Richard Palmer-Smith
Peak Coach Inc.
Denver, CO, United States
About
I started my first company at 16 years old and have started and run 5 successful companies since then. I love the entrepreneurial journey and helping others navigate it more reliably.
My greatest joy comes from helping others achieve more than they ever thought was possible. Along the way, we delete the chaos, grow profit and enterprise value, and give the leaders back the freedom they have earned.
Many of my teams 3x and 5x their revenues and profit. Some have 7x'd, 10x'd, and even 14x'd their success all while having a smoother running operation with clearer lines of accountability. Together, we don't just improve the lives of our people, we change their family trees.
Professional Highlights
I think that the question behind this section is: Am I qualified to help you?
I could rattle off the accomplishments of the companies that I have run over the past 30+ years... the results of the 70+ clients that I have worked with in the 800+ full-day session days with my clients, but that doesn't make me 'qualified', just experienced.
To my mind, the reason I'm qualified is that I know the feeling that you have had: lying awake on some random Wednesday night, in the hour of the wolf, and wonder how the hell I was going to make make payroll by Friday.
I couldn't talk to my wife about it. She loves me, and Lord knows she's heard me out on a million of my crazy ideas, but she couldn't solve this. Ditto for my friends. And I sure as hell couldn't talk to my team about it. Frankly, I didn't have ANYONE I could talk about it. I had to figure it out on my own. And I did. And I solved that level of oh-shit-figure-it-out-problems 10,000 more times over 30+ years. Am I qualified to help you? Yes. Yes, I am.
Personal Highlights
Frankly, I'd rather hear about your personal highlights. Let's talk.
Coaching Regions
US - West
Industry of Expertise
Accounting/Finance
Administrative/Clerical
Banking/Real Estate
Biotech/R&D/Science/Chemicals
Building/Construction
Coaching/Business Consulting
Computer/IT/Software Development
Creative/Design
Customer Support
Education/Training
Engineering
Food Services/Hospitality
Human Resources/Training/Development
Installation/Maintenance
Insurance
Legal Services
Logistics/Transportation
Manufacturing/Production/Operations
Marketing
Medical/Health
Retail
“Hiring Richard has been the single most transformative change to our business in nearly 15 years of operation. It's given us incredible clarity, alignment, accountability, measurability, and a systematic approach to our pursuit of a better, stronger, and more successful business. Under Richard’s guidance, we’ve built a real leadership team — one that truly owns its responsibility and is accountable for running the business. We’ve stopped shifting priorities, and everyone is truly rowing in the same direction with a great sense of purpose. I can’t recommend highly enough hiring Richard.”
-Drew Ungvarsky | CEO | Grow, Inc
“If you’re looking for true organizational clarity, team alignment, and a dynamic, engaging business coach or implementer that will provide your team with the powerful tools and accountability needed to grow strong together, Richard Palmer-Smith is your guy. Having just finished our first year of system implementation and fresh off the heels of our first two-day annual meeting, all seven members of our leadership team are seeing the same company, sharing one vision, and marching to the beat of one drum for the first time in our 20 year history. In relatively short order, our team's focus, performance, and overall team health has increased two-fold. Perhaps most important, we all wholeheartedly agree that hiring Richard to help us build the path that will take us from good to great, was without question the right choice.
-Tom Sunderland | CEO | Native Edge Landscapes
"Using Richard as our implementer was the single best decision we have made in the 12 years we have owned our business. Richard is a hard-driving professional who cares immensely about the people and the businesses he works with. He is intense about OUR business and I believe that is one of the key factors to how successful this has been for us over the past 15 months. I now know that EVERY member of my team knows where we are going. We have a leadership team that can handle every aspect of the business. Issues that might have languished for months are now brought to the surface and resolved on a weekly basis. And my stress and workload have been reduced immensely. I cannot recommend Richard strongly enough. If you are considering hiring him, the only thing I would say is “What it taking you so long?"
-Chris Alcorn | CEO | Alcorn Construction Services