How to Lead an Effective Meeting (and get the results you want)

A trusted advisor to senior executives for more than twenty-five years, Dick Massimilian works with business leaders committed to exceptional performance. An expert in organizational architecture and leadership development, Dick consults top management on sensitive issues related to team and organizational effectiveness. He is also executive coach to leaders of Fortune 100 corporations and professional services firms in North and South America, Europe and Asia. Dick has directed large-scale change initiatives in the telecommunications, banking and retail industries in the US and Europe. His prior consulting experience includes integrating European acquisitions for a multi-billion dollar US-based fiber and cable manufacturer, coaching the head of largest division of a telecommunications manufacturer through a two-year culture change initiative and directing project teams in Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium. He has in-depth experience in the technology, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and financial services industries. His clients have included Hewlett Packard, Xerox, Corning, Oasis Petroleum, CR Bard, Johnson & Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, JP Morgan Chase, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, UniCredit Banca, The Limited and Reebok. Dick has an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from Yale. He is a former Wharton Public Policy Fellow, and serves as President of the North Texas Chapter of US Lacrosse. He was an adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Organization Development and Leadership Program at St. Joseph’s University. Dick co-founded a fitness facility in Bronxville, New York. In addition to his experience working with multinational firms, Dick brings the perspective of a small business owner to his consulting practice. Dick has authored numerous published articles, including ＂Notes from the M&A Trenches＂ for the Journal of Business Strategy, ＂The New Language Barrier＂ for Business Horizons, the Journal of the Indiana University Graduate School of Business, ＂From Excellent to Extraordinary: Key Attributes of High Performing Organizations＂ in Manager’s Magazine, and ＂Vision Impaired: How to Tell When the Team’s Confused＂ for The President. Most recently, he co-authored ＂Resonant Leadership: A New Kind of Leadership for the Digital Age＂ published in the Ivey Business Journal. Dick lives in Dallas with his wife Jeri, their sons Domenic and Kyle and their daughter Tai.