Richard L. Hughes

Richard L. Hughes received a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a master's degree from the University of Texas, and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Wyoming. He was a professor at the Air Force Academy, including ten years as head of its Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. He then moved to the Air Force Academy's Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), where his work focused on senior executive leadership; specifically, strategic leadership and organizational culture change. He helped create the Center for Creative Leadership’s organizational leadership development program. In 2007, he was appointed the newly-created position of Transformation Chair at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Hughes was the senior author of the textbook Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience. He also co-authored Becoming a Strategic Leader: Your Role in Your Organization’s Enduring Success (2005).