About 5L Performance Group
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At 5L Performance Group we enable leaders and their teams to get clarity and alignment, solve real problems for good, and achieve better outcomes – for the sake of their customers, their team members, and themselves. We guide teams on their journey to fully realize their dreams and vision for their enterprise.
Our scalable, flexible programs help leaders like you identify your purpose, vision, the impact you want to make in the world, and the strategy to achieve it. We help you be a better leader who makes better decisions in order to improve and transform your business and move your team forward with clarity and confidence. We support your teams so they can collaborate and coordinate and perform while also building trust and respect. We’re committed to helping you grow and succeed, and provide you with the insights and tools you need to do so.
Rick Faber
Co-Founder and Principal Consultant & Leadership Coach
His dedication and expertise in leadership in diverse executive business functions has made him a sought after consultant, advisor, coach, speaker, and consultant to hundreds of clients, guiding them towards success.
- A Leadership Jedi – Rick’s unique experience and knowledge has allowed him to discern patterns that distinguish thriving businesses from struggling ones that then helps us guide the enterprise towards better outcomes.
- Change Sherpa – a natural teacher, coach, and trusted advisor who authentically wants to help others achieve their summit… he is the person who swoops in, develops sustained, personal relationships with individuals and small teams, cultivates trust and confidence, creating the safety needed to coach or guide people in a hands-on, engaging way toward a desired end.
- A Trusted Behaviorist – his natural curiosity, love of people, and depth of knowledge in human behaviors / experience drives Rick to help people understand their core behaviors and
- Faith, Authentic, Family, Integrity, and Learning – are Rick’s personal value words. A farm-boy-at-heart, from Iowa, was taught very early in life that hard work, love of family, honesty and helping your neighbors were core values to life.
- Rick has over 35 years of executive leadership experience in distribution, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, law, and environmental services.
- A Marketing & Sales Leadership PRO – a deep understanding of sales, sales leadership and how to connect with customers that quickly earns trust is a super-power.
- A BA of Social Sciences and MBA.
Jesse DePriest
Co-Founder and Principal Consultant & Leadership Coach
His dedication to lean leadership and process improvement has made him a sought-after consultant, teacher, coach, advisor, speaker, and adjunct professor.
- An Essentialist Advisor – distilling, organizing, and simplifying is his call – no matter where he is, chaos/ messes/ complexity/ lack of organization, are triggers to create order and simplicity – he is compelled to continuously improve.
- Transformation Sherpa – not afraid to carry some of the load, and guide others on THEIR climb, Jesse is a natural teacher, coach, and trusted advisor who authentically wants to help others achieve their summit… he is the person who swoops in, develops sustained, personal relationships with individuals and small teams, cultivates trust and confidence, creating the safety needed to coach or guide people in a hands-on, engaging way toward a desired end.
- A Captain – a problem solver who likes change and innovation while controlling the bigger picture.
- Serious Joy – is Jesse’s personal value statement… a farm-boy-at-heart from Alaska, learned early how to do hard work everyday, lead through conflict, and come together as a team. He strives to do all our work with an abundance mindset, JOY, and authentic desire to help others find it too. The work is serious and how we show up makes all the difference. We keep striving, keep smiling!
- Jesse has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in product design/ engineering, operations, sales/ business development, customer service, general management, and Operational Excellence / Lean.
- A LEAN zealot – a black belt, he has a robust background in LEAN, problem solving and process improvement – all our work is rooted in lean principles to improve efficiency of a system and Respecting People in the process.
- A BS in Mechanical Engineering, a MS in Operations Management, an MBA, and eight years of active-duty service as a US Army officer and helicopter pilot.
The 5L Framework
5L Performance Group offers a simple, yet comprehensive framework designed to improve efficiency, grow your business, and elevate leadership and organizational performance.
Our proprietary 5L Operating System Framework – consisting of 5 Levers, under-pinned by the 5L Pillars of Leadership, enables leaders to effectively assess and identify gaps in their organization’s management system, prioritize the work to improve, and learn and employ best-practice lean tools, methods and routines to solve problems and achieve better outcomes.
Lever 1
Leadership
This is how we influence others to move in the direction we need to go – and get work done through others. This Lever defines, trains, and coaches leaders in the skills, behaviors and routines necessary to create high-performance teams that builds respect, trust, accountability, discipline and psychological safety.
Lever 2
Strategy Development & Deployment
This is how we define, set, and deploy strategy. This Lever defines who we are and why we exist, our vision and goals, where we are going and why, and how we might get there – it defines and creates how we will create value in the future.
Lever 3
Problem Solving & Process Improvement
This is how we make and manage change and improvement – in order to achieve our desired vision – and execute the strategy – processes in the enterprise must change. This Lever provides a standardized way for the organization to solve problems and improve processes.
Lever 4
Daily Management & Governance
This is how we create value today. This Lever defines our current standards, makes work visual, manages the processes we have today and ensures good outcomes in our current state.
Lever 5
Enabling Elements & Infrastructure
This is how we organize, manage, and maintain the six common inputs to any system or process – people, processes, data/ information, tools/ technology, materials, and the physical environment. This Lever provides a common way to see and know if the overall system is properly designed and equipped.
A Higher Purpose
Our work at 5L Performance Group goes beyond traditional coaching and consulting. We aim to bring joy and harmony to teams, eradicate fear-based leadership wherever it may exist, and create enthusiasm and productivity at work through strong, effective, collaborative leadership. We strive to help you craft better systems that efficiently deliver significant value for your customers, your team members, and your shareholders. Our goal is to show business leaders a different way, promoting an attitude of joy and abundance.
What Kind of Leader Are You?
Wondering how your leadership skills stack up?
Curious to know how mature and strong your operating system is?
Want to identify a roadmap for improving your team and growing your business?
Our proprietary 5L Operating System includes an organization health assessment that will give you unique insight into your own leadership strengths and identify areas for growth and progress.