Ric Franzi

☎ 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐞: 𝟗𝟒𝟗-𝟖𝟖𝟕-𝟒𝟏𝟎𝟒 | ✉ rfranzi@ref.global | 🌐ricfranzi.com | 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 "𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬". The book explains how our proven process reduces your feeling of isolation by surrounding you with experienced SMB business owners! 🎁 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.

At times, 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 and unsure regarding major decisions, wishing they had more information to make the right decision. 

ʜᴀʀɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʟʟɪɢᴇɴᴄᴇ -- ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ᴡᴇᴀᴘᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴜᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱꜰᴜʟ SMB,  ʙᴜꜱɪɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴏᴡɴᴇʀꜱ

I help Orange County SMB business owners discover the value of being with other business owners who share their struggles, challenges, and opportunities.

Through our proven process, we help you to take your business to the next level of success. 

You probably already know that your whole company is greater than the sum of its departments.

As the boss, it's your job to ensure that every employee performs as well as possible.

However, your organization will face challenging events and you will have to make hard decisions if you want to continue to grow. You need to know more regarding the following: 

⚠️ Emerging technologies like AI,
⚠️ Rapidly evolving regulations, like employment law
⚠️ How to create the most valuable business, so that someday you can be financially rewarded by selling it.

My name is Ric Franzi. I'm a happy husband, father, the host of Orange County's longest-running business talk show international keynote speaker, and Amazon best-selling author.

As the president (boss) of a global manufacturing firm, I know that being the boss can be stressful, and lonely with the pressure of always having to make the final decisions without enough information at times. 

Nobody is an island. 
 
I found and joined a peer group of SMB Business Owners who understood how lonely it can be and helped by sharing valuable insights and advice based on their experiences. 

In 2007 I left my corporate job to lead local private peer groups and help others use this compelling process.

I am now a nationally recognized thought leader on the power of collective intelligence and a Business Partner with REF a global leadership company. 

👉 Please be my guest and discover how collective intelligence helps solve problems to keep your company ahead of the curve.

☎ 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐞: 𝟗𝟒𝟗-𝟖𝟖𝟕-𝟒𝟏𝟎𝟒

Keynote Speaker ∙ Workshop Facilitator

A nationally recognized keynote speaker and workshop facilitator.   

Here is what clients say about him:
"Richard was a keynote speaker at our industry's 2017 CEO Retreat. He also facilitated a peer-learning workshop for this group of 200+ CEOs. He fostered a safe environment for the participants to share their experiences and to learn from each other. Richard's keynote was his “Killing Cats Leads to Rats” presentation, based on his 3rd book. He was well-received, and the participants appreciated his humor and approach to facilitating peer learning."-David Jennings, Vice President of Education, Community Associations Institute.

I speak to audiences of CEOs and business executives who are leading middle market firms on concepts relating to peer learning for business executives.

I bring ideas and concepts to executive and management teams that will improve their performance.  I present my concepts in a fast-paced, fun manner to engage the audience to learn the concepts and retain them.

Leo Bottary

My passion is building highly collaborative environments that make the world a better place. My company, Peernovation, facilitates intentional conversations that create clarity among leaders and employees to 1) assist companies with building higher-performing teams; and 2) help CEOs and business leaders maximize their peer advisory group experience.

I love what I do because it makes a difference. According to a study conducted by Grammarly/Harris Poll, ineffective communication costs US companies alone $1.2 trillion annually. My programs inspire cross-functional leadership teams, departmental teams, and peer advisory groups alike to write their future of work and set the stage for achieving new heights.

As a keynote speaker, author, workshop facilitator, adjunct professor, and thought leader on the topics of peer advantage and Peernovation, I believe the “The Power of We Begins With You.” 

If you believe that meeting future challenges will require building the best teams possible, then visit https://www.peernovation.biz/, and let's take what CEO peer advisory groups and forums have been doing so brilliantly for decades and apply those practices to your organization!

Founder, Managing Partner

After a decade of research, three books, and the successful completion of more than 600 self-assessment and aspirational workshops for CEOs, entrepreneurs, and their employees in North America, Australia, and Europe, Peernovation, LLC is making a difference. Leveraging my work in group dynamics and strategic communication, we assist companies with building higher-performing teams in the workplace, and helping CEOs and business leaders maximize their peer group experience.  I am joined by a team of Peernovation Certified Facilitators based in the US, Canada, China, UK, New Zealand, and the Nordics.

Inspired by a post about Vistage Worldwide, Inc. this morning, which I can't locate now (so please identify yourself in the comments if you read this), I asked ChatGPT to imagine Theodor Geisel (Dr. Suess) writing a book about Peernovation and what it means not just for CEOs, but for all of us.  Rather than share the entire book, let me post how the book ends. (Think of AI in this case as a cover band. Not the original by any means, but a tribute to Geisel's genius and a reminder of all the lessons he taught us.

And now that you’ve seen
 What a Team can become—
 Not quieter. Smaller.
 But braver. And some—
You might ask yourself,
 As you stand at your chair,
 “Will I lead from up high?
 Or lead from right there?”
Will you guard all the answers
 Like coins in a jar?
 Or scatter them brightly
 Where teammates all are?
Will you measure success
 By the shine of your name?
 Or by how many others
 Step boldly into the game?
Because here is the secret
 (And it’s simple, not new):
 The best work of leadership
 Is never just you.
It’s the spark in your peer.
 It’s the lift in their voice.
 It’s the moment a quiet one
 Finds they have choice.
So take off your hat.
 Slide over. Make space.
 Let courage and candor
 Set rhythm and pace.
Build circles, not pedestals.
 Practice, don’t preach.
 Because power grows farther
 When shared peer to peer—each.
And when someone asks,
 “How did your team grow so tall?”
 You’ll smile and say softly,
 “I didn’t grow them at all.
We grew…
 together.”

CEOWORLD magazine Amy Edmondson Anita Polite-Wilson, Ph.D. Karen Kemerling PhD Karen Louise Floyd Gord Moker Gilles • Prepoint - Liberating Greatness Chris Zhuang Thomas Gregory Pete Sciabarra, Ph.D. Jim Ristuccia Randy Cantrell Adam Harris Jim Naleid "Bus Driver" Becky Tolnay Stacy Harmelink Kristin Polson Deb Milimaka Miles Shannon Sheehan Jennings Jim Kouzes Chris Komisarjevsky Amber Lowry Andrew Lyn christoff poppe Chad Carlson

Founder of Peernovation - We transform peer influence into peer advantage so your teams learn faster, collaborate better, and achieve more. Author, Speaker, Rutgers Adjunct Professor, CEOWORLD Opinion Columnist.

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