Russell M. Kern

“When I was hired by Russell nearly 19 years ago, I had no idea that I would be gaining a boss, a mentor and a friend. Working with Russell all of these years, I can say with full confidence that Russell is a compassionate, influential, wise leader and marketer who is deeply committed to his craft, his clients and to developing high impact teams. His expertise is clearly demonstrated by the successful, consistent growth of KERN over dozens of years, working with some of the largest national and global brands. Russell’s passion for developing the skills of others around him and for bringing out the best in his team members has yielded me countless career growth opportunities and unexpected rewards from our long relationship. It is my honor to share such strong accolades about a person who consistently brings passion to his work, delivers on his promises and has helped make what we do more fun.”

“Russell is an exceptional business leader, marketer, and organizational development expert. For the past 15 years, it’s been an honor to work side by side with Russell and bring our mutual cultural values of care, compassion, creativity, and continuous learning to our team. Working together, using a Strength Centric Leadership approach, Russell led the building of a large-scale, client-centric, creative CRM agency. He consistently empowered me as our agency president. He is passionate about developing an engaged, collaborative leadership team as the cornerstone of any business success. If you're looking to improve your leadership team dynamics, dramatically innovate your marketing strategies or deepen the coaching, creativity, marketing, or leadership skills within your organization, Russell is the man to call. Given Russell’s decades of hands-on experience, you can be confident your organization will gain tremendous value from the time and wisdom Russell shares with you and your team. His passion for developing high-performance teams to deliver business results is next level and I'm grateful to have worked alongside Russell to build our team together.”