Kathleen Black

Business & Leadership Keynote Speaker

Globally Recognized Mindset & High-Performance Expert

Two Times
Bestselling Author

Award Winning Transformational Speaker

Kathleen Black: Renowned Keynote Speaker

Kathleen Black has revolutionized the way teams operate and succeed. As one of the top keynote speakers in North America and international stages, she has inspired countless professionals through her insightful presentations on leadership and team empowerment. Her approach to leadership keynote speaking emphasizes collaboration, productivity, and the growth of high-performing teams.

 

Elite Performance Architect | Globally Recognized Keynote Speaker | 2X Bestselling Author | Top 1% – 7 Figure + Female Founder
Helping Visionary Leaders Shift from Chaos to Calm
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Kathleen Black’s unique perspective on leadership has made her one of the most sought-after keynote speakers for conferences. As a performance expert and one of the world’s leading holistic performance coaches, Kathleen has a proven track record of helping thousands of individuals and teams achieve success.
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Kathleen Black Bio:

Kathleen Black is the CEO of North America’s leading performance-based team coaching and training platform, recognized as the top female-founded one-on-one coaching company nationally, and the top team-specific coaching company in the real estate industry. Her client network generates billions in additional sales annually, surpassing $30 billion in the last decade alone, with 80% of her clients being top 1% producers.
 
A two-time bestselling author of Relentless to Rise and The Top 1% Life, Kathleen empowers entrepreneurs to step into the fierce CEO role of their lives and expand their businesses at a fraction of the time and cost, using her signature “KBCC Ultimate Expansion Strategy” that drives client success and freedom.
 
The success of Kathleen Black International Inc. is built on integrity, honesty, and results-driven values—qualities that reflect Kathleen herself. Most recently, her new endeavours include launching a new show “FoundHers” to inspire, educate, and delight, with her partner Jane Thuet. 
 
Kathleen was honored with the Iconic Leaders Creating a Better World for All Award, recognizing her influence, experience, and commitment to making a global impact. Her personal journey is featured in the two-time Emmy-nominated, three-time Telly Award-winning documentary The Relentless One, which has won 19 international film festival awards.
 
Kathleen has earned numerous accolades, including recognition as one of the Top 10 Transformational CEOs and Top 100 Dynamic Leaders of 2023 by Exeleon. She has twice been named one of the Top Elite Women Driving the Future of Real Estate by REP Magazine and a Top 20 Emerging Leader in the Swanepoel Report. With over 15 years of leadership, strategy, and expansion experience, Kathleen has helped tens of thousands achieve unprecedented growth.
 
As the driving force behind the Kathleen Black Summit—North America’s largest team-specific sales summit—Kathleen is a highly sought-after headlining keynote speaker at international conferences each year. She is also a trusted partner to numerous top national brands. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Success, Entrepreneur, NBC, CTV, ABC, and more.
 
Building her business as a single parent, Kathleen planted roots in Oshawa, Canada, with her two children Ethan, Ella, and her love Jane. 

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When you choose Kathleen Black as your keynote speaker, you’re choosing to ignite the spark of transformation that will resonate long after the event, leaving your audience eager to embark on their journey towards holistic well-being and unparalleled success.

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Kathleen’s keynotes leave you inspired, empowered, and ready to conquer new horizons!

Keynotes

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Kathleen is a two-time bestselling author of "Top 1% Life: Shift from Chaos to Calm in Your Business & Life" and "Relentless to Rise: Your Path to Personal Expansion

Her books and strategies have helped countless individuals and teams achieve top 1% performance levels, delivering efficiency, performance, and profitability to countless businesses.

The Top 1% Life

Today is the day to leave the “overworked underachiever” concept behind. The Top1% Life

Relentless To Rise

Reveal the Path that Leads you from Uncertainty to Advantage

Current Keynotes

The more successful you get, the less successful you feel.

We have a model to change that.

Currently headline touring her transformational key-note experience, SHIFT: From Chaos to Calm, she immerses audiences in a step-by-step guide to shift out of burnout and into the elite space where high performance meets high reward.

Kathleen Black helps growing companies and management teams handle the increasing demands that come with success. 

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Kathleen is a sought after headlining keynote speaker making appearances on the industry’s most notable stages, and she is the subject of the twice Emmy nominated documentary “The Relentless One” – a film adaptation of her second bestselling book, “Relentless to Rise”. The documentary, which is touring international film festivals, has earned itself over 19 festival awards across the globe, inspiring audiences from The United States to Sweden and India.

Kathleen is a sought-after speaker who helps growing companies and management teams handle the increasing demands that come with success. As one of the world’s leading team systems & performance coaches, having helped thousands around the world expand into thriving teams, Kathleen was awarded the Iconic Leaders Creating a Better World for All award from the Women’s Economic Forum.

She is a two-time best selling author of Top 1% Life: Shift from Chaos to Calm in Your Business & Life and Relentless to Rise: Your Path to Personal Expansion, and is also the founder of The Ultimate Team Summit Event.

Having 80% of her clientele achieve top 1% performance levels, she is considered the top team coach delivering efficiency, performance, and profitability while powering up countless businesses. The annual growth of her client network is worth billions in additional sales volume annually.

Kathleen Black is a Globally Recognized Mindset & High Performance Expert, Best-selling Author, and Renowned Transformational Speaker.
Her unique, holistic approach to empowered leadership and genius mindset training has guided iconic brands and high-net-worth professionals to add billions of additional dollars in sales volume annually.

She is the two-time bestselling author of The Top 1% Life and Relentless to Rise, and the subject of the internationally awarded documentary “The Relentless One”, directed by Emmy Winning Director M Douglas Silverstein.

Kathleen Black is a Globally Recognized Mindset & High Performance Expert, Best-selling Author, and Renowned Transformational Speaker.
Her unique, holistic approach to empowered leadership and genius mindset training has guided iconic brands and high-net-worth professionals to add billions of additional dollars in sales volume annually.
She is the two-time bestselling author of The Top 1% Life and Relentless to Rise, and the subject of the internationally awarded documentary “The Relentless One”, directed by Emmy Winning Director M Douglas Silverstein.

Currently headline touring her transformational key-note experience, SHIFT: From Chaos to Calm, she immerses audiences in a step-by-step guide to shift out of burnout and into the elite space where high performance meets high reward.

Kathleen teaches the proven psychological methods she personally developed to manifest her highest potential and move iconic brands and high-net worth leaders into undiscovered realms of possibility, impacting thousands of leaders worldwide.

As one of the world’s leading holistic performance coaches, Kathleen’s passion is helping companies and teams unlock secret success strategies, unleash their personal power and reclaim the calm in business and life.

Session Description:

Kathleen Black helps growing companies and management teams handle the increasing demands that come with success. As a performance expert, one of the world’s leading holistic performance coaches, and a two-time bestselling author who has helped thousands around the world expand into thriving teams, Kathleen empowers audiences to reach new levels of success. Her own journey is the subject of an upcoming documentary The Relentless One set for release in 2022′. Tapping into her life experience and research she takes audiences on a journey from chaos to calm. Kathleen has a passion for powering up people to achieve the “impossible” together!

Key Takeaways:

The more successful we get, the less successful we feel, because we just can’t get it all done. When we are pulled in multiple directions, we are living in literal chaos. This is the dirty little secret that ultra performers don’t want to talk ab**out, yet all experience. Move out of this stage of growth, and learn to move into calm

There is a journey to move from chaos to calm in your business and life. The journey is from overworked underachiever, to being stunningly successful, as the expansion CEO of your life. Move into a place where you are supporting others in expansion and leadership. You can’t skip any steps, this is the part where you walk the talk.

Move from a definition of success based on ego, scarcity, and hyper individualization to a collective success forged by working in abundance, conscious leadership, identifying the unique gifts and talents of others. This shift in perspective creates a hyper accountable conscious leader supporting holistic growth for our industry.

Kathleen Black is a globally recognized high-performance mindset expert, bestselling author, and renowned transformational speaker, guiding iconic brands and high-net-worth professionals to add billions of additional dollars in sales volume annually. But she didn’t start that way. Navigating the rubble of an abusive upbringing, young motherhood, divorce, and entrepreneurship as a single parent, she designed her path to greater purpose, healing, and community. Kathleen discusses how our choices shape our lives – to lead, shift, and rise. One decision to change your mind can change your life. Will you leverage what you can to make life happen for you, or sink under the weight of what happened to you?
Anytime we have a shift in the market we see a divide between 2 types of people and behaviors. One is the high performers who shift to strategy and excel at mastering the tools they need in the new market and resist emotional reactions or fearful responses to their environment. The 2nd group represents 98% of our population, and these people instead react with fear. They activate a part of their brain that causes them to only see the world in one light. Unfortunately, when we react in fear, we’re frozen, and we don’t have the ability to react strategically in order to excel. We will uncover exactly what it means to move into high performance, as well as exactly which tools you require in your business right now, and which tools require you to move to an area of excelling to support and serve your clientele. Only one of the 2 groups of people understands how to sharpen their skills and support their clients in this new market. This coming year will prove to be extremely challenging for those who try to go into it with a status quo mentality. The bigger the shift you seek in your business or your life, the more you need a strategic plan with the right mindset guiding your way.

In a shifting market, there emerges a clear distinction between two groups of individuals and their corresponding behaviors. The first group comprises high performers who deftly navigate the changes, embracing strategic approaches and mastering the necessary tools while resisting emotional reactions and fear. Unfortunately, the second group, representing the majority, succumbs to fear, limiting their perspective and freezing their ability to respond effectively. In this session, we will delve into the essence of high performance, identifying the essential tools required for success in today’s dynamic landscape. Only one of these groups comprehends the art of honing their skills to serve their clientele.
As we approach the coming year, it becomes evident that maintaining a status quo mentality is no longer an option. To thrive, especially amidst significant shifts in your business or life, a strategic plan fueled by the right mindset is imperative. Join us to learn how to ascend to new heights, embracing change and excelling in your endeavours.

KEY MESSAGE:

The bigger the shift you seek in your business or your life, the more you need a strategic plan with the right mindset guiding your way

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Kathleen Has Been Recognized Among The Top 100 Industry Trail Blazers

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Canadian Keynote Speaker

Kathleen Black stands out among the best keynote speakers in Canada and the United States, known for her transformative approach to leadership and high-performance mindset training.

Her holistic strategies have propelled iconic brands and high-net-worth professionals to billions in additional sales. As a two-time bestselling author, Kathleen’s books “The Top 1% Life” and “Relentless to Rise” have inspired the Emmy-nominated documentary “The Relentless One.” She has received numerous accolades, including the Iconic Leaders Creating a Better World for All Award by the Women’s Economic Forum and recognition as one of the Top 100 Industry Trail Blazers by The BUZZ.

Kathleen Black’s keynote experiences are guaranteed to motivate and inspire audiences, fostering alignment and conscious leadership across any industry. Her dynamic presentations offer unparalleled insights, guiding international audiences to unlock success strategies and personal power.

For those looking to hire one of the great Canadian keynote speakers, Kathleen Black delivers an impactful experience that leaves a lasting impression.

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