Screen Name: Kathy Garland
Overview: Kathy Garland is a transformational leader who works with businesses on business development, leadership skills, and creating focus for the future.
Biography: Kathy started her career in sales and marketing. She guided award-winning design firm, Yamamoto Moss, to nearly 1000% sales growth and consulted with clients such as Royal Caribbean International, 3M, American Express and Northwest Airlines on managing and protecting their brands.
Kathy is an innovator and builder. She is experienced in the development of new services and creates her own curriculum to teach in workshops and seminars.
Kathy also works with corporate clients in leadership development and communications programs. She has led training for General Electric, Home Interiors, State Farm Agencies, Maid Brigade, and Scissortail Publishing and is on the leadership coaching staff for a Fortune 500 company. Her topics include:
-Developing your own brand of leadership
-Difficult conversations: how to talk to anyone about anything
-Effective communications
-Making it happen with secrets to generating positive results
-Take charge of your future and leading through change
Kathy has been speaking for over 15 years on branding, sales and leadership topics. She has been featured at conferences and meetings including ASWA National Conference, eWomenNetwork, Microsoft VAR conference, Ft. Worth Entrepreneur Expo, Public Relations Society of America and Women In Communications International to name a few. Jeff Crilley, Emmy-award winning TV reporter, says that she is such a giving and entertaining speaker. She gives the sizzle along with the steak.
Kathy has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, is a DivaToolbox contributor, an Expert Author on EZinearticles.com and a columnist for McKinney Woman magazine. In addition she is an eWomenNetwork Premier Coach and Business Matchmaker, a member of Speaker Coop and American Society of Training and Development.
