Kathleen Wood B.O.L.D. LEADERSHIP Are you ready to be Number 1 with and expect measureable results? Call the growth expert . . . Introducing - Keynote Speaker • Business Growth Strategist • Entrepreneur • Consultant • Author Kathleen’s cornerstone statement is: “I work with leaders who want to be Number 1.” Kathleen’s entire portfolio of clients attain the Number 1 position in their market, category or internal metrics! Many speakers talk about results Kathleen guarantees her results. We’re so confident your team will be transformed and challenged that Kathleen literally puts her money where her mouth is and guarantees your events success by offering a 100% money back guarantee as her Personal Pledge. This is 100% ROI or as we like to call it ROS – Return on Speaker! Kathleen Wood has proven her content is exactly what leaders and businesses need and it works! She is a real speaker using real case studies with real results working with real leaders. Bottom line - Kathleen is the real deal. Bring in a speaker your people will laugh and cry with, lean in and relate to her stories and beg you to have her back again and again. That expert speaker is Kathleen Wood. Kathleen travels the globe invigorating and enlightening audiences, conducting workshops with business leaders and offering expert-level business guidance to Fortune 100 executives, startups, turnarounds and nonprofits. She is the co-Founder of Suzy’s Swirl, a family owned dessert business dedicated to re-igniting the American Dream and disrupting franchising through their innovative “famchise” model. She is a co-publisher of an exciting monthly business report, Rock N’ Grow. A report that is sure to make you a rockstar in the growth of your business. Kathleen is the author of The BEST Shift of Your Life – The Restaurant Manager’s Guide for Success Outside the Restaurant. Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Management from the University of Wis- consin – Stout and Master of Business Administration from Loyola University of Chicago. Kathleen Wood has spent over 20 years as a corporate and entrepreneurial leader, business owner and business innovator developing highly effective systems designed to accelerate growth, leadership and team alignment and achieve extraordinary results. She is a perfect fit for speaking to teams in; Executive Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Branding, Sales and Management or any other team that wants to be Number 1 in their category! Kathleen works with leaders and organizations to transform their business and catapult it to the apex of their markets and profit from it.
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Kathleen Wood
B.O.L.D. LEADERSHIP
Are you ready to be Number 1 with
and expect measureable results? Call the growth expert . . .
Kathleen’s cornerstone statement is: “I work with leaders who want to be Number 1.”
Kathleen’s entire portfolio of clients attain the Number 1 position in their market, category or internal metrics!
Many speakers talk about results Kathleen guarantees her results. We’re so confident your team will be transformed and challenged that Kathleen literally puts her money where her mouth is and guarantees your events success by offering a 100% money back guarantee as her Personal Pledge. This is 100% ROI or as we like to call it ROS – Return on Speaker!
Kathleen Wood has proven her content is exactly what leaders and businesses need and it works! She is a real speaker using real case studies with real results working with real leaders. Bottom line - Kathleen is the real deal. Bring in a speaker your people will laugh and cry with, lean in and relate to her stories and beg you to have her back again and again. That expert speaker is Kathleen Wood.
Kathleen travels the globe invigorating and enlightening audiences, conducting workshops with business leaders and offering expert-level business guidance to Fortune 100 executives, startups, turnarounds and nonprofits.
She is the co-Founder of Suzy’s Swirl, a family owned dessert business dedicated to re-igniting the American Dream and disrupting franchising through their innovative “famchise” model. She is a co-publisher of an exciting monthly business report, Rock N’ Grow. A report that is sure to make you a rockstar in the growth of your business. Kathleen is the author of The BEST Shift of Your Life – The Restaurant Manager’s Guide for Success Outside the Restaurant.
Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Management from the University of Wis-consin – Stout and Master of Business Administration from Loyola University of Chicago.
Kathleen Wood has spent over 20 years as a corporate and entrepreneurial leader, business owner and business innovator developing highly effective systems designed to accelerate growth, leadership and team alignment and achieve extraordinary results. She is a perfect fit for speaking to teams in;
Executive Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Branding, Sales and Management or any other team that wants to be Number 1 in their category! Kathleen works with leaders and organizations
to transform their business and catapult it to the apex of their markets and profit from it.
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B.O.L.D. LEADERSHIP It’s time to Go B.O.L.D. or Go Home!
I work with leaders who want to be Number 1.
Topics that Kathleen will dive deep on and create a business roadmap for your business to thrive ahead of your competition!
• Business Growth • Strategy • Compete to Win• Brand Development • Entrepreneurship • Innovation for Business • Leadership/Developing Leaders • Networking for Results • Risk Taking• Team Greatness • Turnaround to Success
What expertise will Kathleen bring to your next event? • Humor and the energy to ignite audiences to unlock their individual power.• Expert-level business guidance.• Compelling, practical solutions to accelerate growth and bold leadership.• Over 20 years of experience developing methods designed to achieve growth, operational improvement and measurable success.• Simple, effective ways to create a business roadmap that keeps businesses ahead of their competition.
Pick from any one of her 6 dynamic Keynotes: 1. B.O.L.D. Leadership – Go B.O.L.D. or Go Home! Break out of the sea of sameness – breakthrough to B.O.L.D. leadership. Leverage the four critical keys that separate the good from the great in leadership and business.
2. Founders, Visionaries and Unicorns. Accelerate your success with tools, tips and techniques for visionary leaders, founders and their teams. 3. The One-Page Business Plan – Your Roadmap to Success. Learn 4 key secrets and utilize 3 essential tools to create and profit from your Business Plan.
4. It’s Who You Know – How to build a Multi-Million Dollar Business Network! ‘Increase your network = increase your net worth! Learn the model to catapult your business and wealth.
5. BYOB – Build Your OUTstanding Brand! How to Compete and Win in Today’s Marketplace. Delivers proven techniques for making your brand/business stand out from all the competition. Attendees benefit by leaving with an action plan that will work!
6. Plug into Your Business GPS! Chart your course for business growth in this interactive and practical session. Learn how to anticipate roadblocks and adjust before you arrive at them - to speed past your competition.
Kathleen Wood is a highly regarded business strategist, trailblazer, business owner and author.
She has spent over 20 years as a corporate and entrepreneurial leader, business owner and innovator developing highly effective systems designed to accelerate growth, leadership and team alignment and achieve extraordinary results.
She is a perfect fit for speaking to teams in; - Executive Leadership- Entrepreneurship- Branding- Sales and Management - or any other team that wants to be Number 1 in their category!
Kathleen works with leaders and organizations to transform their business and catapult it to the apex of their markets and profit from it.
Kathleen has spent over 20 years developing highly effective systems designed to achieve growth, operational improvement/alignment that enhances people, performance and profits. Her B.O.L.D. Leadership platform has been embraced and applied in Fortune 100 companies, entrepreneurs, non-profits, start-ups and turn-arounds.
She reveals compelling, practical, and revolutionary solutions she developed while in the trenches that accelerate what organizations can achieve with B.O.L.D. Leadership.
Where Kathleen is the perfect fit.
• Fortune 100 corporate training seminars and workshops focused on growth strategies, developing leaders and transforming organizations to be competitive. Accelerating businesses to the apex of their markets, categories or national positions.
• Leadership conferences where leaders are ready and willing to step up, stand up and stand out in their marketplace. Putting their B.O.L.D. leadership into action, creating clarity and alignment.
• Sales meetings and associations for entrepreneurial salespeople who want increase their network = increasing your net worth! Learn an effective model for growing a multi-million dollar network to catapult your business.
• Kathleen walks her talk. She not only consults others on B.O.L.D. leadership, she lives it herself day in and day out. She knows how it feels to get fired up everyday to go win in a dynamic marketplace! She is the co-Founder of Suzy’s Swirl, a family-owned dessert business dedicated to re-igniting the American Dream and disrupting franchising through their innovative “famchise” model. She is a co-publisher of an exciting monthly business report, Rock N’ Grow. A report that is sure to make you a rockstar in the growth of your business.
• Many speakers talk about results Kathleen guarantees her results. We’re so confident your team will be transformed and challenged by expert speaker Kathleen Wood that she literally puts her money where her mouth is and guarantees your events success by offering a 100% money back guarantee as her Personal Pledge. This is 100% ROI or as we like to call it ROS – Return on Speaker!
• Her clients list reads like a who’s who in corporate America. Coca Cola, Dominos, Hershey’s, Kellogg, Marie Callendar’s, Marriott, MGM Resorts Int’l.,Pepsico, Perkins, TGI Friday’s - just to name a few.
• Kathleen is the author of ‘The BEST Shift of Your Life – The Restaurant Manager’s Guide for Success Outside the Restaurant.’
• She blends her corporate sensibility and rigor with entrepreneurial vigor and innovation to deliver sustainable solutions to you and your company.
• Kathleen is currently an Advisory Board Member for Bama International, Advisory Board Member of Revelry Company and a Cofounder of Foodservice Council for Women. Kathleen is a past President and Board Member of Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers and a former Executive Committee Member and Board Member for Women’s Foodservice Forum.
• Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Management from the University of Wisconsin – Stout and Master of Business Administration from Loyola University of Chicago.
American Express MGM Resorts InternationalBeef O’Brady’s Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality AlliancesBucca di Beppo Multi-Unit Foodservice Operators (MUFSO)CC’s Community Coffee House National Restaurant Association (NRA)CKE Restaurants People Report Summer Brand CampChain Operators Exchange (COEX) PepsiCoCoffee Fiesta PerkinsCouncil of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) Pizza SummitDominos Raising Cane’sEat n’ Park Social Media SummitFarmer Brothers Coffee Society for Foodservice Management (SFM)Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)Garden Fresh Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)Gatti’s Pizza Specialty Coffee Association of AmericaHershey’s Taco JohnsHostmark Hospitality Group TGI Friday’sInterim Healthcare TDn2KInternational Franchise Association (IFA) Twin Cities Human Resource Association (TCHRA)International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of NY The Coca-Cola CompanyKellogg Company Western Foodservice & Hospitality ExpoLes Dames d’Escoffier Wisconsin Restaurant AssociationMarie Callendar’s Women’s Foodservice AssociationMarriott International Young Presidents’ Association (YPO)
Kathleen’s entire portfolio of clients have become Number 1 in their market, category or internal metrics!
“Kathleen was the right catalyst to our team, she focused on our core competencies and aligned our energy to grow the business. She provided tremendous guidance and used effective techniques to challenge executives in how they thought about our business and what the future could look like. Her insights and insistence on delivering exceptional service helped us develop programs that met our customer needs.”- Kathleen Gilmartin CEO & President, Interim Healthcare Inc.
“Kathleen Wood’s practical systems - truly inspire, motivate and support managers in achieving their success in and out of the restaurant and I have seen her impact in my organization first-hand over the past decade she has worked with us.”- Todd Graves CEO & Founder Raising Canes
“Ask a colleague about Kathleen and the words that are quickly used to describe her are smart, dynamic, energetic, creative, tireless, inspirational, generous, amaz-ing, real, talented and very funny. She is all of that and more! I frequently share stories about how Kathleen helped me from the very beginning to shape the vision for our People Report consortium, and to build it into the resource that it is today for the service sector workforce, and the food service industry. Her advice, encourage-ment, and unfailing belief in our work was a constant that made the difference on many occasions. As the closing keynote speaker for our workforce symposium, Kathleen introduced her book, The Best Shift of Your Life, to a raptly attentive audience who laughed, cried and took furious notes and then gave her a standing ovation! - Joni Doolin CEO & Founder TDn2K
“Consistently one of our highest-rated speakers, Kathleen Wood comes through every time she is invited to speak at the Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers (CHART) conferences. Some direct quotes from our attendees include, Kathleen ‘keeps the audience learning through laughing the whole time,’ ‘set the tone for the whole conference with a very strong message,’ and ‘was by far my favorite pre-sentation.’ Her practical content is always delivered in a way that inspires and engages.”- Tara Davey Executive Director CHART
“Kathleen’s enthusiasm is contagious. She has an energy and passion for people that will leave a room inspired and motivated to ignite meaningful change. We were honored to have her as a Keynote at FSMU 2011 and are anxious to involve her again in the future!”- Sara Atkinson Director, Social Media Fohboh
“We love the energy and wit Kathleen brings to our conferences and admire her powerfully positive and enthusiastic approach to successfully firing up our people. Whether she is speaking on company culture, team building, consolidating a vision, driving for targeted results or healthy communication and planning prac-tices, Kathleen’s tireless desire to see others to succeed is felt by each and every audience member.” - Jim Frank Chief Operating Officer, Perkins & Marie Callenders
Bold Leadership produces RESULTS!
Kathleen’s entire portfolio of clients have become Number 1 in their market, category or internal metrics!
Before your event, I Pledge to:• Learn about your organization to present relevant content to the audience, to reach their goals, and for your overall meeting. And make myself available anytime for questions/suggestions.• Understand the theme of your meeting and adjust my presentation to meet your needs.• Suggest ways I can help you sustain the ideas I present to your attendees. • Share my travel itinerary, AV needs, bio, intro and any necessary content in advance of the meeting.
Once arrived at the event, I Pledge to:• Notify you that I’ve arrived on site.• Make myself available to attendees, creating energy and excitement! • Consider my expenses carefully so there are no unwanted charges.• Do an AV check 30 minutes prior to the meeting time or before I speak. • Wear appropriate business attire.• Provide my introduction and meet the person introducing me.
Once I begin presenting, I Pledge to:• Approach the podium smiling, excited and ready to engage and transform the audience.• Always keep my presentation professional and clean. • Bring humor, wit and wisdom to the audience, engaging them with stories and strategies. • Use a slideshow to impact, teach and convey what I am teaching. • Stay within the alotted time you’ve provided to me to speak.
Once I am done presenting, I Pledge to:• Always make myself available for questions, comments after the presentation.• Bill you after the event with an itemized list with receipts. • Provide a follow-up call to discuss post-event strategies to continue educating and supporting you.
And most importantly, I pledge to present the content you requested of me, be easy to work with and be professional at all times.
100% Money Back Guarantee.
We’re so confident your team will be transformed and challenged by expert speaker Kathleen Wood that she literally puts her money where her mouth is and guarantees your events success
by offering a 100% money back guarantee as her Personal Pledge.
This is 100% ROI or as we like to call it ROS – Return on Speaker!
