Rick Kirschner

Dr. Rick Kirschner is a communications expert, bestselling author, business trainer, internationally known speaker, blogger, and coach. He helps 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 Argonne National Laboratory, Heineken, Kraft, McDonalds, NASA, National Association of Neonatal Nurses, Providence and Carolinas HealthCare 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 books and audio, the 'Insider's Guide To The Art Of Persuasion', and 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 most recent book, ''How To Click With People: The Secret To Better Relationships In Business And In Life' is about turning contacts into connections, connections into relationships and relationships into results. 'Dealing With People You Can't Stand' (Kirschner, Brinkman, McGraw Hill 2012) is now in its third revised edition, with 3 new chapters, plus a refresh of the rest of the content to keep the material current.Dr. Kirschner is on the faculty of the Institute for Management Studies, and is a thought leader with Athena Online and with the CanDoGo learning system. He is adjunct faculty with the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, where he teaches a five day intensive course on Healthy Communication (Psyc 604) to incoming freshmen.He blogs fresh content each week on ideas and strategies to increase influence and improve persuasive interactions, plus offers his insights into world events, technology and politics as related to persuasive communication. More info at TheArtofChange.com