Michael Brizz, CMC, CSP is the developer of the Referral Mastery System, which is creating a huge impact for financial advisors across the industry. The typical performance gain for advisors who implement the Referral Mastery System is a net gain of $15 - 40 Million in new assets from referrals within 24 months.

Over the past 20 years, Mike has trained tens of thousands of financial advisors on how to dramatically increase productivity, operate their business "By Referral Only" and build powerful positions in profitable target markets. His coaching clients have reached the very top of the industry earning such distinctions as # 1 producer in their firms, FA of the Year, Top of the Table, and earning inclusion on the Barron's List of Top 100 Brokers in the industry.

Mike is one of only 20 people in the world who hold the dual designations of Certified Speaking Professional and Certified Management Consultant, the highest designations possible in these professional fields. He has led sales forces in 30 countries around the world to record performances.

Michael's workshops are featured at many leader's conferences, home office training, and industry meetings. His articles appear frequently in leading industry publications. He is the author of the program, "Attract High-Quality Referrals with Distinctive Events: How to easily host referral events that are fun, flawless and lucrative". It is a how-to-toolkit for financial professionals to conduct events that clients want to bring referrals.

He is President of the Center for Professional Achievement Inc. which provides consulting and training to teams, branches, and companies and conducts research on the best practices within the industry.

Michael has been a senior executive, international marketer, trainer, consultant, and performance coach. Michael achieved outstanding successes in the international arena where he managed sales forces around the world. In Japan, Michael grew sales by 400% in six years by moving past the trade barriers in Japan and beating out heavily entrenched Japanese competition. In China, he directed the marketing that sent sales soaring up a staggering 1500% in just three years. He also achieved dramatic sales growth in the "Four Tiger" countries of Asia.

A frequent contributor to industry and sales professional publications, Michael has written for Selling Power, Life Insurance Selling, GAMA Journal, Business Marketing, Journal of Management Consulting, and other trade and professional journals. He has achieved the distinction of Certified Management Consultant, the highest level possible within the consulting profession. He served as President of the Ohio Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants. He has also been a top producer himself throughout a sales career that spans 20 years. He is a Professional Level member of the National Speakers Association.

What does CSP mean?

The Certified Speaking Professional designation is earned through a combination of professional association, professional education, professional performance and professional business management standards.

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What does CMC mean?

CMC (Certified Management Consultant) is a certification mark awarded by the Institute of Management Consultants USA and represents evidence of the highest standards of consulting and adherence to the ethical canons of the profession. Less than one percent of all consultants have achieved this level of performance.

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Why Hire A CMC?

You deserve nothing less.

The CMC (Certified Management Consultant) designation is awarded to those select consultants who have demonstrated a history of substantive results for clients, adherence to the canon of ethics of the Institute of Management Consultants, and professional practice management.

The advantages to the client organization in ensuring that consultants engaged for projects possess the CMC designation include:

• The assurance and safety of knowing that the consulting resource you've chosen has passed the toughest certification in the profession and must maintain that degree of performance through periodic re-certification.

• A history of results and excellent performance, as attested to by client testimonials, references, and repeat business. Evidence of that track record is required for CMC certification.

• Adherence to the highest ethical standards of the profession, as manifested by successfully completing a sitting, monitored exam on the IMC ethical canons and presenting client confirmation of adherence to those standards.

• Experience in the field, since a minimum of five years of continuous consulting and successful results are required for certification.

• Lifelong professional education, provided by the IMC in the form of national conferences, local workshops, written reports, electronic access to research, newsletters, and other weekly professional development.