Richmond has appointed highly-credentialed leadership expert Gerard Murphy as a consultant.

Murphy, a Leading Teams founder, worked with Geelong periodically from the first of their three premiership years until the end of the 2014 season, started with the Tigers last week.

He will work with the Club's players and coaches as a part-time consultant and will assist in the assembly of the 2015 leadership group.

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"He's got a lot of experience and a good track record, not only at Geelong," said Richmond General Manager of Football, Dan Richardson.

"With the credibility and success from a club like Geelong, it appealed to us to have someone with that level of credibility."

Murphy has also worked with Super 15 team the Wellington Hurricanes, the New Zealand Breakers basketball team and the Australian rowing team, as well as a range of UK sporting organisations including West Ham United and the Great Britain Olympic team.

Richardson said the Tigers were keen to try something new by installing an external resource with expertise in the leadership field.

"Probably (in the) early to middle part of this year we identified that leadership development and the development of our people and ability to deal with big games and occasions and embrace that ... is an important part of our on-going development as a club," Richardson said.

"We thought it would be a good move to go down the path of bringing in an external consultant and a fresh set of eyes and someone to just continue to develop our leadership capabilities of our coaches and players.

"There will be a bit to do with the team-based performance side of things with regards to dealing with pressure, staying calm in big occasions, all that sort of stuff."