Guaranteed To Succeed
Richard J. Bryan became the reluctant CEO of his family's high-profile business at the ripe and "not-so-ready" age of 28. He faced huge challenges and made some impressive mistakes along the way. Now, he'd like to share highlights from his journey to help you.

Richard goes beyond theory, to outline the 7 reality-tested leadership lessons he learned along the road to becoming a respected leader. Richard will share excerpts from his no-nonsense, leadership book Being Frank, to help you smooth out some of the bumps along your road to greatness.

How to Build your Next Generation of Leaders
Lead Your Legacy ~ In this interactive and entertaining program based on his book, "Handing Over the Reigns: A Concise Guide to Succession Planning," Richard shares how to create a seamless leadership transition from one generation to the next. Richard will use his personal story as a case study and share entertaining stories that provide humor, encourage audience participation and teach the simple strategies that need to be in place for succession planning to be successful. Audience members will walk away with a personal action plan they can implement the first day back at their organization. Richard will show the audience not only what to do, but what NOT to do to guarantee business continuity for years to come.

Whose Turn is it to Tell Grandpa He Doesn't Work Here Anymore?
Richard J. Bryan became the reluctant CEO of his family's business at the age of 28, after his father became ill. He'd like to tell you that he stepped up to the CEO plate voluntarily, in order to save the family business, but in truth, his Mother made him do it. To add to the fun, his Father (a majority shareholder) refused to retire and was still coming into the office every day. Oh yeah, good times!

Richard will share 3 leadership lessons he learned navigating the dynamics of a high-profile, family enterprise from his book Handing over the Reigns; A Concise Guide to Succession Planning. This program will help you successfully plan for the healthy future of your family business. Because…until you've worked day in and day out with your family, you don't know fun.

A Robust Blend of Business Turn-Around Tactics and Common Sense
Go beyond theory with Richard J. Bryan and re-live the business turn-around tactics he learned over coffee (lots of coffee) with his brilliant, common-sense, business mentor Frank. Richard became the reluctant CEO of his family's high-profile business at the age of 28, after his father became ill. He was facing $5 million of company debt, tough competition, unhappy manufacturer partners and, to top it off, the business was losing $3.5 million a year! He looked around and decided he needed help. Enter Frank.

Fill your cup, pull up a chair and learn the top 10 road-tested, turn-around tactics that saved the business. With the help of the right mentor, Richard took his family business from near-bankruptcy to profitable sale over the course of 10 years. He has gathered his key learnings (the good, the bad and the ugly) in his no-nonsense, leadership book Being Frank. He will share select excerpts from his book with you, in this value-packed, reality-tested, freshly-brewed program.

The Siren Song of Sales Success
Why Selling Fundamentals Never Go out of Style
In the rocky sea of sales, the temptation is to get a little lazy when your sales pipeline is full and things are going well. WARNING, STAY ON COURSE. This is exactly when many, otherwise great sales teams, can falter and run aground. They start to believe (falsely)…that because they are hitting their numbers, they no longer need to stay anchored in the fundamentals that got them there. In this program, Richard J. Bryan will share personal and professional lessons (many of them hard-won,) which have helped him stay afloat over a 24 year sales career.

Richard J. Bryan started his career as a green, over-confident salesman on a car dealership floor and went on to take the helm of a 4th Generation, $120 million dollar automotive dealership in the UK. His sales career includes expertise in Automotive Sales, Commercial Real Estate and Residential Development Sales. He has been on both sides of the sales desk and is excited to share his BIG THREE Lessons on selling.

Who's in the Driver's Seat?:
Navigating the Dynamics of the Franchise/Franchisee Relationship
The wacky, wonderful world of franchising is not without its challenges. Mutual respect, impeccable communication and a willingness to work together are tantamount to sustaining a successful Franchise/Franchisee relationship.

Richard J. Bryan knows these challenges all too well. As the CEO of a multi-franchise, auto dealership group in the UK, for over 10 years, he has had to navigate the winding, bumpy roads of keeping manufacturers happy, while still keeping his dealership franchises profitable.

In this program, Richard will share some personal insights into building and sustaining mutually profitable franchise/franchisee relationships. He will share his BIG THREE Lessons from his experience and share some success ideas you can implement in your franchise.