ABOUT
Built for Change That Has to Work
Change succeeds when leaders, people, systems, and daily work move together.
Rise Up Leadership helps organizations turn change plans into sustained performance. We diagnose barriers, align leaders, strengthen workforce capability, and build practical operating rhythms that teams can maintain after the engagement ends.
Our work combines change management, executive leadership, organizational learning, Agile ways of working, and more than 20 years of experience leading in environments where execution matters. The goal is simple: clearer priorities, stronger ownership, better decisions, and change that lasts.
Lessons from Experience
Eric Risner
Eric Risner is an executive leader, change practitioner, and workforce development strategist who helps organizations turn strategy into sustained execution. He brings more than 20 years of leadership experience from the U.S. Coast Guard, where he retired as a Master Chief after leading people, operations, readiness, and organizational change in demanding environments.
His work connects change management, leadership development, workforce capability, and practical execution. Eric helps leaders clarify priorities, strengthen ownership, prepare people for new ways of working, and build the systems and habits that allow change to last.
Eric holds an MA in Executive Leadership and a BA in Leadership and Workforce Development. His credentials include Prosci Change Management, PMI-ACP, SAFe Practice Consultant, Professional Scrum Master I, and Resilience-Building Leadership Professional Trainer.
He founded Rise Up Leadership on the belief that people perform at their best when leaders create clarity, trust, accountability, and room to grow. His values—Radiate, Innovate, Serve, and Endure—shape both the work and the way it is delivered.
HOW WE WORK
Rise Up Leadership works with organizations where change must continue while the work continues. Each engagement begins with the business problem and the conditions affecting execution.
Services may include:
• Executive and leadership advisory
• Change strategy, readiness, and adoption
• Leadership and RBLP training
• Management and team execution workshops
• Workforce capability and organizational learning
Delivery is available virtually, on site, or through a blended approach. Start with a focused conversation about what is changing, where execution is getting stuck, and what better performance needs to look like.
