Robert Rich
Managing Principal
Ithaca Consulting Group
Robert Rich is the Managing Principal of the Ithaca Consulting Group and provides consulting, coaching, and training services in the areas of organizational change, diversity and inclusion, and labor-management partnerships. The Ithaca Consulting Group is comprised largely of professionals and affiliates who have worked together at Cornell University for many years, applying principles of participation to change processes. The group’s principals are experienced facilitators, mediators, and workshop presenters, who maintain their affiliations with Cornell and continue to conduct research collaborations with faculty there.
During Robert’s 20+ year tenure as a member of Cornell’s extension faculty with the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, he has held a variety of positions focused on job creation and professional development with his most recent experience coming as a member of the University’s Organizational Change Group. In this role, Robert and his team supported “change initiatives” with a variety of institutions and organizations through the application of participatory action research and the development of “working strategies.” Robert’s particular expertise relates to the use of group processes in the context of organizational change initiatives.
A codeveloper of the “Day 1” initiative with his collaboration partner Chris Ragland of Axxiom LLC, Robert is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations where he continues to teach change management, diversity, and organizational classes in addition to his work with the Ithaca Consulting Group.
