Kathleen Wood
As former president and COO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Kathleen led a recovery effort that resulted in unprecedented growth in sales, workforce and locations. Now as CEO and founder of innovative growth strategy firm, Kathleen Wood Partners, LLC, she lends her expertise to business leaders focused on growth, leadership and transformation, and has gained recognition as the "entrepreneur whisperer" for her rare ability to quickly and effectively translate vision into practicality.
Additionally, Kathleen, together with her business partner, renowned culture catalyst Jim Knight offers tips, resources and thought leadership for achieving rock star organizational engagement and growth through their online platform, Rock-N-Grow.
Kathleen's presentations center on the need to narrow priorities and align teams. With practical tools that participants can apply immediately within their organizations and real-life examples drawn from her experience as a sought-after business consultant, she expertly guides you through the process of fostering unstoppable, competitive teams poised to charge ahead.
On stage, she is perpetually upbeat and humorous, a dynamic presence with just the right amount of tough-love in her messaging. She captivates audiences with her confidence and with her firsthand understanding of how businesses operate and what it takes to create and maintain powerful, lasting brands. Listeners take away unique and valuable insights on leadership, organizational growth and teambuilding—and strategies for conquering their toughest business challenges.
As former president and COO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, Kathleen led a recovery effort that resulted in unprecedented growth in sales, workforce and locations. Now as CEO and founder of innovative growth strategy firm, Kathleen Wood Partners, LLC, she lends her expertise to business leaders focused on growth, leadership and transformation, and has gained recognition as the "entrepreneur whisperer" for her rare ability to quickly and effectively translate vision into practicality.
Additionally, Kathleen, together with her business partner, renowned culture catalyst Jim Knight offers tips, resources and thought leadership for achieving rock star organizational engagement and growth through their online platform, Rock-N-Grow.
Kathleen's presentations center on the need to narrow priorities and align teams. With practical tools that participants can apply immediately within their organizations and real-life examples drawn from her experience as a sought-after business consultant, she expertly guides you through the process of fostering unstoppable, competitive teams poised to charge ahead.
On stage, she is perpetually upbeat and humorous, a dynamic presence with just the right amount of tough-love in her messaging. She captivates audiences with her confidence and with her firsthand understanding of how businesses operate and what it takes to create and maintain powerful, lasting brands. Listeners take away unique and valuable insights on leadership, organizational growth and teambuilding—and strategies for conquering their toughest business challenges.
The Power of One TEAM: Six Strategies for Competitive Greatness
How is your team navigating in the speed of change? Is your team achieving the results you need or are you scaling back on your vision and goals? Are you constantly pushing your team hoping they can hang in there until something gives? Is your team running hard and still can't keep up? Are you ready to stop running hard and start feeling what it is to compete and win again?
The time is now for leaders to lead their team to competitive greatness. The changes in business are not...
B.O.L.D. Leadership - Why Being Crazy is Good!
Our world has a leadership deficit and now is the time to go big or go home. Bold leaders are trailblazing the future today by employing ground---breaking methods for transforming culture, market leadership and profits.
If you are looking to ignite powerful transformation within in your business or team B.O.L.D. Leadership is the one keynote is essential for accelerating people, performance and profits. ...
Entrepreneurship - Founders, Visionaries and Unicorns
Who is your Albert Einstein? Do you work with a Steve Jobs? These are the utopians. They are visionaries with the courage of their conviction and an unwavering belief in their vision. They were the heart of their business. They changed how we think and move us forward in spite of our reticence to believe.
Often defined as crazy and unpredictable by co-workers, they firmly believe they are right when no one else does. They disrupt our lives with the audacity to challenge the...
The Entrepreneur's One Page Business Plan - Your Roadmap to Success
Is your business plan the beacon of your business growth? This results oriented keynote with Kathleen Wood delivers the tools paramount to plan for your organization's success. Your One-Page Business Plan is the single most crucial piece of paper for your business!
Kathleen Wood has an impeccable track-record of helping businesses turn around to enjoy growth and profitability they never would have...
BOLD ENGAGEMENT – Connecting to Your Team's Beat!
People don't quit jobs, they quit bosses. Some may say this is new news and others will say this has always been true. According to Gallup's 2015 engagement survey only 32% of U.S. workers were engaged in their jobs. In 2015, Millennials became the largest generation in the US workforce and yet only 28% are...
Plug Into Your Business GPS!
Do you feel like your business often loses track of the breadcrumbs that lead to success? Plug Into Your Business GPS will provide a unique lens on techniques to grow your business, generate greater value to your company and navigate successfully in today's hyper-competitive marketplace! It's time to upgrade the tools your organization uses to navigate today's dynamic business landscape.
This interactive...
It's Who You Know. How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Business Network
In this keynote Kathleen Wood, a master growth strategist, will share her proven, practical techniques for building a prolific professional and...
BYOB - Build Your OUTstanding Brand!
How do you compete in a world of non-stop social media bombardment? How do you compete against big corporate budgets with your small business? How in the sea of sameness you differentiate your brand and build your business? If you are growing a business, own a business or leading a business increasing your share of stomach/market is about being the best and forgetting the rest.
This keynote will serve as a catalyst to...
