Dr. Kim Nugent is an award-winning Innovation Leadership Coach with an outstanding track record, across generations, of mentoring aspiring students and employees into career and life success. Kim brings forth over 30 years of consistent excellence in the field of management and leadership. With fine-tuned inspiration and stellar guidance, Kim collaborates with organizations to strengthen their workforce and delivers exceptional results. Kim provides professional-development services in the areas of leadership training, performance improvement, and talent enhancement. Kim believes if you want to achieve extraordinary results, you must start with your people. Investing time, training, and mentoring to bring out the best in each individual is the first step in her proven "innovation leadership" process. The next step is to build a culture of sustainability built on values through a customized mentoring system to achieve changes in behavior and desired results. This does take time, but the results are worth it. Kim is passionate about helping people achieve personal, and career success through mentoring and coaching, which creates a journey towards designing lives without limits. Kim is also a best-selling author of the following books: Did I Say Never?, 52 Weeks to Exceptional Leadership, and Promotion Protocol: Unlock the Secrets to Promotability and Career Success. Kim was recently awarded the prestigious Top Innovation Leadership Coach of the Year 2019 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP). Kim has a Doctorate in Education from the University of Houston. She also has three Masters Degrees - an M.B.A. from St. Thomas University, an M.S. in Instructional Design and Online Learning from Capella University, and an M.S. in Human Resources Management from Keller Graduate School of Business. Her undergraduate experience earned her a B.S. degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Houston, Hilton College. Kim lives in Houston, Texas. For keynotes and other speaking opportunities, training, customized workshops, break-out sessions, and leadership retreats, please contact Dr. Nugent at Kim@DrNugentSpeaks.com. For Paving Your Path mentoring program inquiries, please contact at Kim@PromotionProtocol.com.