about
Hi, here's the story.
Kick ass is a verb and a vibe around here.
40+
years of business history
16
years I've personally spent in the room
2024
the year I became the owner
and counting
Not the kind of training that ends up dusty on the shelf somewhere.
How this became mine
This business started as my Dad's 40+ years ago. I spent sixteen of those years in it myself (technically longer, because I loved helping in the office when I was younger), first as an employee, learning the work from the inside.
For years, I had a sign on my desk that said, "Wake me when I'm CEO." It was a running joke between us, because I always knew I wanted I eventually wanted to be the Kick Ass CEO. In November 2023, it stopped being a joke, and the timeline moved up on me without asking permission. Our truly incredible CEO, and my Dad, unexpectedly passed away. I spent the next 9 months navigating this loss and change, still showing up for my client's because that part was actually needed for me, and needed for them. You see, he built the most incredible, genuine relationships with our clients and still to this day, I hear stories of how he changed people's lives.
I was faced with a huge decision. Pack it up and switch jobs or buy the business and face the challenge. So you can see which decision I went with.
Before I bought the business, I told a client my biggest fear was filling my dad's shows. And he looked at me and said, "no, you have your own shoes to fill." And that stuck with me ever since.
I'm not trying to be a carbon copy of what this business was. I've got my own shoes to fill, different ones.
Now what
The belief this business was built on: people want to feel seen, heard, valued, and connected. They want to find joy at work, and bring joy too. Somewhere along the way, we made all of that so complicated. My job is bringing it back to basics, bringing actual humanity back into the workplace. That part hasn't changed, and it never will.
You don't wake up kick ass. You decide to be, one decision at a time.
That same high-energy, kick ass vibe is always here to stay.
After some good quality strategic thinking and planning for the future, there are some things that were time to let go of with these changes, and I let those go on purpose.
What I'm focusing on is leadership training, team development, Personality Dimensions® (it's always a fan favourite), and keynotes. The work I really love that continues to energize me all these years later. You'll get the same fire, and ball of energy that you're used to, while mixing in some new topics and activities to continuing evolving for clients each year.
⚡how I work ⚡
The stuff I won't compromise on.
Custom, every time
The building blocks might repeat. The delivery never does. Every workshop starts with your participants, your objectives, and your definition of success, not mine. Although, I'm always sharing my opinion (see the next point).
Honest, over polished.
No script, no sugar-coating. I read the room and go with the flow of your actual audience, and I'll always pick the true thing over the comfortable one.
Built to stick
A great workshop day is the easy part. Tools and ideas your team is still using months later, that's the actual goal. Real change doesn't happen in the room, it happens in every ordinary Tuesday after it.