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Rick Crossland

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Scaling Up Certified Coach at Scaling Up
📍 Dublin, Ohio, United States

Rick Crossland is the CEO of A Player Advantage and a certified Scaling Up Coach with over 37 years of experience. An expert in building high-performance teams, he helps companies grow by recruiting and developing top talent. He holds an MBA from Duke Universitys Fuqua School of Business.

Outside of his professional coaching, Rick enjoys photography and has mentioned taking photos with his new camera. He often uses analogies from football and insights from famous coaches like Vince Lombardi to illustrate his business principles and drive home points about leadership and high performance.

He is the author of the book "The A Player, " which outlines his unique and proven approach to talent development.

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Current Role
Scaling Up Certified Coach
Location
Dublin, Ohio, United States
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Topics Rick cares about

A Player Talent
This is the core of his professional brand and book. He focuses on helping companies recruit, develop, and retain the top 10% of talent in their industry.
Scaling Up Framework
As a certified coach, he implements the Scaling Up methodology, focusing on people, strategy, execution, and cash to help mid-market companies achieve significant growth.
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Career

Work history

Scaling Up Certified Coach
Scaling Up
2-2014
CEO-A Player Advantage LLC-A Player Leadership Development & Executive Recruitment
A Player Advantage
1-2017
Author
The A Player
12-2007
Owner
Winners' Edge, LLC
10-2005 - 8-2007
Director of Marketing
Bath & Body Works
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Media appearances

Scaling Up Certified Coach Rick Crossland - A Player Advantage. Featured in A Player Advantage
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Rick Crossland - Scaling Up Coaches. Featured in Scaling Up Coaches (official coach directory)
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Education
1990 - 1992
MBA
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
1984 - 1988
BA
University of Delaware
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