Rick Dobbis

Rick Dobbis’ coaching practice is built on his long career as a global executive with multi-faceted experience in music, entertainment and family media and decades of work with creative artists and executives.

As a senior manager in large and small enterprises he has had success in markets across the world in all areas of business operation including management, finance, marketing, sales, team building and creative issues.

After years of working inside organizations as an executive, Rick decided to use his expertise, after getting certified as an ICF professional coach, with individuals, companies and institutions across the full range of challenges they face.

After leaving the corporate life Rick delved into filmmaking and family entertainment as a creator of IP and gained additional knowledge of the concerns of individuals and smaller teams competing in extremely complicated areas of endeavor. His film, Fire Bombers, won the History Channel award at the 2013 New York Television Festival where he was an official artist for 4 years running. He produced the full-length documentary A Bond Unbroken, released by Cinedigm and currently available on iTunes, Amazon and numerous other steaming services and wherever DVDs are sold. His family-oriented entertainment company myKaZootv, released albums by award winning artists, distributed by UMG. It also launched the first of its kind music oriented streaming channel for kids. And, he Executive Produced the TV series Jam Hotel, in partnership with Global Mechanic, a leading Vancouver based production house and WGBH, and sold to Netflix.

His wide range of hands on management in complicated situations and proven track record through economic growth as well as turbulent times and technological disruption enrich his coaching approach.

Focused on authenticity, emotional intelligence, deep inquiry, honest and respectful communication and intuitive listening-

--and then setting goals and achieving them, Rick works well with individuals and teams.

He can support and challenge C level executives, people in professional transition and high potentials seeking to develop

and improve their leadership and management skills. As a coach and consultant, he has advised the Rolling Stones, the executives of the Navy SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, Florida, the Magnetic Collective, a leading experiential marketing company, numerous individuals, and he career coaches for Flatiron School, a division of WeWork, coaching software engineers and data scientists.

Background

Rick earned his Bachelor of Science in Zoology at Syracuse University where he serves on the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board and was named Outstanding Alumnus of 2002.

He has taught as an adjunct Professor at New York University and has served on numerous non-profit boards.