Our People
Teri Riddle, Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Role at Crossland
Teri builds meaningful relationships to enable leaders and teams to achieve tangible results. She spends her time searching for opportunities to build vibrant private companies and social sector organizations that wisely use resources to sustain a thriving global economy. At Crossland, Teri surrounds herself with amazing colleagues who continually challenge her and make her a more effective leader.
Expertise
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Surfacing collaborative opportunities at the intersections of the public and private sector
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Translating linkages between strategy and execution
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Designing customized solutions for senior leadership teams to optimize their desired impact
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Developing business strategy and managing disciplined implementation
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Assessing and communicating social and business impact
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Coaching leaders to do their highest and greatest value work
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Leading and managing large-scale change initiatives to deliver tangible business results
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Enabling deep transformation at the individual and organizational level
Experience
Business Model Innovation: has a proven track record for helping leaders transform and sustain their business by provoking them to track trends and anticipate future possibilities.
Partnership and Leadership Strategy: twenty years of consulting experience enabling teams and individuals to build collaborative partnerships and leadership capability.
Business Management: founder and CEO of Crossland Group, former CEO of a Home Health and Hospice organization, nurising home administrator, and a bank Operations Officer
Global Leadership: works in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the Americas to transfer knowledge to leaders at all levels who hail from a cross-cultural market base.
Strategic Combinations: works with companies to define options for consolidation, mergers, and/or acquiring new capabilities and businesses.
Representative Clients
The Boeing Company; Junior Achievement Worldwide; IBM; Accordia Global Health Foundation; African Capacity Building Foundation; British Telecom; Bath Iron Works; the African Development Bank; First Data Resources; Engenderhealth; WITNESS; the World Bank Group; BlackRock IFC; Management Sciences for Health; and various global governments.
Education
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B.A. in Business Management from University of New Hampshire
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MBA with a concentration in International Business from Boston University
Little-Known Facts
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Loves to sail the open seas
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Sixth sense is the ability to spot a bargain—anywhere, anytime
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Still has a strong desire to sing in a band someday
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Has traveled to more than seventy-five countries and racked up over 1.5 million frequent flyer miles