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By RDG Director of Innovation and Research Doug Radcliff My hometown in the United States, Hendersonville, North Carolina, was recently...

Profiles in Leadership: Helen Cauthen By RDG Principal Ellie Dunavant Resource Development Group (RDG) recently completed a successful...

By RDG CEO Clint Nessmith It was a privilege to once again attend ACCE's Annual Conference. Thank you to ACCE for their seamless...

Maureen Krauss: Profiles in Leadership By RDG Principal Amy Curtis RDG has a long history of working with Maureen Krauss. Today, we are...

By RDG Principal Amy Curtis RDG started working with Monique Claiborne and Greater Portland Inc in 2022. This engagement included both a...

RDG is excited to add Brent Jonas and Ellie Dunavant to our team! Brent comes to us after most recently serving as COO of Sustain SC. He...

By RDG Principal Amy Curtis “All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.”...

“Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.” -Joseph E. Stiglitz RDG is pleased to welcome...

By: RDG CEO Clint Nessmith “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the...

By RDG Senior Counsel Rob Radcliff “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got” -Henry Ford...

By RDG Senior Counsel Rob Radcliff “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got” -Henry Ford At...

By: RDG Senior Counsel Rob Radcliff What a roller coaster we have been on the past few years. I’ve been thinking a lot about 2022 and...

We are pleased to announce long-time principals Clint Nessmith and Matt Chambers will be transitioning to leadership roles as founders...

We are very pleased to announce that Lindsay Bensko has joined the RDG team. Lindsay brings 15-years of experience working in investor...

A Revolutionary Pivot or an Unscalable Experiment? By RDG Principal Matthew Chambers Only have ten seconds? The pandemic continues to...

RDG's INTERVIEW SERIES A Conversation with Dr. Anna Lebesch about Talent Development By RDG Principal Clint Nessmith Resource Development...

Last month as I watched the first half of the Super Bowl come to an end with the Patriots trailing by 21 points, I turned to the group...

Principal and Co-Owner Clint Nessmith provides our blog for this edition of RDG Interactive. I was recently at Pat Danahy’s retirement...

I’m not talking about the upcoming inaugural College Football Playoffs, although that is pretty silly right now!  I’m talking about the...

As one of the top three thoroughbreds of all time, Secretariat was in a class by himself. In fact, no other horse has ever run 1 1/2...