• The Psychology of Ethics 
  A fundamental course on ethical reasoning, ethical standards, honesty, integrity, trust,credibility, and character. Visit The Psychology of Ethics website for detailed information.
  

Mission

The mission of Focused Strategies is to help CEOs, business owners, leaders of government, and not for profit agencies create and sustain highly engaged corporate cultures that result in increased revenue, enhanced profitability, and extraordinary customer loyalty.

Focused Strategies, Inc.

Louie V. Larimer - President/CEO    

Services

Focused Strategies, Inc. provides:

• Consultation with respect to strategic planning and business modeling.
  
  
• Advice and Guidance with respect to corporate governance, board member development, executive development, leadership and accountability.
  
  
• Executive Education and Training for boards, senior level executives and employees.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Strategic Planning

Focused Strategies' President, Louie V. Larimer, is a skilled strategic planning consultant who facilitates strategic thinking at the board and senior management levels.  Utilizing a disciplined six step planning process, Larimer helps organizations develop highly profitable and effective business models and strategies.

Corporate Governance and Board Development

Focused Strategies provides guidance and training to governing boards with respect to structure, roles, and best practices  to fulfill the governance role of a board of directors.

Using proprietary assessment tools, Focused Strategies helps governing bodies and organizational leaders evaluate an organization's performance and the effectiveness of its current operating strategies, policies, procedures and practices.

The Management Audit Matrix is used to determine the extent to which an organization is utilizing and following best business and management practices.  It results in the identification of those problems areas where management attention and new solutions are warranted.

The Team Assessment Inventory is used to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization's various executive teams.  Based upon the best practices of high performing teams, the inventory identifies those critical success factors needing improvement.

The Board Assessment Inventory, The Organizational Assessment Inventory and the CEO Assessment Inventory are used to assess how boards, the chief executive officer, and other organizational leaders perceive the effectiveness of an organization's strategies, policies, procedures, culture, and practices.

The Litigation Prevention Inventory is used to identify potential problem areas and issues which could lead to litigation against the organization.

The Executive Training Institute

Focused Strategies has developed and offers a variety of in-house and open enrollment

training programs.

• Board Governance
  Overview of board governance principles, best practices, and ways to build a high
  performing board of directors.
  

• Leadership Principles, Practices and Skills
  Research based and results oriented leadership principles that get others to
  enthusiastically follow you.
  
  
• Collaboration, Partnering, and Team Building
  Research based and results oriented principles for building and fostering collaboration,
  partnering, and high performance teams.
  
  
• Accountability
  Strategies for achieving individual and organizational accountability.
  
  
• Human Motivation and Performance
  Developing, coaching, and motivating others to achieve peak performance.
  
  
• Developing Emotional Intelligence 
  Dealing with and managing the emotional component at work.
  
  
• Influence, Persuasion and Communication 
  Getting people to listen and willingly accept your ideas.
  
  
• Customer Service, Loyalty and Retention 
  Turning your clients into zealot advocates.
  
  
• Conflict Management and Resolution 
  Dealing with and resolving personal and organizational conflict.
  
  
• Negotiation Principles, Strategies and Skills 
  Five trade secrets that will make you a formidable negotiator.
  
  
• Strategic Planning and Thinking 
  Designing an organizational future and making it happen.
  
  
• Ethics, Trust and Credibility 
  The keys to organizational integrity and risk management.
  
  
• Strategies for Creating Organizational Change 
  Research based and results oriented principles that lead to organizational change.
  
  
• Building a Great and Enduring Organization 
  Research based and results oriented strategies that lead to organizational excellence.
  
  
• Personal Change and Transformation 
  Seven steps to creating change in your life.
  
  
• Life Strategies: Physical Health and Life Balance 
  Taking care of yourself in order to serve others.