About Us
Mary Pat Knight, known as the COO of Leadership, is a Transformation Strategist and Business Coach, as well as the Founder of LeadersInspired.com. Twenty five years of supporting Business Leaders as a leader in many forms from Executive to Consultant to Business Owner to Coach has led to the development of Executive Coaching and Mentoring designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners match their insides to their outside success.
Mary Pat brings 25 years of business management and leadership development to the table. As Chief Operating Officer for Food For Thought Enterprises, Inc, Mary Pat led the company’s growth, culture transformation, and business-readiness of the organization. She directed the marketing at a time of quantum growth for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, developed the people and marketing strategy as a Vice President for Flat Top Grill, and spearheaded the creation of the marketing arm and the corporate reorganization as an executive with The National Restaurant Association’s Educational Foundation. As a business owner, Mary Pat has provided corporate and executive consultation and mentoring in the areas of strategic planning, human resources, organizational effectiveness, leadership/management development, integrated marketing and project supervision. She has coached a wide variety of businesses, and has captivated audiences of 16 to 16,000.
The face of business is changing today thanks to the entrepreneur, and LeadersInspired.com fosters the communication, community and connections that make us so successful. We work together to make sure that there is profit alongside lifestyle. The outcome is great success and wonderful balance.
Many of our clients own or lead businesses for more than three years and are established in their market or are breaking into a new market. We help them get focused, build leadership skills, fine tune general business skills and find their passion and their profits once again.
The Process
Mary Pat and team work intensively with a select number of clients to find their passion and develop their leadership skills. One on one or small group coaching allows each client the individual touch people have come to expect with Leaders Inspired. We are able to assess the needs of each person and customize a plan of action for that individual.
A unique specialty is the strategy process which allows the business leader to clarify focus and create bold goals. Inner leadership strategy meets external marketing strategy and feet are held to the fire until the desired outcome can be celebrated!
Clients receive personalized attention that is absent from conferences and seminars. Each client is unique and whey they are able to explain their needs, the right plan is constructed and then executed.
“Mary Pat helped my organization clearly define our team purpose and shared company values to more effectively communicate with each other. Our clients benefit from the leadership skills that we learned through her process and our relationships with our clients have become stronger as a result.” -Elizabeth C. Treacy, President and Chief Strategist, Treacy Marketing Group
Programs
Business Transformation Consulting
Companies in the midst of growth, having growing pains, or simply stalled in their tracks need an experienced executive to see the reality of what is occurring and to set the pace for change. Assessment, recommendations, developing a cohesive team, identification of gaps in systems and supervision of the upgrade of systems are the components of this service. Special attention is paid to the development of leadership skills so that the organization can self-sustain the change and the up-leveling of both skills and the culture.
Enjoy all of the skill-set and acumen of a hired executive without the long-term fixed cost of an employee. The result? With business integration, transformation and truthful, direct communication, the organization is readied for the next level.
Individual and Team Business Coaching
Operating a business today requires wisdom, stamina, courage and persistence. With a direct, truthful, compassionate and business-savvy style, and twenty-five years of well rounded business experience, MP is uniquely positioned to support business owners and their teams. The result is clarity, purpose, more time, results, up-leveled appreciation for one another’s contributions and a refined way of communicating with each other.
Corporate Training
Employee and management teams always improve the company through training, no matter what the economy is telling us. From supervisory skills to leadership skills, interactive and purposeful training impacts employee morale and creates a willing and positive team. Groups from 10 to 500 have recently enjoyed corporate workshops in Leadership, HR Systems, Time Management, Meeting Facilitation, Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce and Communications.
Keynotes and Breakout Sessions
Leadership, Management, Generational Differences, Communication, and Strategy are current requests.
Leaders Inspired Philosophy
As a coach, Mary Pat Knight is dedicated to supporting powerful life and business transformation. She believes people must have satisfying personal and professional lives, and that can be achieved through the action plans she creates. In addition, she helps business owners learn how to express themselves authentically, work from a place of courage and find an inner unshakeable belief in themselves. She teaches others how to have satisfying personal and professional lives free of compromise.
“She brings to the table insights, inspiration and business acumen that not many people have wrapped up all in one package. I would say she is one of the best teachers and trainers when it comes to the subject of human and organizational development.” – Cathy Fitzhenry , President , CSF Marketing Services Co.
Those who are interested in learning how to become a successful leader can contact Leaders Inspired in order to set up an assessment. With the right coach, you can have a successful business and personal life without compromise. Live Inspired!!
