A Skilled Facilitator

Founder of OnTheCrest, Peter Haskell is an organizational consultant and coach in Houston. Peter has worked as an associate with the Covey Leadership Center–Houston and is a certified Seven Habits Facilitator. In the past ten years he has focused on improving the work of teams, particularly conducting strategic, project, and action planning for intact teams. His clients have included Exxon Chemicals, Southwestern Bell, Mayflower Transit, Weyerhaeuser, and Shell Oil Company. Peter holds master’s degrees in information science from Rutgers University and organization development from Pepperdine University.

Keith Ritchey

An Expert in Business and Project Management

A business consultant who combines strong analytical skills with proven performance in innovating and building, Keith Ritchey has 35 years of experience in engineering, business development and the management of more than $3 billion worth of successful projects in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries. As a mentor, Keith, has taught and guided numerous individuals to move from idea to implementation. He emphasizes completeness of options, properly staged development and management of trade-offs using visual mapping tools such as Decision Trees, Gantt Charts and Polarity Diagrams. His motto is “wisdom in action.” Keith has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering, with extensive specialized and management training.

A seasoned business leader, Joel Ferguson has a broad background in all aspects of business operations and management. Joel has over 25 years of business experience, having served as private company CEO and CFO, licensed CPA and Managing Partner of the Houston office of an international CPA and consulting firm, certified mediator and arbitrator in business, community, and family disputes, experienced trainer and group facilitator in coaching and communications. Joel works directly with business owners and leadership teams to enhance organizational competence in execution of the business strategy. He is a graduate of Rice University and its Jones Graduate School of Management, with degrees in Economics, Management and Accounting.

GUY LEFLAR

Guy Leflar works with business organizations to help them build and retain a committed workforce. His belief is that the best quality work comes from intrinsic motivation rather than the series of rewards and punishments that are frequently used today, to obtain compliance. During his career, Guy has helped numerous companies build people systems (pay systems, career development systems, etc.) that support employees as they strive to produce excellence. These people systems enable employees to work, not for some manipulative incentive, but for an organization they are proud to be a part of and for their own personal sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.