Ric Franzi

As a Business Partner with Renaissance Executive Forums, we help Orange County's leading technology, healthcare, construction, manufacturing, and professional services executives align their vision, strategy, and execution through collective intelligence, just like we did for a recent member.
 
This business founder wanted to exit the business. However, he and his key executive did not have a management team capable of making decisions or running the business.
 
They recognized the company depended on them for all decision-making. They needed to know how to change that culture despite previous failed attempts.
 
Through insights and advice from the group, they came to realizations that led to significant breakthroughs, including:
 
・Enrolling the founder and his partner in separate peer groups
・Developing a strategic planning process
・Identifying manager interdependencies and leadership capabilities
・Developing models for hiring, marketing, finances, managing inventory, and developing employees
・Mapping out an effective exit plan with post-exit responsibilities
・Selling the business to the employees through an ESOP
・Creating a company board of directors
・Preparing the partner to become the president
・Recruiting two additional outside directors for the board
 
As a result, the founder could:
 
・Fully cash out six years after starting the sale process
・Give the new president a growth plan to double revenue within five years
・Leave behind a profitable and growing business capable of exploring new geographic markets
 
If you're ready to:
 
・Improve company profitability, sales, and productivity
・Develop more precise performance benchmarks, and
・Obtain new knowledge you can't get anywhere else
 
Let's talk and see if you're a good fit for our Executive Forum.
 
https://richardfranzi.as.me/ExecForumsintroductions

CASE STUDY: How To Execute A Successful Exit Strategy Despite A Pandemic

As a Business Partner with Renaissance Executive Forums, we help Orange County's leading technology, construction, manufacturing, and professional services executives align their vision, strategy, and execution through collective peer intelligence, as we did for our recent member.
 
As the founder of her growing company, she worked 16-hour days, 6-7 days a week, and became a slave to the business.
 
She rarely had time for her children, and the toll of responsibilities prevented her from growing further.
 
Through our group's insights, advice, and accountability, she came to realizations that led to significant breakthroughs, including:
 
・How her behavior contributed to the situation
・The need to fire her #2 employee
・Buffering herself from her operational business needs
・Identifying the qualities necessary for new direct reports
・Building a new management team
・Letting go of being the "firefighter"
・Setting concrete 3-5 year goals
・Mapping out the evolution to allow desired growth
・Financially modeling the financial requirements to support desired growth
 
By prioritizing her essential strategic goals, implementing those ideas, and setting deadlines, within less than two years, she was able to:
 
・Double her clients
・Limit her work days to 8 hours with free weekends
・Take a 2-week work-free vacation with her family for the first time
・Buy a vacation home and plan to spend regular family time there.
・Significantly lower her stress levels and improve her health.
 
If you're ready to:
 
・Improve company profitability, sales, and productivity
・Develop more precise performance benchmarks, and
・Obtain new knowledge you can't get anywhere else
 
Let's talk and see if you're a good fit for our Executive Forum.
 
https://richardfranzi.as.me/ExecForumsintroductions

CASE STUDY:  How To Go From 16-Hour Days To 2-Week Vacations 

Since 2007 I have dedicated my career to creating a safe place for business executives to work on their businesses. 

"Experience is the best teacher, but some business lessons are best learned vicariously through the experiences of your peer business owners."  

I am the Orange County Business Partner for Renaissance Executive Forums, an international CEO organization with over 2,500 members.

I know that it is lonely at the top, having served as President and for a global, 700-person engineering and manufacturing firm for five years.

For business owners and executives who are leading companies with 5 to 250 employees, I stimulate original thinking to support their critical decisions. I chair CEO Peer Groups for Orange County-based firms.

The peer groups I chair provide a safe place where members can learn from each other, share their experiences, and ultimately improve the performance of their firms over the long term.

My members create a unique environment where they trust each other to provide honest and unbiased feedback for their most pressing issues and opportunities. 

Many times the process simply ensures my members are moving in the right direction eliminating the trial and error approach so common in today's ever-changing business world.

The peer group helps to illuminate and magnify possible new ideas and approaches to the business challenges CEOs and business owners face every day.

Finally, over time membership in a Renaissance Executive Forums CEO Peer Group guides members to develop a deeper self-awareness enabling them to release the true potential of their firm and live impactful lives.

Business Partner-Orange County

I am the author of 3 books written for executives of small companies. My original book was the first ever written on the sustainable value of CEO Peer Groups®.  My second book explores the importance of a CEO's mindset. My latest book looks at how unintended consequences can damage a leader's effectiveness and a firm's performance.

Business Author

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.

Keynote Speaker ∙ Workshop Facilitator

Critical Mass Business Talk Show

Critical Mass Business Talk Show has a deep and rich catalog of interviews in our archives. To listen to past Critical Mass Business Talk Show interviews, visit podcast.criticalmassforbusiness.com or youtube.com/richardfranzi

Business Talk Show Host

Dekra-Lite Industries, Inc.

Located in the heart of Orange County, Dekra-Lite has been a leader in commercial Christmas Decorating since 1987. Bringing a fresh and innovative approach to holiday decorating, we are the premier decorator for hundreds of commercial properties, amusement parks and cities across the country. As experts in commercial Christmas decorating, our staff is able to assist in every aspect of transforming your property for the holidays, from design to installation. In addition to carrying a wide array of dazzling products to choose from, we also fabricate custom decor pieces. This enables us to fulfill every one of our clients’ specific needs, making their vision come to life. Years of experience paired with extensive industry knowledge makes Dekra-Lite the ideal choice for your property, no matter how large or small.

Chairman Board Of Directors-ESOP

Cal Pac Sheet Metal, Inc.

OC Metals is committed to being a single source for specialty contractors and the building industry for Custom and Standard Architectural Metals, Metal Roofing, Rain Gutter Carrying, Waterproofing and products and accessories associated. We offer and stock a comprehensive line of products in addition to custom fabricating to project specifications. Tools, fasteners, and sealants are required for every job and we don't want our customers driving around spending time and money looking for these specific accessories. OC Metals has listened to what our customers consider the best manufacturers who deliver the best products and we stock our shelves with these accessory lines and pass the savings on to our customers. When it comes to custom fabrication we strive for accuracy with a quick turnaround. Our promise is Value and Service. We want to be part of your team, offering you that competitive advantage needed in today's market place.

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

The Value Builder System™

I lead CEO Peer Groups made up of business owners who are running companies with 5 to 250 employees who are focused on improving the value of their business by applying the concepts within the The Value Builder System.  

This system is a scientific methodology proven to increase the value of a business.

After analyzing over 40,000 businesses, the average Value Builder Score is 59 out of 100. If you look at the acquisition offers these businesses have received, the average offer is 3.5 times pretax profit.

The Value Builder users who have improved their score to 90 or greater-by following the system- are receiving offers of 7.1 times pretax profit on average.

Advisor

Forbes Coaches Council

As a former member of the council, I submitted thought leadership articles and short tips on industry related topics for publication on Forbes.com

My focus was on understanding how unintended consequences arise from strategic business decisions made by CEOs and executive teams.  I also be explored how best to avoid, reduce or mitigate the negative effects of unintended consequences on business performance and employee morale.

Columnist

Aptiv (Formerly Delphi Connection Systems)

Grew top line revenue by $20 million (40%) while implementing process improvements through Lean Initiative, Six Sigma on other tools, redesigned our business model by converting to a Business Line Profit and Loss Structure with 4 Business Units, led the creation, adoption and execution of a 5-year vision that drove our entry into new markets while expanding our global customer base and market penetration.
 
Each of these steps were required to unleash the firm's true potential for growth and financial performance. 

Full P&L responsibility.  Led a global team of 15 direct reports and 700 employees.

Top executive with oversight of all engineering, finance, manufacturing/operations, quality, sales, marketing, human resources and IT functions.

President

Hired to build new sales channels and revitalize the company's position in existing markets.  Expanded markets to encompass: medical devices, military, industrial controls, computer products and automotive interconnects.

Executive Vice President for Global Sales

Clearview Networks

Early stage, VC funded start-up internet video technology firm.  Senior Sales and Marketing Executive responsible for building the marketing and sales strategy for leading-edge Internet video/audio monitoring technology to attract clients, investors, media and prepare the firm for a future IPO.

Executive Vice President Sales Marketing

Lantronix, Inc.

Senior Sales Executive responsible for developing systems and procedures to enable this privately owned firm to conduct an IPO.  

Recruited to fill the position from existing employer specifically for my demonstrated skills in building professional sales teams and my experience working for publicly traded corporations.

Vice President of Global Sales

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

As your organization's leader, it's your job to ensure that every department performs as well as possible.

However, your organization will face challenging events and decisions as it develops and moves forward. You will need to know more regarding the following: 

⚠️ Emerging technologies,
⚠️ Rapidly evolving regulations and social responsibilities,
⚠️ Agile competitors continually test your adaptation ability.

Most of us must improve our ability to identify gaps in our knowledge and sometimes feel isolated or unsure regarding new tasks and challenges. 

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

As the president of a global manufacturing firm, I know that being a CEO can be stressful, and there is a need to understand that the decisions you make are optimal. 

Nobody is an island. We all need others to help us with decision-making. 
I have found a group of people who understand that situation and help with valuable insights and advice when making informed decisions. They have enabled me to grow my company's revenue by 40%.  

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 Renaissance Executive Forums. I help OC business leaders discover their ability to make lasting positive changes in their lives and organizations.

Through this process, I want to help you and make you feel like a leader. 

👉 Please be my guest and discover how collective intelligence helps solve problems to keep your company ahead of the curve and allows you to get a good night's sleep.

Chemists Without Borders

As a member of the Board of Directors, I am focused on enabling the organizational strategy and transforming the development efforts to grow and scale Chemists Without Borders.

Director

Chemists Without Borders is a humanitarian organization of scientists and affiliated volunteers dedicated to partnering with impoverished communities, funding entities, and other NGOs because everyone deserves clean drinking water, clear fresh air, and uncontaminated soil for agriculture. 
We are committed to building local capacity by expanding scientific literacy, facilitating knowledge sharing, enabling academic partnerships, and mentoring students and educators to pursue and excel in science. We pride ourselves in respecting the local culture, leveraging the native knowledge, and applying scientific expertise to empower communities in building sustainable and locally managed solutions for their immediate and long-term challenges.

Executive VP, Strategy and Planning

Public Ventures

A venture capital firm driving scientific innovation and transformative change. The team at Public Ventures is focused on building a portfolio of companies that can revolutionize global health and foster climate resilience, leveraging Canada's vibrant innovation ecosystem.

As an impact fund, Public Ventures invests in early-stage startups in life science, cleantech, and advanced technologies. By bridging the funding gap for research spin-offs, the fund actively supports the commercialization of publicly-funded intellectual property.

EmC Leaders

EmC Leaders is the world's first consulting firm to develop a concrete approach to building on attachment science to enhance workplace connections, dramatically reduce conflicts, and build emotional intelligence. We work with leaders and teams who are ready to transform their organizations and create thriving cultures.

Chief Strategy Advisor

In this book, my colleague Dr. Lola Gershfeld and I provide a concise roadmap to building and nurturing emotional intelligence, addressing workplace conflicts, and creating trusting teams. We help organizations move from a fear-based mindset focused on simply beating the competition to a courage-based mindset driven to create new value, foster innovation, and thrive. We challenge conventional wisdom on three fronts:
1. Emotion-based disconnections and not the content drive conflicts, disengagement, and workplace maladies. Consequently, addressing emotions as a valid presence in the workplace allows for building robust relationships. 
2. Psychological safety is fundamentally built on a solid emotional connection between team members. We show you how to do it, nurture it, and create a thriving mindset.
3. Leadership is rooted in emotional connection to a far greater degree than management science and cognitive initiatives. We separate leadership from management and help the reader build emotionally-based relationships to create stronger bonds with the people they lead and, furthermore, to help every person become the leader they are capable of becoming.

Author

Impact Human Learning

Impact Human Learning is leading conversations on the exponential nature of change in the 21st century and its impact on education, healthcare, science, technology, and citizenship in democratic societies.

Founder

Berkeley Research Group LLC

Through the Health Transformation Institute, a mission-driven subsidiary of BRG, wecreated a groundbreaking systemic framework for addressing and reducing physician burnout.

Health Transformation Institute - Interim COO

Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

Strategically positioned the College for greater global engagement, enhanced innovative capacity, and a more resource-stressed future through increased financial and organizational discipline, faculty and staff empowerment, and investing in new academic and creative exploration; accomplished the objective in 15 months.

Chief Administrative Officer /Senior Advisor to the Dean on Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability

American University of Beirut

We reversed AUB's (a $450 million enterprise) downward trend, developed and enacted sound financial and organizational strategies, provided for deeper investments in infrastructure, research, and innovation, established greater transparency with stakeholders, and completed a full-scale master plan and strategic direction for the University.

Chief Operating Officer (University and Health System)

Senior Advisor to BRG's Higher Education Practice.

Senior Advisor

As the founding director, I established a Higher Education Practice engaged in strategic and academic consulting, innovative approaches to executive education, building a global corporate university, and restructuring distressed higher education entities.

Managing Director

University of Pennsylvania - School of Arts and Sciences

We are credited with the successful turnaround of the School (a $500 million enterprise) through financial strategies that brought stability, built reserves, created new revenue sources, and enabled strong fundraising, ensuring the School’s long-term sustainability. We developed and delivered on an ambitious ten-year capital plan to revitalize the academic and scientific infrastructure. We were visionary in our approach to entrepreneurship and building innovation capacity, faculty recruitment, and academic efficiency & effectiveness measures. The School regained its position as the intellectual core of the University and is consistently ranked among the top ten in the nation

Vice Dean- Finance and Administration (CFO & COO)

I served as a pre-Major advisor to first and second-year students.

Undergraduate Academic Advisor

Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania

Award-winning teacher with expertise in cohort and hybrid learning methodologies. 
Annually, taught courses in:
-Budgeting and Financial Management for Public and Non-Profit Entities
-Complexity, Uncertainty, and Leadership

Faculty

I believe that building bridges to close the gaps between science, education, society, and policymakers will allow us to tackle humanity's many challenges and, most importantly, uphold democratic values and nurture inclusive communities. The future of democracy depends on our ability to engage and deepen the conversations between all aspects of our societies. 

It is possible to be excellent in business and, at the same time, act with integrity, compassion, and authenticity. Let's celebrate the organizations that honor wisdom, value relationships, and provide a positive environment for the whole person to be present. It is then that people will live their leadership moments, fulfilling their innovative and creative opportunities. No matter what we do in our businesses, institutions, or society, fundamentally, we are all in the human-to-human (H2H) business. 

The need for reform, relevance, inclusion, and gaining the public's trust has never been greater. Let's commit ourselves to challenge the status quo, clearing the path for our entrepreneurs, and nourishing our institutions, as we need all of us to progress and thrive.

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