Senior Vice President
Rich Wellins is a Senior Vice President for Development Dimensions International (DDI).
Rich is responsible for launching DDI’s new products and services, leading DDI’s Center for Applied Behavioral Research (CABER) and its major research projects and developing and executing DDI’s global marketing strategy. Rich has spearheaded DDI’s bi-annual research on best practices in leadership development and talent acquisition on a global scale.
An expert on leadership development, employee engagement and talent management, Rich has written for more than 40 publications and published six books, including Empowered Teams, Inside Teams, and Reengineering’s Missing Ingredient. He has made over 100 presentations at numerous professional conferences around the world and is a judge for CNBC’s Asian Business Leaders Award.
Thought Leadership
- Frequent presenter at conferences worldwide, including the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the Conference Board, HR Root (China) and the Singapore Training and Development Association.
- Presenter at the 2008 ASTD International Conference and Exposition, on “Taking Your Leadership Pipeline Global: What Really Works!”
- Co-author, Global Leadership Forecast 2008-2009, Overcoming the Shortfalls in Developing Leaders
- Co-author, The CEO's Guide to: Talent Management
- Co-author, Empowered Teams, Inside Teams, and Reengineering’s Missing Ingredient
- Podcasts:
- Is a regular blogger for DDI's Blog, Talent Management Intelligence
Career Highlights
- Chair of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition, 2008.
- Serves as a judge for CNBC’s Asian Business Leaders Award.
- Works with numerous clients including Nissan, Infosys, COFCO and Sunrise Health.
- Initiation of DDI’s workforce expansion capabilities, introduction of the world’s leading team-based training program, and spearheading the formation and rapid growth of DDI’s global account program and launching an award-winning integrated knowledge management system.
- Before he joined DDI, Rich served as senior research psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Institute and as an assistant professor at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.
- Rich joined DDI in 1981 as marketing manager. Since then he has served as vice president for DDI’s Southern Region, senior vice president of research and product development, and head of global accounts.
Education and Credentials
- Doctorate in Social/Industrial Psychology from American University in Washington, D.C.
- Member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
- Member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- Member and past board representative of the Instructional Systems Association
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