It starts with VALUE. It starts with YOU.OWNER INDEPENDENCE = VALUE = FREEDOMIt begins with 45. 45 seconds to change a mindset, 45 minutes to increase worth and 45 days to accelerate growth.At AccelerateGrowth45, we are dedicated to creating REAL VALUE that transcends financial gains and resonates in the lives of business owners, leaders, and their teams. Led by Katherine Bruess, CEO and founder, a certified Business Consultant, CEPA, and ICF PCC professional with over 25 years of experience, where she leads a team dedicated to creating value and ensuring you enjoy the journey while achieving your business goals. Our philosophy centers on holistic growth - because you are your business. We work alongside business owners, CEOs and senior leaders to deliver results-driven strategies in business growth, exit planning, and value enhancement. Our approach aligns personal aspirations, business ambitions, and financial goals to foster sustainable, impactful growth. At AccelerateGrowth 45, we believe in delivering measurable outcomes while embracing the journey, enhancing every client’s path to success and fulfillment.Are you working for your business, or is your business working for you?True value in a business isn’t just about the numbers; it’s about how you spend your time, the growth of your personal wealth, and the tangible and intangible worth of your business. It means having clarity, alignment, and taking purposeful actions in three key areas:1. Personal Aspirations: Are you spending your time the way you want? Is your business allowing you to enjoy your life, or is it consuming you?2. Business Ambitions: What is your business worth today, and how much value are you building for tomorrow? Are you optimizing profitability now, and could you sell for the price you want when the time comes?3. Personal Wealth: Are you making the money you want now, and are you saving enough for the future?

Own and operate executive consultancy service designed to partner with cross-industry organizations that provide new, emerging and established leaders with high-impact communication and management skills necessary to succeed in their roles, through training seminars, hands-on business/executive coaching, career development programs and workshops.• Strategize, design, manage and implement blended learning solutions for clients with a focus on culture, coaching, thought leadership, assertiveness, communication, clarity, influencing skills and wellness initiatives.• Created business concept and developed and executed business, communication and scalable marketing plan and securing numerous contracts with top-ranked Fortune 500 financial institutions.

Served as trusted advisor in a dual role, facilitating and coaching executive clients while developing and managing new client relationships based in North America as part of an international market expansion plan, for global leadership development consultancy with headquarters in the US and UK.

Worked with head of remediation team to drive process improvements in client communication and ensure the successful recruitment and onboarding of new consultants, for wealth management company targeting private high-net-worth clients.

Held human resources/relations and management positions and was promoted to manage European assistant and Financial Analyst (FA) population and career development program for graduate level employees (FAs) in Equity Research. Worked within the Equity Research Management and Learning and Development teams.