About Rick Maher
Richard D. ("Rick") Maher is a veteran of the human resources industry, and a recognized leader in the fields of managing organizational change and the strategic management of human capital.
Over a career spanning nearly 30 years, he has helped to guide many notable change initiatives for clients in both the public and private sectors.
Maher has been at the forefront of workforce training and education system transformation and policy guidance – working throughout the United States and internationally.
He helped to design and deploy the United States Department of Labor’s first online Community of Practice, to build capacity of both workforce and educational professionals.
In the private sector, Maher has consulted on talent development issues with some of the world's largest enterprises, including Goldman Sachs, Time Warner, Schering-Plough, AOL, TD Ameritrade, Cox Communications, and more.
He has been the keynote speaker at numerous conferences in the U.S. and abroad. His October 2012 presentation to a gathering of leaders from three (3) continents and twelve (12) countries at St. George’s College at Windsor Castle, England featured his ideas about "talent as the new global currency" and the importance of education in building agile individuals, organizations, and communities.
Following the sale of his management consulting practice, Maher & Maher, in 2017, Rick set out to apply his uncommon experience as a change practitioner to leading Adaptive Human Capital’s important work to better understand the critical elements of agile human systems and help to develop skills in individuals, organizations, and communities to help them thrive through uncertain times.
Mr. Maher is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), the Association of Talent Development (ATD), and PSI CHI (the International Honor Society in Psychology).
He holds a BA in Business Administration and a MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
