and previously playing college and semi-pro baseball and basketball.
Some of Al Ritter's Major Accomplishments
- Developed the collective alignment process that has helped many clients effectively implement strategy, with dramatic, across the board improvement in bottom line performance.
- Coached numerous CEOs and organizational leaders to reach breakthroughs in their own performance and the performance of their team and company.
- Recognized for his expertise in high performance leadership, teams and strategy.
- As CFO of Swift & Company, was part of the three person team that transformed the company over a two year period to reach the top tier in food industry ROA.