Ric Franzi
CVP

Ric Franzi

MBACA, US
A speaker who engages entertains and educates your audience.
certified virtual presenter

Born and bred in a small coal mining and steel mill town in Western Pennsylvania, Ric moved to Orange County, CA, after graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Pittsburgh. While in Southern California, he continued his education by attaining his MBA from Pepperdine University.

He currently chairs CEO Peer Groups® in Orange County, CA, through his partnership with Renaissance Executive Forums. Ric is enrolled to become a Certified Conscious Capitalism Consultant.

He is the author of three (3) books and frequently speaks on topics of interest to CEOs and business owners. He hosts the longest-running business podcast in Orange County, CA.

He and his work have been featured in national media: Forbes.com, INC.com, CNBC.com, American Express OPEN Forum, various podcasts, and Southern California publications.

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Born and bred in a small coal mining and steel mill town in Western Pennsylvania, Ric moved to Orange County, CA, after graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Pittsburgh. While in Southern California, he continued his education by attaining his MBA from Pepperdine University.

He currently chairs CEO Peer Groups® in Orange County, CA, through his partnership with Renaissance Executive Forums. Ric is enrolled to become a Certified Conscious Capitalism Consultant.

He is the author of three (3) books and frequently speaks on topics of interest to CEOs and business owners. He hosts the longest-running business podcast in Orange County, CA.

He and his work have been featured in national media: Forbes.com, INC.com, CNBC.com, American Express OPEN Forum, various podcasts, and Southern California publications.

Ric Certificado de presentador virtual de

Killing Cats Leads to Rats

This talk is a fun and fascinating look at how the "unintended consequences" of CEO decisions can damage a firm's performance and undermine employee confidence in its leaders. Using real-world stories, Richard takes his audience on a guided tour of companies that were failed by their leaders' inability to predict and respond to the unintended consequences of their strategic decisions.

He shares his SECURE™ Model for avoiding, reducing, or mitigating the negative effects of...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeHumorous / Funny

The Power of Guiding Principles

Explores how "your mindset" is the single most important competitive weapon CEOs of middle-market firms have in today's ever-changing environment. Richard has interviewed over 1,000 CEOs and selected the most impactful guiding principles for inclusion in his keynote.  This talk is based on Richard's 2nd book The Power of CEO Guiding Principles III that contains over 130 CEOs who share their guiding principles.

Educational / InformativeHumorous / Funny

A Beautiful Constraint

A powerful talk on how companies can transform constraints into new opportunities. Based on the book by the same name.

The audience will learn: 

•How to teach your leaders to formulate Propelling Questions that enable breakthrough thinking by their teams
•How to overcome Path Dependence, or "that's the way it's always been done around here..." thinking
•How to develop a Can-if Culture with simple tools to get past the "we can't do that because..."...

Entertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeHumorous / Funny
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