Kathleen Black

Kathleen Black

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Toronto, Ontario

Elite Performance Architect | Global Leadership Strategist | Bestselling Author & Founder

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Kathleen Black

SHIFT: From Chaos to Calm the Keynote Experience

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  • Resilience & Adversity
  • Resilience & Change
  • Stress Management
  • Change Management
  • Burnout Prevention
  • Organizational Change
  • Mental Health
  • Health & Wellness
Kathleen Black

Mark Faris Experience

25,000 Coaching Hours | How Kathleen Black Became A Top Real Estate Coach!
Kathleen Black

In the Vault With the Kate Broddick Team

In the Vault With the Kate Broddick Team: Episode 21: Kathleen Black
Kathleen Black

The Smart Move

Kathleen Black On Shifting From Chaos to Calm and Ego to Conscious
Kathleen Black

Fubcon

Kathleen Black On Minimum Standards to Reach Summits
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The Top 1% Life: Shift From Chaos to Calm in Your Business & Life
Kathleen Black, one of North America’s leading real estate coaches, has worked with thousands of agents and hundreds of teams to solve...
The Top 1% Life: Shift from Chaos to Calm in Your Business & Life
Kathleen Black
Relentless to Rise: Your Path to Personal Expansion
The journey is relentless, but the course has been charted. Relentless to Rise: Powering Your Life From the Inside-Out is the story of...
Relentless to Rise: Your Path to Personal Expansion
Kathleen Black
The Relentless One Chronicles Kathleen Black’s Story
A new film, The Relentless One, chronicles the life and work of Kathleen Black, a well-known performance coach, keynote speaker and author....
Kathleen Black
Business As Usual Is A Thing of the Past
Business can’t go on as usual when something unusual is going on. And, right now that is what business owners, corporate executives and...
Kathleen Black
Director M. Douglas Silverstein and Kathleen Black Speak On Their Documentary, “the Relentless One”
One of these highlighted short films is “The Relentless One.” The documentary is directed by M. Douglas Silverstein and tells the story...
Kathleen Black
Think Like A CEO to Become A High Performer
As a longtime yoga and meditation practitioner, I believe in a holistic approach. Among others, I follow top performance strategist...

KATHLEEN BLACK BIOGRAPHY

Kathleen Black is a globally recognized performance architect, CEO, keynote speaker, and two-time bestselling author who equips leaders and teams to achieve elite-level success through proven, scalable systems. As CEO of her consulting firm, she leads North America’s top performance-based team coaching and training company, known for transforming vision-driven entrepreneurs into influential top one percent producers.

Kathleen’s clients generate billions of dollars in additional annual sales volume, supported by her proprietary “KBCC Ultimate Expansion Strategy,” designed to create rapid, sustainable growth with clarity and purpose. Her expertise has redefined success for tens of thousands of professionals across real estate, entrepreneurship, and leadership sectors through a model grounded in accountability, integrity, and measurable results.

Kathleen Black has built a reputation as one of the most trusted voices in elite performance strategy, guiding organizations to move from chaos to calm and from growth to global impact. Her leadership reflects over fifteen years of experience in team systems, business expansion, and strategic growth methodologies that position clients for long-term success.

Kathleen’s thought leadership extends globally through her bestselling books Relentless to Rise and The Top 1% Life, which outline the frameworks and mindset required to achieve consistent high performance. Her influence is also showcased in The Relentless One, a two-time Emmy-nominated and three-time Telly Award-winning documentary that chronicles her journey from adversity to global recognition. The film has received nineteen international film festival awards, further cementing her standing as a respected voice in leadership and transformation.

Kathleen Black has been named one of the Top 10 Transformational CEOs and Top 100 Dynamic Leaders of 2023 by Exeleon Magazine, reflecting her industry leadership and international recognition. She was twice recognized as one of the Top Elite Women Driving the Future of Real Estate by REP Magazine and as a Top 20 Emerging Leader in the Swanepoel Report.

Kathleen received the Iconic Leaders Creating a Better World for All Award, honoring her commitment to empowering individuals and organizations through purpose-driven leadership. Her insights have been featured in major media outlets including Forbes, Success, Entrepreneur, NBC, CTV, and ABC, establishing her as a trusted resource for high-performance leadership strategies.

Kathleen is also the founder and host of the Kathleen Black Summit, North America’s largest team-specific sales summit, which attracts global leaders and industry innovators each year. Through her speaking engagements, she delivers frameworks that help leaders optimize performance, strengthen culture, and align purpose with results and she continues to expand her work in leadership, performance, and personal growth worldwide.

Kathleen Black Topic Presentations

Kathleen Black Toronto, Ontario, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

Shift From Chaos to Calm: Creating Success for Successful People

Relentless: Authenticity, Rebellion, and Rising Against the Odds

Shift & Thrive

Kathleen Black Speaking Testimonials

Loved, LOVED your keynote presentation Kathleen Black. Best I’ve seen in a long time. Well done.

Laura Monroe

Global Head of Community
Inman

When I first heard about Kathleen Black and her story, I was intrigued and then had to convince her to let me make a film about her journey. I wanted to explore her many challenges, including witnessing domestic violence, being forcibly hospitalized for observation, being kicked out of her house in high school, and other obstacles that shaped who she is today. It makes sense that she now helps others find security and stability in their lives. Her story is about a single woman who refused to give up, avoided mediocrity, and earned every step of her success. Kathleen Black truly is “The Relentless One.”

M. Douglas Silverstein

EMMY Winning Director

Kathleen Black model challenges you to re-examine what is your best life, focus on your genius, and leverage the rest. I really did not think it was possible to work in this industry and have both a successful real estate team and a home life. Using Kathleen’s model, I have come leaps and bounds. I wish I’d had this information many years ago.  

Stacey Falkwin

National Top 1% Producer
Team Lead of Falkwin Group

So this is brilliant. A lot of what I learn and read I have already learned…This is new. I love how you expand minds Kathleen Black. Thank you.

Catharine Inniss

REALTOR
Johnston and Daniel Rushbrooke

I swear Kathleen Black was speaking straight to me about chaos, calm, and success. Saving this gem: women do 3x more work outside the workplace and accept help in the workplace 50% less than men. Very thought provoking talk.

Evan and Ash Pedone

Real Estate Team
Tampa Bay

Thanks Kathleen Black for the enlightening talk. Did a lot of self reflection and now have a road map to scale and also communicate better with my kids!

Kelvin Kam

Founder
Sequoia Real Estate

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