Kirk Hardcastle has worked in management, marketing, public relations and adult education for more than 25 years. He is president of the LeaderScope Institute, an executive development entity that provides business leaders with strategic and organizational approaches that significantly improve business results. Since 1999, as a program facilitator and executive coach, he has worked with senior managers representing over 1,000 companies. He is an accomplished keynote speaker, and has published monographs on business leadership and management since 2004.As an adjunct professor at Rockhurst University, he teaches "Strategic Marketing" (MK7000) and "Strategic Management" (MG7825) and is an executive coach in the EMBA Executive Fellows curriculum. He was a partner and president of LeaderPoint, an executive development firm, from 1999-2017. He founded Tricycle Design, a commercial graphic design studio, in 2005.As president of Tricycle Design, he has developed marketing strategies and targeted communications tools for clients in all sectors, from technology to healthcare to manufacturing to finance. He has created corporate identity and marketing materials for companies in all industries. His programs have been awarded numerous local, regional and national awards, including Echo, ARC, PRISM and AMBIT Best of Show awards.He founded Hardcastle Communications, a strategic marketing firm, in 1993, and was the founding editor of EXPLORE Kansas City, a local news magazine, in 1997. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he worked as a political strategist, lobbyist and campaign consultant at the local, county, state and national levels.Specialties: Executive development, strategic planning & consulting, executive coaching, marketing strategy, team development, corporate identity, branding & positioning, copywriting, graphic design & digital creative, and management education.