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It is short, to
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Bay Area Consulting Group LLC
San Francisco, CA
Management
to Leadership — May 2006 Can managers also be good leaders? Absolutely. But many
managers believe that they can become better and better managers and finally
graduate to the role of leaders. Leadership is a different path. ( Learn
more ... )
The
Power or Fear — April 2006 Why do some businesses and communities watch themselves
self-destruct when faced with an evolving environment?
The answer lies in our limbic system (fight / flight) which overrides our neo-cortex
(management / reason) when we feel fearful.( Learn
more ... )
Relationships
are Bunk! — March 2006
The Board of the Bay Area Consulting Network (BACN) worked very hard to bring
best selling author, Jeffrey J. Fox to our monthly meeting in February. It was
a special event designed to bring in new members. And what did Mr. Fox say? He
had the audacity to declare that "Relationships
are bunk." Wait a minute! ( Learn more
... )
Power
at the Podium Begins with Presence — February 2006 Working
with a dynamic, articulate and entertaining client is more challenging
than working with a client who feels shy or awkward in front of a crowd.
The shy client doesn't have the practiced barriers to being fully present.
But working with both clients has unique rewards. ( Learn
more ... )
"WOW, is that Fascinating!" — January 2006 As we seek to improve our professional and personal relationships,
our history with another person filters and colors how we see them.( Learn
more... )
25 Million Dollar Gamble — December
2005 The Venture Capital community knows the biggest
risk to their investment in start-ups is leadership. But they
do little to ameliorate this risk. Why they don't and why you
can is the focus of the first article. ( Learn
more... )
Going to the Dogs — November 2005 We all have varying degrees of bandwidth available
when we are in relationship to another being. Because our dogs
are outside of the normal filters, barriers and relationship
scars that we carry from birth, we still can be fully engaged
with a puppy without psychoanalysis! ( Learn
more... )
Positive Regard — October 2005 The amount of energy in a company that
can be devoted to solving problems, creating new products
and improving efficiency is found in the quality of the relationships
inside the company. ( Learn
more... )
America West Magazine — November 2005 Becoming
Special Wonder what the boss has that you don't? Perhaps
the answer is executive charisma. What is it? And most importantly,
how do you get it? Daryl Kent interviews Richard Friesen. ( Learn
more... )
SFO: Stock, Futures and Options Magazine
- July 2005 Mind
Machines: Re-Program for Successby Richard
Friesen
Internal programs that sabotage our success can be changed. This article, written
for traders applies to everyone who wants to improve their financial well being.
It includes three exercises that you can do at home. ( Learn
more ... )
The Relationship Straw Story
Imagine yourself lost and alone in a desert ... you haven't had a
drop of water in days ... the end seems near. But wait! There on
the horizon is an oasis complete with shining pools of water and
swaying palm trees. What do you do? ( See
video ... )
What is Alpha
Presence? Alpha Presencesm is
the state of comfort and confidence while in a relationship that
invites trust and engagement.( Learn
more ... )
January 2, 2006 — Entrepreneurs
and Executives Hedge Leadership Failure
San Francisco, CA, January 2, 2006 - Emotions flood
over the traders in the futures pit as they scream their bids
and offers to reflect rapidly changing news. Emotions rip through
a company when its leadership fails to engage its team in the
face of critical challenges.
Rich Friesen, a former pit trader on the Chicago
Board of Trade, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and a director
of the Pacific Stock Exchange takes the fundamentals from the
trading floors and brings them to the executive suite. ( Learn
more... )
April 1, 2005 — From
Panic to the Pleasure of Power
San Anselmo, CA, April 19, 2005 - Leaders aren’t
born, they are made with a revolutionary process called Alpha
Presencesm .
Alpha Presencesm takes
the abilities shared by all great leaders and breaks them down
into manageable components that anyone can learn. There is a
path to powerful leadership but according to the inventor … there
is a catch. ( Learn more... )
