Rich Diviney

Rich Diviney draws upon 20+ years of experience as a Navy SEAL Officer where he completed more than 13 overseas deployments – 11 of which were to Iraq and Afghanistan. Throughout his career, he has achieved multiple leadership positions, including as Commanding Officer of a SEAL Team Six Command.

Upon his retirement from the military, Diviney started working as a speaker, facilitator, and consultant with the Chapman & Co. Leadership Institute and Simon Sinek Inc. to teach corporate teams how to become a high-performing team.

During his military career, Diviney was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. Through years of observation, he learned to identify a successful recruit's core attributes, the innate traits for how a person performs as an individual and as part of a team. He understands that once you build a high-performing team, you must also know how to move through stress and uncertainty to become resilient. That same methodology can be used by anyone in their personal or professional lives.

In 2021, he launched his first book: “The Attributes,” 25 hidden drivers of optimal performance. He also launched his own consulting business, The Attributes Inc, and developed the revolutionary selection technique, The Attributes Discovery, to help organizations select and assess the right people and form the best teams. His second book, “Masters of Uncertainty” was released in February 2025. Diviney resides with his wife and two children in Virginia Beach, VA, USA.