United States Leadership Training Expert

Bart Kohnhorst
Dallas Fort Worth Denton (North Texas), United States

"I get the greatest rewards when my class participants tell me they made changes and are more effective, happier and more appreciated at work. Often times they admit that home life improved as well."
Everyone is a leader at times. Leadership, in a management setting, is a learned competence for most. Yet how much training and support is out there?
We provide support focused at driving real results, quickly! Bart is President of Leadership Growth Systems LLC, a Texas based global Leadership and Management Development company and the authorized licensee of the Crestcom portfolio of programs, the award-winning content used in providing services in more than 60 countries.
Bart also serves on #1 ranked Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University’s senior advisory board to the President. He is a student mentor at the Hendrick Scholarship Foundation in Plano, TX, active in the Plano Community and as mentor to global participants in the Thunderbird at ASU Masters program.
He has held national and international executive leadership roles at Nortel Networks, Citrix, Samsung and GE while working in Japan, Europe and the United States. He developed strategies, built new initiatives in new markets and led sales and business development teams with responsibility for multi million dollar growth.
Bart is originally from The Nethelands and is a graduate of Keele University (UK – Law & Psychology) and ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Management including executive education programs. Bart also holds a certificate in gamification in business from Wharton.
In his spare time Bart loves indoor and outdoor activities, such as music, cooking, travel, reading, ocean sailing, skiing and is an avid cyclist. He also contributes time and effort in various Not-For-Profit endeavors, working with ACH Child & Family Services, North Texas Food Bank, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Communities Foundation of Texas. Most of all, Bart is proud of his family; spouse Jennifer and 2 wonderful grown sons – Adan and Bryson.

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Leadership Presence – Projecting Confidence with Authenticity

How do you define leadership presence? Is it defined solely by what you wear and how you look? Or is it the ability to exude confidence and authenticity in any environment? Leadership presence accounts for 26% of what it takes to get a promotion. However, many people struggle to understand how to enhance their presence to stand out as talented leaders within an organization. Join host Jenn DeWall as she looks at leadership presence in the new hybrid workplace and how leaders can show up authentically while projecting the confidence and charisma needed to lead successful teams today.

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The Productivity Edge: Strategies for Getting More Done in 2024

Unlock the secrets of supercharged productivity! Dive into our eBook to discover the transformative power of mastering the four critical components of productivity. In a world brimming with distractions and endless to-do lists, learn how top leaders triumph over time constraints and interruptions – which can devour nearly 5% of your workday. With insights from a pivotal University of California Irvine study, this guide is your key to understanding and conquering the common hurdles in today's fast-paced workplace. Whether you're setting ambitious new year goals or striving to elevate your team's performance, our eBook offers groundbreaking strategies to amplify efficiency and achieve more in less time. Get ready to turn every hour into a powerhouse of productivity!

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""Crestcom is fundamentally different from the purely informational training programs I’d participated in or sent my team to attend. With those programs, you would come back with a binder full of ideas that collected dust and were never put into practice. You would become used to training not being transformative...." Read More

-Todd Wylie , VP Third Party Maintenance
Sagent (network technology and analytics)

""The first class gave me so much value that it paid for the entire program."" Read More

-A Bohon , CFO
Westwood Contractors

""Everyone with management responsibility needs to join Bart's program. What he does is really important to us."" Read More

-K F Waterman , Manager: Restaurant Week DFW
CBS Radio (Media) now Intercom

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""Crestcom is fundamentally different from the purely informational training programs I’d participated in or sent my team to attend. With those programs, you would come back with a binder full of ideas that collected dust and were never put into practice. You would become used to training not being transformative. I sent an essential member of my team to Crestcom training, hoping for but not expecting much. I was glad to be wrong. After each training session, we would meet together and go over the lesson and the action plan he put into place. Crestcom promotes taking action. So, that’s what we did. Our department became more manageable. We started to ask better questions. We started to focus on the right activities and drive better results. I wasn’t even in the class, but sending one member of my team and putting what he learned into practice was of immeasurable value. I encourage you to cut through the competing voices and chose Crestcom as your company’s vehicle for definite improvement.""

-Todd Wylie , VP Third Party Maintenance
Sagent (network technology and analytics)

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""The first class gave me so much value that it paid for the entire program.""

-A Bohon , CFO
Westwood Contractors

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""Everyone with management responsibility needs to join Bart's program. What he does is really important to us.""

-K F Waterman , Manager: Restaurant Week DFW
CBS Radio (Media) now Intercom