Curtis Rippee

Curtis Rippee is an entrepreneur, Certified EOS Implementer, and founder of Live & Lead by Design. Over more than three decades in business and leadership, he has started and helped start multiple companies, advised entrepreneurial teams, and guided leaders through seasons of growth, transition, and change.

His work is centered on helping leaders gain clarity, build healthier teams, strengthen meaningful relationships, and move toward a more intentional way to live and lead.

Where Curtis Is Leading

Explore the ventures and organizations Curtis is building, guiding, and serving through today.

Certified EOS Implementer®

A CLEARER WAY TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS.

More clarity. More traction. More freedom.

Curtis helps entrepreneurial leadership teams implement EOS so they can align around a shared vision, execute with greater discipline, and build a healthier organization.

10+ years using EOS
30+ companies served
400+ session days
Built and exited an EOS-run company
Transformational One-on-One Coaching

Guidance for leaders carrying real weight.

Personal coaching for business owners, executives, and organizational leaders who want a trusted guide as they navigate growth, transition, pressure, relationships, and the deeper questions of leadership.

You already know how to lead; the experience, the track record, the tools. What's usually missing isn't another tactic but a clear read on yourself. What's driving your decisions? What are you leading from when the pressure is on?

Sessions run once or twice a month and are one-on-one. You bring your reality, and your coach brings curiosity and presence. Between sessions, your coach stays available as things come up.

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Speaking

Practical wisdom for leaders, teams, and communities.

Practical, story-driven talks for leadership teams, business groups, conferences, churches, and community gatherings on leadership, purpose, organizational health, and living with greater intention.

Curtis speaks from thirty years of leading, being led, and learning most of it the hard way. What he brings is real experience — his own, and that of the people he has walked alongside — told through story rather than theory, so the ideas stay with people long after the room clears. Every talk is shaped for the group in front of him, and the season they are actually in.

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