Keith Allen Johns

Keith Allen And Company

I help "successful on the outside" people -- C-suite execs, management leaders, tech mavens, entrepreneurs, business owners and more -- take full ownership of their daily experience and the path they are on. 

People come to me because 

❌ They’ve achieved "all the right things" but aren't truly satisfied
❌ They’ve tried to find satisfaction via promotions or new jobs, but it's not working
❌ They aren't happy with how they show up at home for their partner or kids
❌ They can't seem to prioritize "Me" time and try to fill the hole by buying more "stuff"
❌ They’ve read books and listened to podcasts but nothing has changed

Sound familiar?

I feel you. I progressed to being a COO of a tech company (money, title, house, car) before I realized…

The default approach wasn't working. 

Here’s how I help you fix this:

1️⃣ I teach you powerful mindset tools as a baseline
2️⃣ You choose what you want to change in your life
3️⃣ We take incremental steps to create those changes
4️⃣ We identify blockers that emerge and remove them
5️⃣ You consistently take aligned, inspired action
 
What does that mean for you?

You will:

✅ Handle everything life throws at you and feel good consistently
✅ Know with confidence what's next for you and how to get it
✅ Have a clear plan and tools for living a highly inspired life
✅ Set off a chain reaction to thrive not just at work but at home, too

My clients say:

"I have been successful throughout my career but never felt successful. By working with Keith, I was able to unlock that feeling.” - David Weisberg in NYC, technology product leader

"I didn't really believe Keith at first, then I started to feel entirely different. My business revenue took off while my sense of calm and ease increased dramatically. Unbelievable." - Patrick Laine in Miami, serial entrepreneur

“Keith completely changed my life. I’m going to keep working with him.” - Beata Brock in Atlanta, technology ops leader

💡 Is this right for you? 

DM me to book a call.

CEO and Founder

The Sukha Company

I'm on the board of advisors at a tech startup that focuses on helping distributed teams reduce burnout & increase engagement. The platform allows leaders to unite their team in the #1 online coworking space with AI Coaches proven to make teams happier and more productive. If you'd like to learn more about the service, DM me and let's talk.

Strategic Advisor

Grow My AI

I have a seed investor and advisor role in a conversational AI startup.

Investor and Advisory Board Member

MicroD

I partnered with the CEO of a Charlotte-based SAAS company on P&L, growing enterprise value, budgeting, cost control, board communications, exploring acquisitions, and maintaining profit margins across 5 streams of revenue. Expertise in digital team operations, project management, software development, B2B sales, and client success and retention. Exceptional combination of people skills and technical acumen.

Chief Operating Officer

Executive leader at home furnishings-focused software and digital marketing company. Responsible for execution of strategic plan, leadership development, process improvement and the annual budget.

I direct delivery teams for website implementations, custom web applications, and digital marketing services including SEO, SEM/PPC, content and social. I drive revenue retention and growth for more than 500 clients. Every day we get faster, better, and more efficient.

My measurables include enterprise value; gross profit margins for 5 business units; client satisfaction scores; and retention % of clients licensing our software platform.

As company Integrator, I strive to be the glue that holds our visionary, business development, product development and delivery teams together.

Vice President of Operations

Rapidly advanced at MicroD from Project Manager to Project Management Lead, then to an increasingly impactful Operations role. Cross-departmental influence with focus on process improvement, change management and client relations and retention. Heavily involved in product development and worked closely with .Net developers to deliver new platform features and functions. Joined the executive team as a strategic leader and integrator of the CEO’s vision.

Senior Manager, Operations

Senior Project Manager

Lead design and development teams in implementation of dozens of websites for home furnishings companies on a proprietary CMS. Rewrote and standardized the implementation process using Waterfall software. Radically reduced time-to-golive for clients. Created new processes and documentation to allow department to scale to handle increased workload. Created a well-oiled machine in less than 7 months and was promoted to department head.

Web Project Manager

Lourdes University

Directed design and development teams in operation of Lourdes.edu website and Lourdes University student portal. Coordinated with student acquisition teams to support recruiting marketing efforts in social media, search engine optimization and event planning. Increased overall traffic to the website and engagement in the student portal. Researched and developed plans for upgrading the CMS and branding.

Website Manager

Two years of the most intense work of my life. I became sober and recreated my character and being from the ground up.

Achieving Sobriety

Hannah's Socks Inc.

Featured in People Magazine and on the Oprah Winfrey Show; winner of Jefferson Award and Points Of Light Award!

I co-founded a national award-winning non-profit. In addition to driving growth and organizational development, I directed website design and development, search engine optimization, digital marketing, social media, financials, event-planning, board reporting and more. I helped impact the lives of thousands of people in need.

Vice President Operations

F+W Publications

Wrote RFPs; selected vendors; established schedules; managed designers and developers; oversaw product testing; and created marketing collateral for four new-to-market interactive products.

Manager, Online Services & New Product Development

Managed 7 direct reports (developers and designers) across two offices and oversaw marketing budget, project prioritization, and resource allocation for more than 40 websites. Drove new marketing initiatives from the bottom up by pushing brand managers to expand their promotional efforts into email marketing, pay-per-click advertising, hybrid online/offline campaigns, and micro websites. Recruited and retained high-impact team members who provided reliable service to a broad base of internal customers during a period of fast corporate growth.

Manager - Interactive Media

Internal evangelist, led online migration of traditional business units by launching customer-acquisition websites for book clubs and tradeshows. Grew email program to 100,000+ customers and trained traditional media teams how to think for the future.

New Media Marketing Manager

Managed all facets of direct-mail and direct-response advertising campaigns for magazines and book clubs; wrote copy and directed design and production resources to meet delivery deadlines for multiple concurrent campaigns; created test promotions that outperformed their predecessors/controls.

Copywriter / Promotions Assistant

Applause! Magazine

Intern at Cincinnati's regional African-American magazine

Editorial Intern

I help ambitious people go next-level in business and life | Deep mindset coaching that creates massive change | DM me to get started | TEDx Speaker | Former C-suite | International Transformation Coach

If life handed you all the answers and you have it all figured out, please move along.

I love you, but you aren't my people.

My people have big ambitions but lack the tools to achieve them.

(They know it but hate to admit it.)

That's where I come in.

Do you see yourself in this list of former clients?

🆘 Wall Street leader who wants more influence and impact
🆘 Cancer surgeon who wants to handle stress in the OR better
🆘 Fractional CFO whose limiting beliefs hold him back
🆘 Entrepreneur who needs confidence in people skills
🆘 Teach leader who wants to lead with power and charisma

Each of these people felt deep inside they needed a boost to get to the next level in work and life.

That was me, too.

I've spent 15 years obsessing over how I had to grow to create a life no one else in my family has ever had. I had to go deep inside and reprogram myself to change my external outcomes.

And that is what I teach to my clients.

↪️ How to create massive confidence
↪️ How to lead with power and empathy
↪️ How to master your thoughts and emotions
↪️ How to leverage energy and charisma
↪️ How to put it all together for work AND family

Listen, I'm a blue-collar kid in a white-collar world.

Everything I've accomplished I've had to figure out the hard way:

✅ How to get to and thrive in the C-suite
✅ How to start my own six-figure solo business
✅ How to shed my past and my upbringing
✅ How to become a good family man
✅ How to overcome addiction

I had a ton of help along the way.

Now, I'm providing that help to others.

If you believe a deep, dynamic, transformational coaching experience is what you need to create your next breakthrough, DM me and tell me your story.

I help corporate leaders who are feeling stuck in their 9-5 break free from corporate by building & scaling a purpose-driven business.

Most people come to me because 

❌ They’re feeling burnt-out, struggling to find work-life balance and looking for more meaning in their work
❌ They’ve focused on climbing the corporate ladder or changing jobs, but something still feels missing
❌ They wonder if there’s more to life. More freedom, income, time & purpose. But then wonder if they’re crazy for wanting more
❌ They’ve thought about the possibility of starting their own business but felt overwhelmed with where to even start

Does this sound familiar?

I’ve been there too. I progressed to being a COO of a tech company before I finally realized…

WORK SHOULDN’T SUCK

You’re not crazy for wanting more and it is possible to have more purpose, freedom, income & free time in your work.

Here’s how I help you find that for yourself:

1️⃣ Find your Purpose
2️⃣ Turn it into a business idea 
3️⃣ Start your business on the side
4️⃣ Exit corporate 

 The program is a 1-1 intensive coaching program where you receive:
👌 Tactical business coaching
👌 Mindset & habit coaching
👌 Accountability & an extensive network
👌 On-demand coaching access

What does that mean for you?
✅ Your first high-ticket client within 6 months
✅ A clear & tangible plan & momentum for your corporate exit
✅ Set off a chain reaction to thrive in all areas of your life

"Before I met Keith, exiting corporate was just a dream” - S.A. from Phoenix, database administrator turned international consultant

“I booked my first client for $3,000 in 2 weeks. Now I have the confidence to quit my 9-5.” - M.D. from Washington DC, business consulting leader turned performance coach

“Keith completely changed my life. I’m going to keep working with him.” - B.B. in Atlanta, technology leader

💡 Is this right for you? Let’s start with talking through your options. DM me to book a call.

Gartner

As an Account Executive at Gartner I work specifically with Chief Financial Officers and their teams within the US Federal Government 🇺🇸 helping them with the following priorities, while at the same time building upon existing client relationships, creating new client relationships, and expanding my book of business.

What I help CFOs & Finance Leaders with:

-Finance Organization Transformations 
-Finance Processes 
-Finance Talent Strategies 
-Digital Technology and Technology Selection In Finance
-Finance Data & Analytics
-Planning, Budgeting, & Forecasting
-Artificial Intelligence In Finance 
-CFO & Finance Executive Personal Effectiveness Strategies 

About Gartner: 

Gartner drives faster, more effective decision-making among the world’s leading executives and business professionals. Powered by a member network that spans over 50 countries and represents more than 88% of the world’s Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, Gartner offers the unique research insights along with an integrated suite of members-only tools and resources that enable the world’s most successful organizations to deliver superior business outcomes.

Sales stats from 2024:

-110% to quota plan
-2024 Winners Circle Achiever 
-Q1 Bonus Achiever

Sales stats from 2023:

-102% to quota plan

Large Enterprise Account Executive, US Federal

Next Level Minds

Next Level Minds is both a personal development coaching brand and a top ranked global podcast.

Next Level Minds podcast is a top-ranked global business podcast that has been listened to in over 53 different countries! The podcast is dedicated to those who want to reach a massive next level in their career, business, or personal life. My vision with this is to inspire EVERYONE to reach their full potential.

Each episode I sit down with a fully qualified guest, entrepreneur, content creator, or mover & shaker in their industry and walk through their story of how they got from point A to point B in their lives, adversities they went through, and the steps they executed to overcome them along the way.  

Outside of the podcast I help young professionals reach a next level through individual coaching sessions in the following areas:

- Personal Development 
- Goal setting 
- Habit formation 
- Mindset

*I run this on side outside of my full-time job. Next Level Minds has no affiliation with my current employer*

Founder, Podcast Host, & Speaker

Capital Analytics

At Capital Analytics I oversaw the revenue and sales growth of the Charlotte, NC and Raleigh-Durham region. I also mentor newly hired employees on how to achieve success in their role. 

I was responsible for carrying out all sales activity, direct marketing, & project timelines within the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham region. Additionally, I met with 200+ top CEOs, thought leaders, and decision makers to increase revenue, secure annual advertising contracts, and expand activity across all our Invest: platforms.

Within this role I was also responsible for directing the Invest: Charlotte publication as well as the Invest: Raleigh-Durham publication

The Invest Charlotte and Invest: Raleigh-Durham publication is an annual economic business intelligence guide, which provides comprehensive market information to local, national, and international investors on the business and economic climate in Charlotte, NC and Raleigh, NC. In addition, we are also created to promote Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham as the place to do business.

Sales stats: 
631% increase in sales from 2019 to 2022
Close Ratio: >40%
60% of deals were new business in 2022 
Number 1 sales rep in the company for 2022

Senior Executive Director / Sr. Account Executive

At Capital Analytics I oversaw the revenue and sales growth of the Charlotte, NC and Raleigh-Durham region.

I was responsible for carrying out all direct marketing, project timelines, and sales activity within the Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham region. Additionally, I met with 200+ top CEOs, thought leaders, and decision makers to increase revenue, secure annual advertising contracts, and expand activity across all our Invest: platforms.

Within this role I was also responsible for directing the Invest: Charlotte 2022 publication as well as the Invest: Raleigh-Durham 2022 publication

The Invest Charlotte: 2022 and Invest: Raleigh-Durham 2022 publication is an annual economic business intelligence guide, which provides comprehensive market information to local, national, and international investors on the business and economic climate in Charlotte, NC and Raleigh, NC.  In addition, we are also created to promote Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham as the place to do business.

Executive Director / Account Executive 

Visit Travel App

I was one the Co-Founders of an interactive mobile travel application that allowed you to share your experiences and journeys with the world. I handled business development, sales, and customer / investor relationships.

We offered two main areas of value for our users. 

One being, a simple way to share your entire life's travel history with those you know. Your experiences, journey's, opinions, and much more can all be shared on our mobile application

Two being, a way to get data analytics and insight about particular places of the world through the eyes of the people you know and follow on social media. This eliminates random reviews and opinions that are not relatable or trustworthy.

We have exited this business.

Co-Founder (former)

The Select Group

Established, developed, and maintain business partnerships with Fortune 500 Vice Presidents, Directors, & Management in the IT space as a resource for their technological project based and managed services needs

Responsible for creating and crafting various innovative & strategic solutions for technical project based needs from companies in an assigned territory

Arranged and conducted onsite meetings with Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers, and other key decision makers

Used innovative prospecting strategies to target key decision makers of new and existing clientele

Mentored, developed and trained new associates on the Account Management career path to maximize their success within The Select Group

Account Manager

Established, developed and maintained relationships with technical hiring managers as a resource for their project based and technical needs

Was responsible for qualifying job requirements from companies in an assigned territory

Arranged and conducted onsite meetings with directors, hiring managers, recruiters, and other key decision makers

Used prospecting strategies to target key decision makers of new and existing clientele

Mentored, developed and trained new associates on the Account Management career path

Associate Account Manager

Allstate

I worked here while in college at Clemson University* Being a sales specialist for Allstate I executed needs based sales techniques on a daily basis, learned and studied the basics of insurance, executed retention calls with a specific discount tool belt, maintained and created relationships with clients, and made and met daily and weekly personal goals. I was also given the opportunity to manage the team of interns for a week. This gave a me a great deal of leadership experience that I am very thankful for.

Sales Executive

Ram Tool Construction Supply Co.

I maintained excellent customer service with potential clients as well as existing clients. I operated computerized registers during customer check-out, processed merchandise returns and exchanges, reconcile total sales, counted cash to ensure amounts were correct and adequate change available at beginning and end of shift. I assisted outside sales and inside sales representatives with professional sales techniques.

Outside Sales Intern

Laurel Hill Primary School

With this position I served as a counselor to assist in the supervision and safety of over 100 children with various onsite activities as well as field trips to various areas around Charleston, SC. I also, designed, developed, and led many sports related clubs to ensure physical values with the children of the Kaleidoscope program. My daily work also consisted of assisting and guiding over 100 children with homework to ensure proper grades were maintained throughout the school year. Lastly, I formulated numerous power-point presentations to inform parents with information regarding the Kaleidoscope program.

Counselor

Odyssey Board Shop

While working with Odyssey Board Shop, I assisted in various day to day transactions as a sales representative. I also fully operated my own Odyssey branch and established the whole strategic direction. I engaged in many sales, helped over 50 customers a day, suggested ideas and activities for people visiting the Charleston area to do, and helped create various marketing strategies for Odyssey Board Shop to engage in to increase their sales.

Sales Representative/Brand Manager

Templeton Silver

With the position of marketing and sales intern I did a number of things. I educated high end clients about various Templeton Silver products and coordinated over 1000 sales throughout the South Carolina reign. I  Facilitated and encouraged teamwork and leadership with the staff of Templeton Silver. I also prepared and analyzed over 150 Templeton Silver products.

Marketing and Sales Intern

Senior Executive Director at Capital Analytics | Founder & Podcast Host at “Next Level Minds” | Creating Content w/ A Mission to Impact 1 Million People 🚀

In my life that God has blessed me with, I strive for excellence. I am a 29 year old innovative, entrepreneurial, business minded professional who aspires to conquer very large dreams, and I will not stop until they are reached. I believe that you can control two aspects of life - work ethic and attitude! Every single day I go through life with a positive mindset and an insane amount of work ethic.

About me:

👨‍💼 Large Enterprise Account Executive - Gartner

🎤 Founder & Host - Next Level Minds Podcast (Top Business Podcast)

In my career, at Gartner I am a Large Enterprise Account Executive that supports US Federal Finance clients.

Outside of my career, I am the Founder & Host Next Level Minds, which is both a personal development coaching brand and a global podcast.

Next Level Minds podcast is a top-ranked business podcast that has been listened to in over 53 different countries! The podcast is dedicated to those who want to reach a massive next level in their career, business, or personal life. My vision with this is to inspire EVERYONE to reach their full potential.

I also help people reach a next level through individual coaching sessions. Topics include personal development, goal setting, habit formation & mindset coaching. I mainly work with young professionals ages 18-25. 

Do you want to know more? Feel free to connect with me!

#NextLevelMinds

*all posts, comments, likes, etc.. on all my social media accounts and podcast are solely my own personal opinion and do not reflect my current employer for all my social media content*

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