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After a career in Bell Canada, where at the age of 27 he reached the third level of management as director of Sales in the company’s largest market, Art left a promising career to pursue his dream of making a difference in the way people were managed and led.
He founded The Achieve group whose unparalleled growth was due in large part to differentiating themselves from the consulting industry by aligning behind what proved to be a contagious brand promise, “WHEN THEORY IS NOT ENOUGH”. Not wanting to behave like an expert-based consultancy led to their creation of an innovative Service Quality Academy that triggered corporate resets in fortune companies such as Black and Decker, AMEX, and British Airways.
Art’s reputation as an innovative CEO, thought leader and best-selling author caught the attention of Times Mirror who acquired Achieve along with other leadership training companies.
A conglomerate called Achieve Global emerged as a dominant player. He served out a three-year noncompete agreement as executive Vice president and director of Times Mirror’s international training companies.
Art went on to build an executive retreat center north of Toronto ”Futures on Georgian” where for 15 years he hosted domestic and international senior teams.
Being an advocate of life-long learning. Art grew from an academy education at The Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering, to earning a mid-career (age 55) graduate degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Whitworth University, and finally Dr. R.A. “Art” McNeil received a doctoral degree in counseling.