Soar With Eagles - About Rick

   Rick Houcek –strategic planning coach, self-motivation
   workshop leader, keynote speaker, CEO coach, and
   author – is president of Soar With Eagles Enterprises, a
   company with a singular purpose: To provide high-octane, world-class strategic planning systems for business and life -- helping ambitious leaders, teams and individuals achieve extraordinary results. He does this 4 primary ways:  (1) facilitating strategic planning
   retreats for small and mid-size companies using his dynamic,
   accountability-driven Power Planning™ process, (2) leading
   self-motivation workshops that teach ambitious individuals
   a focused program for strategic life planning with his
   powerful Passion Planning™ model, (3) delivering high-energy
keynote speeches on leadership and self-motivational themes, and (4) offering books
and tapes as self learning tools for success-driven winners. Rick is also President of Power Planning LLC, that certifies the Power Planning strategic retreat model to consultants and business coaches.

Former Corporate President

Ross Roy Advertising, an Atlanta ad agency and division of the
$700 million Ross Roy Group.
Former clients (during full ad career) include Pizza Hut, The Athlete’s
Foot, Hallmark Cards, Domino’s Pizza, Butler Buildings, 7-Eleven,
Harlem Globetrotters, Royce Electronics, and The Georgia Dome.

CEO Coach

Former Group Chairman for Vistage International, the world’s leading
think tank for 14,000+ owners, presidents and CEOs in 15 countries. Led CEO
roundtables for 10 years.
Has conducted more than 6,500 hours of one-on-one coaching
with CEOs and entrepreneurs.

Strategic Planning Coach / Facilitator

Has led 220+ high-stakes, offsite, strategic planning retreats for small and mid-size companies with his proprietary Power Planning Strategic Retreat process. [For more detail on Rick's strategic planning facilitation services, click on "Strategic Planning" on left-side blue menu.]

Keynote Speaker / Workshop Leader

Has performed 530+ live keynote speeches and workshop presentations to audiences of all sizes in the U.S., Canada, England and Scotland, on high-achievement, peak-performance, and success themes like: strategic planning that drives action, high-integrity leadership, effective personal goal setting, discovering your life mission, passions, and core values, using positive affirmations for advantage, and other self-motivation and team-excellence subjects. [For more detail on Rick's presentations, click on both "Keynote Speeches" and "Self Motivation Workshop" on left-side blue menu.]

Recognition

Who’s Who Among U.S. Executives
Who’s Who in Georgia
Who’s Who Among American Student Leaders (college)
2003 Vistage UK Overseas Speaker of the Year (Vistage is an international
organization of 14,000 CEOs)
Member of “The 200 Club” – one of 48 top international speakers
(out of thousands) who has given 200+ speeches to Vistage CEO
roundtables

Books Click Here to Buy

(Co-Author) "Getting Things Done: Keys To A Successful Business"
(Co-Author) “Success Is A Decision Of The Mind”
(Co-Author) “Leadership Defined”
(Co-Author) “Conversations On Success”
(Co-Author) "The Power Of Motivation"
(Co-Author) "Mission Possible!"
(Co-Author) "Speaking Out!"

Newsletters

(Creator / Publisher) "High-Voltage Leadership Letter"
(Creator / Publisher) "2-Minute Monday Motivator"
(Creator / Publisher) "Leadership Success Strategies"
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Founder

Association of Forward Thinking Companies

School

Graduate, University of Missouri, Bachelor of Journalism (Advertising)

Personal

Rick is married to his soul mate, has awesome grown twins,
and has 4 fanatical life passions: (1) his family, (2) his personal health
and fitness, (3) helping others prosper through his business, and
(4) playing competitive baseball on a traveling men’s senior team.