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Meet Our Consultants

• Gerald W. Faust, Ph.D., President
• Stephen Faust, Senior Consultant and Roundtable Leader
• Randal Godden, Senior Consultant and Roundtable Leader
• Will Phillips, Senior Consultant and Roundtable Leader

Several distinctive competencies differentiate Faust Management Corporation (FMC) from other consulting companies that provide strategic level consulting services to clients.

The first set of these competencies are in the realm of diagnostics. FMC uses a suite of powerful diagnostic tools that it has developed and refined over the past twenty years. These include: the Organizational Diagnostic Questionnaire, the Executive Insight® process, the Executive Insight Business Analysis Kit, and the Life Cycle Insight assessment.

The second set of distinctive FMC competencies consists of a unique set of approaches for addressing three levels of issues within the organization. The first level of issues is comprised of what we call Strategic Elements: Strategy, Structure, Information, and Rewards. The second level of issues involves ongoing strategic and operational problem solving within the organization. The third level is in changing the organization's culture.

The third set of competencies unique to FMC consists of a family of empowerment tools used to unleash the potential of the organization in response to priorities established in the diagnostic and strategic planning processes. These tools include copyrighted training programs in the areas of teamwork and problem solving such as Problem Solving for Responsible Managers and Peak Performance Problem Solving. Additional tools include a variety of books, video programs, audio programs, manuals, articles, training aids, and online executive education programs designed to support development activities with our clients initiated by FMC.

Our overall approach is different from many traditional consulting firms primarily because of the way we share responsibility for results. Because our resource base is comprised primarily of a broad group of Senior Consultants with proven executive level management skills, we are in a unique position to be able to work side by side with our clients on difficult problems. In all we do, we work to facilitate more openness, respect, trust and teamwork. We help business leaders and managers develop their personal skills and understanding, but our overriding priority with clients is always to improve the client company's value to its stakeholders.

Having a distinguished career as an entrepreneur, business owner, consultant, scientist, academician, speaker, and consultant, Dr. Faust is considered a world leader in creating organizational change. In 1971 he founded Courseware, Inc., and as its President and CEO developed it into thee nation's premier high technology education company, which was later acquired by Andersen Consulting and became the foundation fo their technology/web-based training and education systems organizion.

Dr. Faust has also been President of the Adizes Institute, an international consulting firm, and co-founder of Physcician's Quality Care Network (physcian practice managment) and Excalibur Medical Technologies, Inc., (holder of two FDA approvals and several patents on technology to regenerate cartilage and treat arthritis). In addition, he has over the years served on boards of seveal companies (both private and public), and currently serves as the CEO for MentorU.com and Chairman of Club Performance Network.

As a consultant Dr. Faust has worked with a broad range of business, professional and governmental organizations including the National Science Foundation and a White House Commission. His work with companies has included major organizational change programs and consulting with companies of all sizes including: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Domino's Pizza, American Airlines, McCann Ericson, The Aspen Skiing Company, Bank of America, First Franklin Financial, GMAC, Road Runner Sports, Wells Fargo (USA); SKF (Sweden); Ciba - Geigy , Sauder Industries (Canada); Solaglas (United Kingdom); Jeans West, O'Brien Glass, Competitive Foods, Sportsgirl, Sportscraft (Australia), and Saudi Medicare (Saudi Arabia). He has acted as an executive coach to many Chief Executives, established executive education and extensive change programs in many various industries and different cultures.

Dr. Faust has held professorships at the University of Illinois, University of Texas, and Brigham Young University. Presently he is on the faculty of the Executive Program of the Graduate School of Management at UCLA. He is co-author of Responsible Managers Get Results, (Amacom) with Richard I. Lyles and Will Phillips.

As a former nationally ranked decathlete, Mr. Faust has had a longtime passion for developing peak performance in individuals and organizations. Beginning his consulting career at Faust Management in 1986 as a trainer and product development manager, Mr. Faust returned to FMC in 1998, after working as the Director of Project Management for The Ken Blanchard Companies, and now serves as a consultant, process facilitation expert and trainer.

Steve boasts a broad range of training, consulting, and facilitating experience in the areas of, Strategic Planning, Customer Service, Problem Solving, Team Building and Process Improvement, with several clients in the United States, Australia, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom including GMAC Mortgage, American Airlines, Durham Transportation, American Fidelity Assurance, Buck Knives, General Motors, United Capital, Road Runner Sports, Stefan's Hair Salons, British Gas, Glass South Africa, the National Ski Areas Association, and numerous Health and Fitness Industry clients.

With his extensive experience in the areas of problems solving and change management, he has amassed an impressive track record in developing organizational assessment and development tools and in training other professional consultants and trainers worldwide.

As an experienced speaker, Mr. Faust has worked with numerous groups and businesses including the Northwest Athletic Club Association, the International Computer Consultant's Association, The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Western Fairs Association, Mountain Travel Symposium, and the International Health and Racquet Sports Association.

He holds Bachelor degrees in both Business Administration and Psychology from California Lutheran University.

Randal began his career in financial management in a variety of industries including food, chemicals, steel, white goods, pharmaceuticals, construction and automotive. This included ten years as CFO of Cyanimid and Upjohn.

In 1975 he moved from Chief Financial of O'Brien Industries to the position of Managing Director and CEO. During the next ten years he built the company from $10 million to $200 million in revenues and turned an operating loss into $10 million profit.

His specialties in the consulting profession include strategic planning, corporate redesign and restructure, organization change, diagnostic evaluation, facilitation, operational planning and budgeting and executive coaching for CEOs. He has consulted in a broad range of industries including, mortgage banking, insurance, bio-technical, medical specialists, professional partnerships, environmental management, executive suites, and glass.

Randal holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales, and is a Qualified Accountant, Cost Accountant, and Company Secretary.

Will has consulted with more than three hundred organizations during the past thirty years. His clients have included companies with sales ranging from less than a million to more than two billion dollars in annual sales. He has consulted with clients throughout the US and in more than a dozen foreign countries.

He is a former chief instructor for the Outward Bound schools and has served as co-leader of several mountaineering expeditions to remote areas of the world. When catastrophic earthquakes struck Peru in 1970, he organized, funded, and led a thirty-person emergency medical expedition to the most inaccessible villages in the Peruvian Andes.

Will is a sought-after speaker, consultant and trainer who frequently addresses meetings of the Young President's Organization and The Executive Committee.

To get in touch with any of these consultants, contact

Faust Management Corporation
13553 Poway Road, Suite 1507
Poway, CA 92064

(858) 674-2400 phone
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