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Byron Ricks, MA, is an expert in human behavior, a certified corporate trainer/facilitator and author who specializes in helping people increase their levels of self-understanding and workplace performance. His professional background includes positions as public affairs manager, regional academic coordinator, human resource management, sales, and director of administrative services. He has experience in management, and on leadership teams responsible for implementing performance management standards, recruitment, interviewing, and staff development. His extensive knowledge and experience in setting behavioral and learning objectives, and administering assessment tools has lead to his success working with companies, state, and local governments. A few companies Byron has worked with include Simon Property Group, JC Penney, Pitney Bowes, Time Warner, Samsung, RTI International, Pepsi Bottling Company, Shulte, Roth and Zabel Law Firm, Cherokee Nation, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Fannie Mae. State and local governments include the IRS, FDIC, Federal women’s Association, State of Indiana Department of Administration, and the Texas Lottery Commission. A communication specialist, Ricks’ has conducted results oriented seminars for more than ten years. Participants have consistently given Mr. Ricks high marks and positive feedback for his energized presentations, and most importantly each participant takes techniques, theories, concepts and ideas with them that will help them hone their skills for greater effectiveness in their personal and professional lives. Click here for Byron's Corporate Training services. In addition to the corporate training services, Byron has developed several seminars targeted towards non-business groups and organizations that use Searching for Dad as a foundation for its topics. These seminars as as follows: How to Play Catch with Your SonLearn the far-reaching importance of father-son bonding. Ask any man to recall a formative moment with his dad, and invariably he will recall the time his dad played catch. Tossing a ball is one of the most effortless yet powerful bonding activities between a father and son. Learn:
Why excluding dads from kids' lives is a harmful, selfish act. Children pay a heavy price for the behaviors of angry mothers. Ricks' mother worked hard to raise her son single-handedly-but she never forgave his father for leaving, and kept the two of them apart throughout his childhood. Such actions driven by anger can permanently scar boys. He discusses:
How father involvement helps boys develop healthy views of sex. Fathers play an important and complicated role in how sons view sex, love, commitment, responsibility, and many other aspects related to intimacy. Ricks explains:
How growing up fatherless can affect workplace relationships and career choices. Boys who grow up without an involved father are more likely to join street gangs. According to Ricks, that's because they lack a sense of belonging-and look for social acceptance wherever they can find it. But what behavioral experts call "low inclusion"-the feeling of not belonging-can also have long-lasting effects later in life, especially in the workplace. Learn:
Learn how to encourage your boy's best instincts. When our instincts are properly encouraged, they help us become more productive social beings; however, some of our natural instincts require a measure of control to keep them from becoming self-destructive. Ricks explores:
Learn why dads need to be in the picture. When a father slips out of his son's life, he compromises his child's ability to trust, and in doing so makes it harder for that boy to trust others in the future. Ricks explains other ways a father influences his son's character development. Discover:
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