Speaker - Kerry-Ann

Kerry-Ann T. Powell, Esq.

Keynote Speaker
Workshop Leader
Podcast Guest
Business Strategists
Entrepreneur
Champion of Small and Medium Sized Business

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Kerry-Ann inspired and motivated our board, leadership team, and staff at our all-day planning meeting and as a result we were able to produce a five-year plan that will drive or organization into the future.

Wil McCall

President, Dallas Leadership Foundation

ABOUT KERRY-ANN

Kerry-Ann is a global business strategist, speaker and champion of small and medium sized businesses.

Her presentation style is a balance of motivation and powerful strategic content that will leave your audience inspired to take action in their businesses.

Kerry-Ann’s varied experience of over 20 years as a Washington, DC attorney, lobbyist, and fundraiser positions her as an authority of what it takes to strategically succeed while confronting difficult obstacles.

After raising $120 million to build the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial she launched her strategic business and consulting firm, Trafalgar Strategies. She and her team advise business owners from various industries and countries on creating the strategies, systems, and mindsets to thrive in business and in life.

Over the years, Kerry-Ann’s expertise and speaking have been sought after by international brands, organizations, and institutions, such as Working Women’s Magazine, Dallas Leadership Foundation, CIEE, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Mogul and Philanthropist Russell Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and more.

Kerry-Ann is committed to spreading the gospel that running a small and medium-sized business is vital and important to our economies, yet it doesn't have to feel like trying to manage a chaotic tornado. And business owners can run their businesses smoothly and feel confident that they will thrive.

When not speaking, running her business and working with her clients, Kerry-Ann can be found traveling, practicing her Spanish, and enjoying a good meal with good people.

V I D E O

How Kerry-Ann Can Help Your Audience

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SIGNATURE TOPICS

Helping Business Leaders Run Their Companies Smoothly So They Can Thrive In Business And In Life.

Scale vs. Growth: The Balancing Act of Scaling Your Business within Your and Your Team's Capacity

The pressure to grow and scale is palpable in the current business environment. Many small and medium sized business owners find themselves either growing significantly but not scaling. Meaning, their business is growing at the same rate as their expenses. Or they are scaling but putting an exorbitant amount of pressure on their team and on themselves, thus resulting in burnout. This balancing act can lead to frustration, exhaustion, and overwhelm for business owners.

In this high-energy, power-packed session, Speaker Kerry-Ann Powell shares the innovative strategies you need to redefine growth and scale on your terms, gives you back control of hitting your goals, and the ability to bring your team and other stakeholders along the journey as you grow.

Key Takeaways:

Kerry-Ann’s research-based formula for balancing scale and growth without burning out the team.
Proven techniques that will allow your business to achieve the goals you are trying to achieve.
Powerful strategies that ensure your plans for growth and scale are aligned with your business’ priorities.
Secrets to integrating your scaling priorities into your business’ drivers and performance indicators.

Smooth Operator: You Can Run Your Business Smoothly without Chaos and Stress

Sometimes, running a business can feel like trying to manage a chaotic tornado. Chaos often results in common problems like inconsistent negative cash flow, not being able to take time away from the business without the fear of it imploding, the inability to build a strong team, and not being able to scale and grow. This chaos leaves many business owners feeling frustrated, exhausted, and overwhelmed. Surprisingly, many business owners ignore business chaos because they think that the problems they are facing are the normal frustrations of doing business. Speaker, Kerry-Ann Powell believes that they are not.

In this high-energy, power- packed session, Kerry-Ann shares the strategies business leaders can use to identify root causes of problems in their businesses and how to address them in a manner that allows their business to thrive.

Key Takeaways:

Kerry-Ann’s proprietary formula for identifying root causes of business problems.
Proven techniques that will address common root problems.
Powerful strategies that ensure a business leader's ability to take control of chaos run amok.
Secrets to integrating strategies into repeatable systems and processes.

The Time of Your Life: How to Structure Your Business So You can Step Away Without Feeling it Will Implode

Business leaders of small and medium sized companies often wear many hats. As a result, they are unable to step away from business for any extended period of time. They sometimes have a great fear of the business imploding if they step away.

In this powerful, innovative session, Kerry-Ann shares techniques and strategies that you can use to delineate activities and processes in business. In addition, tools to mitigate against the "leadership by personality" paradox that many small and medium sized businesses experience. This will allow you to be able to step away without fear of the business imploding.

Key Takeaways:

Kerry-Ann’s formula for balancing leadership and building strong teams.
Proven techniques that will allow your business to thrive on strong processes and systems.
Powerful strategies that business leaders can use to motivate high-performing team members to step up.
Secrets to integrating systems and processes within the company to allow for smooth operating.

Overflow: How to Ensure Consistent Positive Cash Flow in Your Business during Economic Uncertainty.

Lack of cash remains the number one reason businesses fail. Consistent negative cash flow in a business is a red flag even during a time of significant profits. Many business leaders have a difficult time getting out of the cycle of consistent negative cash flow which leaves them frustrated, exhausted, and overwhelmed.

In this high-energy session, Kerry-Ann shares tried and true strategies and techniques that audience members can use to immediately address the cycles of negative cash flow in their businesses. Moreover, Kerry-Ann will reveal the three common signals that business owners must pay attention to when assessing cash health.

Key Takeaways:

Kerry-Ann’s proprietary formula for balancing the priorities of profit and cash.
Proven techniques that will allow your business to maintain positive cash flow in various stages of growth.
Powerful strategies that ensure your systems and processes are aligned with a positive cash flow business priority.

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After Kerry-Ann's talk, I felt inspired and ready to tackle the big goals we had set for the year. She is so dynamic!

Lucy McMillan

Attendee, Association of Fundraising Professionals

Podcast Interview Topics

The importance of small and medium sized businesses in the world economy.
The contrarian view that running a thriving business doesn’t have to feel chaotic and stressful.
The difference between scale and growth and the need to balance them with business capacity.
Inspired Leadership and a Rock Star Team are two sides of the same coin.
How can owners of SMEs be able to step away from the business without feeling that it will implode?

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Contact Kerry-Ann

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hello@kerryannspeaks.com

+1 203-507-1027

680 E Main Street #1163
Stamford, CT 06901

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