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Keynote Samples
Richard shares a short story about his first love but there’s a twist.
Richard invites a member of his audience on stage to fire a t-shirt cannon and have some fun!
Richard tells the story about the funny reply he received from his sales manager when he asked a simple business question.
Richard opens his keynote speech with a story about being the challenge of being the next generation leader in a 100 year old family business.
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Richard introduces the subject of succession planning at a leadership retreat for family business owners and CEOs.
Richard motivates audiences with stories of how he turned around his family’s $120 million business with help from his mentor, Frank.
Richard inspires audiences with his story of how his family business began and how he was able to save it and then make it into a success!
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Interviews with Frank
Frank discusses how to use humor effectively to build better business relationships.
Richard J. Bryan interviews his mentor, Frank, and gets 10 tips on how to grow a business.
Frank discusses with Richard the characteristics to look for in an A-Player.
Recent Posts
Succession Without Disruption: Why Smart Business Owners Start Planning Earlier Than They Think
For most founders and business owners, succession planning lives in a strange limbo — important, but never quite urgent.
There’s always something more pressing. Customers to serve. People issues to sort. Growth opportunities to chase. Margins to watch. And when the business is performing well, it’s easy to tell yourself there’ll be plenty of time to deal with succession later.
5 Intentional Steps Leaders Take to Create and Sustain Great Culture
Building and protecting a healthy company culture takes at least as much intentional action as sustaining physical fitness in a human body. By continually investing in cultural health, leaders not only defend their people against workplace toxicity, they also reinforce the organization’s foundation for profitability, innovation, and resilience. Culture-strengthening leaders make five purposeful moves to get the results they want: modeling desired behaviors, attending to regular employee feedback, addressing values violations promptly, communicating openly through change, and promoting only culture-building A-Players.
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