About Us
We are passionate about helping people and teams reach their full potential and we love what we do!
Why We Do What We Do
Driven By A Passion For Helping Others.
We have been formed and shaped by wonderful and rich exposure and experiences in leadership, training, and team and individual dynamics. It is our hope that all organizations regardless of size, budget, or structure have access to similar learning and growth experiences. We would love to work with you as a valued partner to grow your leaders and teams to do amazing things.
Investing In Our Community.
We love investing in our own community and joining forces with our clients to make an even greater impact. To that end, we work with several local non-profit organizations to provide our services and experiences to build their teams at a reduced cost . We don’t mention that to boast about ourselves, but rather to show how proud we are of these organizations and their community efforts, and that we enjoy investing our time, talent, and energy to help them help others.
Why Choose Us?
(What Makes Us Different)
We address problems, not symptoms.
Instead of a ‘canned’ program, we take the time to learn your organization, culture, and key objectives, along with your unique challenges. Then we create a customized program to address your specific situation.
We are engaging and fun!
You and your team will be fully engaged and motivated when working with us. Our programs are highly interactive, relevant, informative & fun… and participants will leave energized and ready to reach new heights. We relate to everyone and pride ourselves on making strong connections with each participant.
We deliver high value and immediate results.
Our solutions are guaranteed to have immediate and impactful results for participants, and deliver real value to your organization. Participants will be supplied with meaningful tools, frameworks, and techniques that can be immediately applied to real-world challenges.
We are easy to work with at every step of the engagement.
We accommodate your needs and seek a true valued partnership.
Who We Are
We are specialists in providing custom leadership development solutions that are experiential, practical, fun, and immediately beneficial to your team. Our staff of over 20 professional coaches, facilitators, project and program managers, trainers and consultants bring a wealth of experience in leadership development and team building to meet your needs. Our experts take your key challenges and messages and incorporate them into a custom learning experience you will be proud of.
As a small, woman-owned business we provide exceptional customer care while delivering high-value customized programs that will help KickStart your organization!
Kate Foster PMP, CSM, ACC
Principal
Bob Riley CTACC, CHBC
Principal
Wendy Austin
Facilitator
Bob Callahan
Facilitator
Shawn Callahan
Facilitator
Danny Coulbourn
Facilitator
Melissa Curtin
Facilitator
Dana Felts
Office Manager
Rachel Douglas
Facilitator
Michelle Guinane
Facilitator
Eric Oswald
Facilitator
Rose O'Toole
Facilitator
Rusty Renick
Facilitator
Dan Riegel
Facilitator
Mike Robbins
Logistics
Jennifer Till
Facilitator
Ebony Walden
Facilitator
Michael Walker
Facilitator
Some Of Our Clients
“I have worked with KickStart on several different projects. Just recently, KickStart worked to create and facilitate some experiential exercises to demonstrate to a student group how our company thinks about leadership. KickStart listened to our objective, brainstormed different activities that we could use, and provided several scenarios for managing time and cost. They showed up and were very prepared to deliver a great experience to the students and the students’ engagement and confidence grew with each activity. It was fun to watch it all come to life.”
Manager, Richmond, VA
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