Who We Are
We are a premier executive coaching and business advisory firm dedicated to maximizing leadership potential, strengthening teams, and shaping strategies that drive meaningful and sustained success.
We blend industry expertise with a human-centered approach, ensuring our clients are equipped to lead with confidence in an ever-changing world. When working with the Verdant Leadership Group, you gain more than a consulting service; you gain a partner dedicated to your growth.
Our People
Our team is composed of seasoned executive coaches, strategic advisors, and leadership development experts, each bringing a wealth of experience across industries. Rather than a traditional firm structure, we operate as a collaborative network of independent professionals, allowing us to assemble the right expertise for each client’s unique needs. This model ensures that every engagement is led by highly skilled practitioners with deep business acumen, emotional intelligence, and a shared commitment to transformative leadership. While we may not all sit under the same roof, we are united by a common purpose: to help leaders, teams, and organizations flourish.
Values
Collaboration & Co-Creation
We work side by side with our clients, designing solutions that are customized, practical, and actionable.
Transformation Beyond Productivity
We foster continuous development, helping leaders and teams purposefully flourish.
Integrity
Our clients rely on us as a steadfast partner, offering confidentiality, honesty, and strategic counsel with their best interests in mind.
Excellence
We are committed to delivering insights that drive performance, innovation, and long-term success.
Meet the Founder: Rick DeJarnette
The driving force behind Verdant Leadership Group, Rick is passionate about helping leaders navigate complexity with confidence and build organizations where people and ideas thrive. His vision is to cultivate bold, authentic leadership that achieves immediate results while building the capacity for ongoing growth and resilience, to foster human flourishing.
With over 15 years of management consulting experience and a decade as an executive coach, Rick has guided organizations of all sizes — from Fortune 500 companies and global financial institutions to innovative startups and public sector agencies — through complex transformations across industries like technology, healthcare, finance, hospitality, big law, and government.
Prior to founding Verdant, Rick worked for several organizations, including Deloitte Consulting and The Center for Creative Leadership. He holds an MBA from the University of Colorado and a leadership coaching certification from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership. He is a PCC certified coach with the International Coaching Federation, certified in SAFe Agile methodology, and is a Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) through the Association of Change Management Professionals.
Beyond his work with Verdant, Rick serves as an Executive-In-Residence at the University of Richmond and volunteers to support the professional and personal development of people in underserved communities.
Rick lives in Richmond, VA, with his two boys, who would like him to publicly acknowledge that there are zero “real” plants in their home despite the name Verdant.
Let’s work together.
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