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Gain the ultimate competitive advantage of teamwork.

About Us

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Annie Kirschenmann, Accredited Facilitator 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™

Are you here exploring how you can build a stronger team(s)? Help your leadership to be more effective? Create a healthier corporate culture?

Pat Lencioni has said that “Genuine teamwork remains as elusive as it has ever been”. Using The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™, we help empower leaders / organizations to overcome workplace challenges and create positive, innovative change; with the ultimate aim of being cutting edge competitive in your industry.

A.K. A Coach and Company has been supporting the success of businesses like yours for almost 20 years. Our goal is to help organizations thrive by inspiring people to grow, stretch and express their full potential. We're all business about your bottom line - and we also love to have fun in the process, because that makes it easier to come to the office! 

We are a virtual company; we work with clients across North America and around the globe.

Your success is our business. You can do this. We can help.

M.S. Master of Science in Dance/Movement Therapy; Hunter College, NY, NY
Board Certified Coach: Specialty Executive/Corporate/Business/Leadership Center for Credentialing and Education, Inc.,
Accredited Facilitator Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™, Wiley,
B.A. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology; Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors; including certificate from the University of London's Goldsmith's College and the Laban Centre
BC-DMT Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist; American Dance Therapy Association
NCC Nationally Certified Counselor; National Board for Certified Counselors
Certified Corporate Business Coach; Corporate Coach University,
Train the Trainer Certification; Peak Potentials Training
Neuro-Linguistic Programming Certified Practitioner Peak Performance Corp & Eastern NLP Institute

5 Behaviors of A Cohesive Team
Millennials Take Over 20 Minutes to Business Insights
5 Behaviors of a Cohesive Team - 20 Mins to Business Insights

Testimonials For A.K. A Coach And Company

  • Annie's presence simply ignites collaboration. Her inviting presentation and expert mix of content and experiential application evoke passion and purpose. I love her work!

    Kathlyn Hendricks, PH.D The Hendricks Institute, Author of Conscious Loving and Lasting Love
  • Coach Annie is an excellent teacher with loads of real world experience. She showed us in one day loads of very important information that will last a lifetime. I walked away from her class with a new perspective on my leadership abilities and where I needed to improve. Very highly recommended.

    Joey Marino Whipple Auction and Realty, Inc.
  • In working with Annie, she introduced a concept that was completely new to me - structure that supports. When Annie brought this idea into our coaching, it was like a huge lightbulb went off...Annie brings amazing insight and tools into all that she does, both individual coaching as well as groups!

    Marilou Butcher Roth Owner at The MBR Group/Group Realtors
  • MSU-Bottineau has had the opportunity to work with A.K. A Coach and Company, and its CEO, Annie... I have been impressed with the group’s thoroughness, knowledge base, timeliness, and customer focus. They delivered the quality product we needed when they said they would! Annie was named North Dakota’s Entrepreneur of the Year for good reason.

    Dr. Ken Grosz Campus Dean, MSU Bottineau
  • Annie has a vibrant personality that skillfully kept us all attentive and on task. In addition, I was very impressed with her ability to assess questions on the spot with solutions that could be immediately utilized. Her seminar "Left Brain Meets Right Brain" in Business was engaging and very applicable to a wide range of business issues.

    JoDee Rasmusson, Executive Director Jamestown Chamber of Commerce

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