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We’re passionate about developing people into greater leaders and building better businesses for our clients.
Development in people and organizations essentially requires excellence and execution in four disciplines: consulting, planning, training and coaching. Clear Vision Development Group has mixed these four important disciplines into every program and service we offer. You already know developing people or a business is tough in any environment. Sustainable growth performance is what you are after. It requires the convergence of strategic choice and daily leadership of every person. Our goal is the result of a positive step toward this transformation in every interaction with our contacts and clients.
Our mission is to provide quality and diversified processes, tools, information and ideas that meet the needs of our clients in a local, statewide, regional, national and global economy.
Vision: We’re forward-thinking, we stretch horizons and challenge imaginations.
Customer Quality Focus: We listen to our customers and we live customer service.
Integrity: We follow-through on commitments and we assume responsibility in all interactions.
Communications & Influence: We actively listen and probe for new ideas and solutions.
Ownership: We trust each other and communicate pro-actively
Empowerment: We fully utilize all our resources and the diverse talents of our team to achieve success
Knowledge/Expertise/Intelligence: We possess and readily share all we are learning, which is a constant behavior to continually leverage more available knowledge, tools, processes and braintrust ability for ourselves and our clients.
Initiative/Speed: We are constantly trying to innovate and improve to deliver faster response and results for our clients. We anticipate chokepoints and always work toward new and better ways to do things.
Global Mind-Set: We are always aware of how every strategic choice effects our clients and our team for the future.
Tony Richards is founder and Senior Partner of Clear Vision Development Group The majority of his time is spent with his consulting clients in the areas of leadership growth, teaching & training individuals & teams and consulting with organizational leaders.
Drawing from over 29 years of management and leadership experience, Tony combines a unique insight of both theory, experience and execution. Prior to the inception of Clear Vision Development Group and related companies, Tony was instrumental in leading media groups and building winning teams in Kentucky and Missouri to record growth in their respective markets.
Tony has also served as the Consulting Strategist for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Mid-Missouri, the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri Board, a steering committee member of Leadership Columbia and a member of the Small Business Committee for the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and a co-founder and Board President of the Revolution, a local non-denominational church. Tony also led the training effort for the Columbia Chamber of Commerce’s 2011 & 2012 Leadership Columbia Programs and is signed on for the 2013 Edition.
A visionary, innovator, and gifted conceptual thinker, Tony excels in teaching the art and science of leadership. His belief in and commitment to the power of leadership and continual learning, is evident in his actions. Through Clear Vision Development Group, Tony is determined to help both the individuals and the organizations he consults reach their full potential in every area of leadership and management.
You can follow Tony on Twitter: @tonyrichards4
Ann Marie is a Senior Partner with Clear Vision Development Group. She consults in the area of strategy, talent development, and recruitment, with special emphasis on women in leadership.
Prior to joining Clear Vision Development Group, Ann Marie worked 15 years as a Consultant in the marketing field.She then acquired Horizon Research, and co-founded Word Marketing, with her efforts focused on thew riting and production of high-definition video projects.
Ann Marie is also a co-founder of the Revolution Church and is active in the Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
One of her favorite projects is Junior Leadership Columbia where she acts as Co-Chair for the 2012-2013 program. Ann Marie is honored to be part of teaching passionate young leaders the skills that will help them succeed as they go forth to lead the generations to come.
Ann Marie is committed to help her clients discover their vast potential within, and to help them develop it to the fullest.
You can follow Ann Marie on Twitter: @AnnMarieQ