Kathleen DeFilippo

Mom. Trainer. Writer. Manager. Can sing like the Chipmunks. A little crazy in all the right ways.

I started out my life as a drama queen. I was always singing, dancing, playing instruments, and acting in plays. My dream was to be on Broadway. My mother, however, recommended that I should have something to fall back on. Although it turned out nicely, I have to say that the problem with having something to fall back on is... you'll probably fall back on it. Lucky for me, training can be just as gratifying (from the perspective of the attention junkie), so I have no complaints.

Like many people, I've experienced no small amount of career drift; I started out managing a temporary employment agency (and if anything will prepare you for a career in management, that'd be it!), and then branched off into training, curriculum design, and documentation design. That ultimately led to IT project management, which finally brought me right back to training. After three years as a Quality manager for a pharmaceutical company in the top 20 of the Fortune 500, I know more about Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (the section that covers the Food and Drug Act) than I ever thought possible.

After three years in a management role, I was forced to leave that organization when it became apparent that my job was, in fact, killing me. So now I'm back in IT (as my day job), and whirling around ideas for creating additional profit centers (you do know that there's no such thing as job security, yes? and that you should always have additional means of earning income, yes?)

Throughout the course of my career, I've been fortunate enough to work with some terrific leaders - and even more fortunate to work with some horrific leaders. Both groups taught me valuable lessons in managing people, implementing change, and making a difference in a corporate environment.

I want to help businesses get better through effective, human management, meaningful employee engagement, and a stronger culture, overall. And if I can help a few folks learn how to give presentations that will wow their audiences instead of putting them to sleep, then I'll consider myself very successful, indeed.

I live just outside of Nashville, Tennessee with my eleven-year-old son, my fiance, and our dog, and I'm available for speaking, training, and consulting work.

If you'd prefer actual conversation to e-mail chatter, feel free to call me at 615-330-8132.

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