"In business, competence is expected in all interactions. What sets successful business people apart from their peers and competitors, who may be equally competent, is their ability to connect with people beyond their functional expertise. They are influential. " Janet Knupp
Imagine if your team achieved their objectives easier, more often, and with less stress. What would the impact be, financially, emotionally, and time saved? What holds organizations back? Their ability to influence the rest of the organization – inspire others, be sought out, where leaders spend their time leading the business and have an influential team that can deal with the challenges.
After working with thousands of corporate employees in a variety of roles for over 25 years, we at Knupp Partners, are experts in key business relationship strategies that work - and can be learned by anyone. We're not new to the game - we've been teaching people how to influence, collaborate, sell, present, and negotiate, for years. From improved effectiveness with clients or vendors, or those you work with internally, we have solutions to your relationship challenges.
When business relationships improve, positive business results follow. The simple solution to this complex problem:
Building on these simple concepts, we create "aha" moments for behavior changes that last a lifetime.
(Just ask executives who attended sessions early in their career and re-engage with Knupp Partners for their own organizations years later.)
Mike has extensive experience as a marketing and consumer insights leader across a number of Fortune 500 companies and we are very fortunate to offer his expertise to our clients. You can view Mike’s experience on his LinkedIn profile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-pence-5495824/.
For over 25 years, Knupp Partners has helped leaders and teams use new behaviors to be more influential and successful within their own company, clients, and vendors. Mike brings deep expertise in understanding the mindset and pressure top executives deal with daily and knows how to successfully break through to get to the right business decisions. His passion for developing his teams to have the same success, have made him a leader people want to work with.
Janet and Mike both have extensive international experience. Janet has provided development to top corporations in 16 countries/territories around the world and Mike has held global roles, including managing the Latin American market.
Mike’s initial focus will be on storytelling, influence, and collaboration, but with his expertise and experience, he can consult on many of the challenges faced by today’s leaders.
You can contact Mike or Janet here, as well as view our offerings on the Solutions and Courses pages. You may be hearing from us in the near future! Or contact us via email at Janet@knupppartners.com or Mikepence@knupppartners.com. We look forward to working with our many long-time friends and business associates, as well as those new to us who want more influential organizations and success.
Janet is an expert in talent development with measurable improvement results, awarded for her ability to transform corporate functions into client-focused, results-oriented organizations. She is an expert in modeling and teaching methods that improve business relationships, by providing leadership development, sales training, executive coaching, and strategic planning. She develops effective relationships with executives and is confident in providing feedback. Janet has worked with clients onsite globally with English-as-second-language and non-English speaking students from around the world.
Janet’s greatest strength is her business acumen and talent development expertise combined. She has managed functions, budgets, and people, delivered large sales objectives, set strategies, and coached/worked with senior leadership. She connects well to all levels, including leaders who are implementing change and to those that execute the vision. She brings top consultants into her organization to provide comprehensive solutions.
Certifications: Myers Briggs, PDI 360 Profiler, Criterion Referenced Instruction (Instructional Design), Fulcrum Network Group Coaching
Janet is also a partner of Knupper Properties, home rehab and rental. She is an award winning volunteer/mentor for underprivileged kids. After a lifetime in the Midwest enjoying winter outdoor activities, she now spends weekends volunteering at The Animal League, boating Florida waterways, or taking her dog for a sidecar ride on her Harley Davidson.
"I had someone in my office and I was so impressed with their strategic approach. Now that I’ve experienced the course content, I realize they were using methods they learned. My entire 11 department organization attended these classes to learn to be influential to achieve better business decisions. ”
"People think being influential is being the big personality in the room. From these sessions, I've learned being influential is having a deep understanding of the other side's perspective to find common ground and problem solve differences."
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"I have worked with Janet and her team on leadership development initiatives across several teams I've led at different companies, and will continue our partnership because we’ve had consistent success in elevating our influence on insights and data-driven business decisions as a result of her work. Janet’s expertise, practical strategies, toolkits for strengthening communication, and collaboration skills to build influence, place hers among the best professional development I have experienced. She is a true partner, who customizes curriculum and content to meet my teams’ needs, grounding participants in business situations we face every day. We moved quickly from theory to practice with tools and approaches in real life situations.”