Kathy Gillen

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Kathy Gillen is founder of Strategic Management Partners, Inc. (GillenGroup) and Selling From Zero to Hero. She is passionate about helping her clients break through communication barriers and make the leap to great performance.

Her inspirational speaking and coaching centers on powerful executive leadership communication skills, hiring and motivating sales superstars, competitive sales strategies, customer service, and team dynamics, all producing breakthrough results.

"Our company has doubled our revenue in the past year since we started working with Kathy!"
Cheri Gallagher, President, Hollywood Blvd.

Since 1998, Kathy has worked with business owners and executives in both large and small companies, including Sodexho, Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services, Schwans, Northwest Airlines, 3M, US Banks, and many school districts. Prior to becoming a business coach, Kathy owned her own executive search firm for 15 years.

Kathy has many certifications and helps her clients benchmark jobs and hire A-Players. Kathy delivers customized training by telephone, in leadership, strategic thinking, and communication that creates buy-in for fast growing banking, foodservice, and entrepreneurial businesses worldwide.

She has been a guest speaker at national and international conventions on a wide variety of executive development topics, including "Sales Dynamics," Genderspeak, Sing Your Own Praises--the Art of Self-Promotion, The Brilliance Factor, Customer Service Success Strategies (CS3), and "Work, Stress and Chocolate." She has won many speaking awards.

Negotiation Ground Rules Generate Better Results

27th September 2011
The Birthday boy was so excited he couldn't sit still. Mark had planned for months. He wanted a pony and everyone knew about it. He was so certain he'd get his pony he even found a place to keep it! He raced down the stairs on his birthday morning ... Read >

Failure is Just a Word--How a Leader facing Failure Turned Her Project Around

18th May 2010
Carol, a senior executive from a large company was facing the fallout from an unsuccessful project. In retrospect, she could see where her lack of knowledge on a topic slowed her down. In fact, she'd been struggling for two years to catch up, learn the ... Read >

Employee Motivation and The Seven Unversal Needs

07th April 2010
People are the same around the world. We all have underlying needs and values that cause us to behave the way we do. The question is "How do great leaders use this information to get the best results from their team?" The payoff is huge -- goals are me... Read >