Kerry-Ann Powell | SpeakerHub

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Kerry-Ann is a global business strategist, speaker and champion of small and medium sized businesses.

Her interview style is a balance of humor, motivation and powerful strategic content that will leave your audience inspired to take action in their businesses.

Kerry-Ann’s varied experience of over 20 years as a Washington, DC attorney, lobbyist, and fundraiser positions her as an authority of what it takes to strategically succeed while confronting difficult obstacles.

After raising $120 million to build the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial she launched her strategic business and consulting firm, Trafalgar Strategies. She and her team advise business owners from various industries and countries on creating the strategies, systems, and mindsets to thrive in business and in life.

Over the years, Kerry-Ann’s expertise and speaking have been sought after by international brands, organizations, and institutions, such as Working Women’s Magazine, Dallas Leadership Foundation, CIEE, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Mogul and Philanthropist Russell Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and more.

Kerry-Ann is committed to spreading the gospel that running a small and medium-sized business is vital and important to our economies, yet it doesn't have to feel like trying to manage a chaotic tornado. And business owners can run their businesses smoothly and feel confident that they will thrive.

When not speaking, running her business and working with her clients, Kerry-Ann can be found traveling, practicing her Spanish, and enjoying a good meal with good people.

Current position (1)

Business Strategist, CEO, Founder

Trafalgar Strategies

Degrees (2)

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

University of South Florida

1991 to 1995

Doctor of Law (J.D)

Northeastern University School of Law

1999 to 2002

Presentations

Presentations (5)

Smooth Operator: You Can Run Your Business Smoothly without Chaos and Stress

Sometimes, running a business can feel like trying to manage a chaotic tornado. Chaos often results in common problems like inconsistent negative cash flow, not being able to take time away from the business without the fear of it imploding, the inability to build a strong team, and not being able to scale and grow. This chaos leaves many business owners feeling frustrated, exhausted, and overwhelmed. Surprisingly, many business owners ignore business chaos because they think that the problems they are facing are the normal frustrations of doing business. Speaker, Kerry-Ann Powell believes that they are not.
In this high-energy, power-packed session, Kerry-Ann shares the strategies business leaders can use to identify root causes of problems in their businesses and how to address them in a manner that allows their business to thrive.

Scale vs. Growth: The Balancing Act of Scaling Your Business within Your and Your Team's Capacity

The pressure to grow and scale is palpable in the current business environment. Many small and medium-sized business owners find themselves either growing significantly but not scaling. This means, their business is growing at the same rate as their expenses. Or they are scaling but putting an exorbitant amount of pressure on their team and on themselves, thus resulting in burnout. This balancing act can lead to frustration, exhaustion, and overwhelm for business owners.
In this high-energy, power-packed session, Speaker Kerry-Ann Powell shares the innovative strategies you need to redefine growth and scale on your terms, gives you back control of hitting your goals, and the ability to bring your team and other stakeholders along the journey as you grow.

Time of Your Life: Structure Your Business So You can Step Away Without Feeling it Will Implode

Business leaders of small and medium sized companies often wear many hats. As a result, they are unable to step away from business for any extended period of time. They sometimes have a great fear of the business imploding if they step away.
In this powerful, innovative session, Kerry-Ann shares techniques and strategies that you can use to delineate activities and processes in business. In addition, tools to mitigate against the "leadership by personality" paradox that many small and medium sized businesses experience. This will allow you to be able to step away without fear of the business imploding.

Overflow: How to Ensure Consistent Positive Cash Flow in Your Business during Economic Uncertainty.

Lack of cash remains the number one reason businesses fail. Consistent negative cash flow in a business is a red flag even during a time of significant profits. Many business leaders have a difficult time getting out of the cycle of consistent negative cash flow which leaves them frustrated, exhausted, and overwhelmed.
In this high-energy session, Kerry-Ann shares tried and true strategies and techniques that audience members can use to immediately address the cycles of negative cash flow in their businesses. Moreover, Kerry-Ann will reveal the three common signals that business owners must pay attention to when assessing cash health.

Women-led businesses: A Sure Bet

Startups, as a whole, consistently have had a beneficial impact and influence over their country's economic performance by introducing new products, methods, and production processes to the market, and by boosting competition and productivity. Women-led startups have been shown to outperform those led by men by being more flexible, solution-focused, profitable, safe, and socially responsible, and by providing a higher-quality customer experience. In this high-energy, power-packed session, Kerry-Ann shares the actions women could take to start their businesses to develop financial independence, create generational wealth, build local investment, alleviate community poverty, attain personal accomplishment, and pass on skills to the next generation.

Past talks (1)

The Time Is Now: The Case For Women Starting, Scaling, And Investing In Businesses On A Global Level

14th Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference [WLEC2023]

Bangkok Thailand

March 1, 2023