STEPHANIE D. MCKENZIE MBA, MA, CPC

With over three decades of entrepreneurial and small business expertise, Stephanie and her team empower growth stage leaders and teams to achieve sustainable success, peak profitability, and hustle freedom through brand, leadership, and learning strategies. As a Fractional CMO, brand development strategist, leadership development professional, multi-certified empowerment coach, TEDx speaker, award-winning marketer and former college professor, Stephanie feels that she has been privileged to work on a variety of brand, coaching and learning projects with solopreneur, startups, non-profits and enterprises whose revenues span $125,000 to $15 million annually. 

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GROWTH STAGE LEADERS AND TEAMS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES…

Growth stage leaders and teams face unique challenges as they transition from establishing their foundation to driving sustained success. These challenges often include maintaining organizational culture, adapting leadership styles, and aligning teams while addressing the complexities of profitability and operations.

According to McKinsey & Company, growth-stage organizations require clear strategies to balance innovation and efficiency, build high-performing teams, and preserve their mission and values while expanding their impact. Addressing these needs ensures leaders navigate their growth phase effectively while maintaining focus on long-term success (McKinsey & Company).

DID YOU KNOW?

Brand Development is not Creative Development. We believe that Brand Development is the foundation for communications, operations and leadership.  Understanding this philosophy can equip your team to succeed without personal stressors, internal strain and the dread team burnout normalizing as a part of of your organizational culture. No team is less productive or profitable than a team that is suffering from burnout due to a lack of strategy and a commitment to well-being.

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HOW YOU CAN Work with US…

Brand Development + Leadership Development

We believe that brand development is the foundation for communications, operations and leadership.  It is an integral step for businesses and business owners who want to lead and succeed in their team dynamics, operations and overall marketing efforts. As a growth stage leader or team, you know that cookie cutter programs and generic business platitudes will not work.  You need a customized strategy…let us create one for you.

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Private Personal Development (Coaching)

Work with Stephanie and our coaching team in a one-on-one or group in a VIP coaching relationship to be supported in your goals. Her coaching approach is comprehensive, as she holds 13 coaching certifications and is one of the foremost unlicensed authorities on people pleasing and high-achieving behavior.

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Speaking and Teaching Engagements

Bring Stephanie’s unique blend education, motivation and empowerment to your group. As a TEDx speaker, trainer, Amazon bestselling author, award-winning marketer and former business professor your group is guaranteed to experience  positive impact and leave with actionable steps.

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The College of Empowerment

Enroll in our Intensives, Masterminds, Incubators or join The College of Empowerment.  We offer customized learning–professional development and leadership development solutions for groups and teams. We specialize in offering  accessible (low-investment) brand development courses, mindset courses, business courses and our Coaching for Leaders certificate program.  We’re on Udemy, too.

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A Few testimonials…

We have supported founders, leaders and teams with brand development, leadership development and coaching services.  We have launched coaching practices, product-bsed brands, rescued failing businesses, shifted mindsets, created products, re-organized operational procedures, cultivated organizational culture and provided countless aha moments. Though the goals have varied, the outcome is always to empower the business owners and leaders that we serve to achieve success–personally and proesssionally.

Coach Stephanie was one of the most entertaining, enlightening speakers Grinnell has ever seen. The Iowa cornfields did not quite know what to expect when inviting Stephanie to our anti-relationship, pro-hook-up/one-night stand campus, but all of the students were surprised by her realness.

C. Griffen

Student Events Director

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Coach Steph on “Spring Clean Your Love Life” teleclass. Her ideas on how to clear out relics from old relationships from various aspects of one’s life we’re both insightful and actionable and undoubtedly effective for any of the participants who put them to use.

L. Lewis

Senior Products Manager

I couldn’t have been more pleased with the content of her presentations. Working with Stephanie was a wonderful experience. She is  great at captivating an audience. We received amazing feedback with one  stating “This was one of the best. Bring her back again.” I can’t recommend her enough! 

M. Grance

Marketing Manager

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