Kevin G. Armstrong
Kevin G. Armstrong is a best-selling author, speaker, business coach, successful entrepreneur and authority in implementing simple, proven management solutions – but simple doesn't mean easy.
In his diverse and accomplished career, he has taught at the high school and college levels, owned and sold small businesses, been an investment firm top seller, and worked in management as a VP at the corporate level, overseeing agencies throughout North America.
Kevin has decades of experience helping business owners and their management teams—from "mom and pops" to Fortune 500s—get more out of their business.
Kevin currently leads a group of advisors at The Interdependent Training Group (ITG) which advises business leaders on creating clear vision and implementing strategies to hold their management teams accountable for delivering on their vision.
Kevin's philosophy is "why reinvent the wheel," his mission is to disrupt the way we think, and his obsession is challenging the definitions of the words we use on a daily basis. In fact, for the past 20+ years of his career, Kevin has studied the important differences between the roles of 'leader' and 'manager' in business. In doing so, he developed an arsenal of revolutionary concepts and techniques that he shares both in thought-provoking presentations and in his new book, The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Good Managers.
Kevin Armstrong is passionate about helping today's business owners and executive teams get the most out of their business by embracing a new set of principles and finding freedom through well-managed leaders.
Kevin G. Armstrong is a best-selling author, speaker, business coach, successful entrepreneur and authority in implementing simple, proven management solutions – but simple doesn't mean easy.
In his diverse and accomplished career, he has taught at the high school and college levels, owned and sold small businesses, been an investment firm top seller, and worked in management as a VP at the corporate level, overseeing agencies throughout North America.
Kevin has decades of experience helping business owners and their management teams—from "mom and pops" to Fortune 500s—get more out of their business.
Kevin currently leads a group of advisors at The Interdependent Training Group (ITG) which advises business leaders on creating clear vision and implementing strategies to hold their management teams accountable for delivering on their vision.
Kevin's philosophy is "why reinvent the wheel," his mission is to disrupt the way we think, and his obsession is challenging the definitions of the words we use on a daily basis. In fact, for the past 20+ years of his career, Kevin has studied the important differences between the roles of 'leader' and 'manager' in business. In doing so, he developed an arsenal of revolutionary concepts and techniques that he shares both in thought-provoking presentations and in his new book, The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Good Managers.
Kevin Armstrong is passionate about helping today's business owners and executive teams get the most out of their business by embracing a new set of principles and finding freedom through well-managed leaders.
A Disruption of the Way You Think About Leadership and Management
His speaking engagements expand on this concept in an interactive, thought-provoking manner which disrupts current thinking and leaves audiences with a new understanding of how leaders can be leveraged through exceptional management to achieve business and personal success.
Kevin's thought-provoking presentations...
How to get your business working for you rather than you working for your business:
The answers to this question vary, but none of them are good. They include words like divorced, physically out of shape, emotionally stressed, sick, disabled, tired, but the good news is you have money and you think your business is doing well. It's important not...
How to implement a culture of accountability where politics cannot survive:
Once you have more than one person in a room politics will exist. The question is to what extent. Kevin will have your team laughing but learning how to reduce politics, increase communication, deal with issues in an effective and productive manner, and increase accountability. It's simple but not easy.
How you are destroying your business by placing your leaders in management positions!
All of Kevin's sessions concentrate on the common words that we use that really don't have an agreed upon common understanding.
Unlike any other performance activity, in business we give the coaches (managers) the lions' share of remuneration, recognition, and status, while the people who deliver - the leaders - are in large part ignored.
In this fun-filled session we take a closer look at why this common approach is not working and how to change it.
How to differentiate and align your leaders and managers
Imagine an organization where everyone has the right attitude, is aligned with your core values, and each person knows exactly what they are accountable for, what the standards are, and how those standards will be measured.
After this thought-provoking interactive session you walk away rethinking how your business unit can...
Tangible tools for becoming a more effective manager – a "Manacoach":
- Are you a good manager?
- Do you motivate your team members to give 110% of their knowledge, talent and potential each day?
- Do you have the courage to initiate the "tough" conversations?
- Do your team members know exactly what they are being held accountable for?
There are significant differences between exceptional management and great leadership. Perhaps you are a person entering into management. Or, perhaps you are a business owner...
