CLARITY.CONVICTION.CONNECTION.
Speaker. Executive coach. Narrative strategist. For leaders who want to communicate better, lead for real, and build the kind of trust that actually holds.
Some of the rooms and people that shaped the work
SPEAKER.STRAIGHT SHOOTER.
Whether it's 50 people or 5,000, I show up the same way — with real stories, straight talk, and something worth remembering. No lanyards. No buzzwords. Just the kind of keynote that actually changes how people think.
NYSE International Women's Day
Keynote Panel Speaker
Where IdeasMove
I came up as a writer. Co-wrote a book with Seth Godin. Built a marketing agency and sold it. Became the first Digital Director in Lambda Legal's 46-year history, where I led the digital strategy during the Kavanaugh hearings — a campaign that won a Shorty Award. Somewhere across 20 years of doing the work, those 3B+ organic impressions stacked up. Then I started coaching.
Most people in this space teach from borrowed ideas. I teach from receipts. That's what The Empathetic Leader and The Empathy Group are built on — actual experience, not a framework someone sold me.
Years in Marketing & Leadership
Agency founder with exit
Speaking Engagements
Organic Impressions
CHOOSE YOURFIGHTER
Purpose Coaching
For leaders who look successful on paper but feel disconnected from their voice, values, or next move. I help you get clear, communicate better, and lead in a way that actually feels like you.
Learn MoreNarrative Strategy
For founders, executives, and brands that need sharper messaging, stronger positioning, and communication people can actually follow. This is where story meets strategy.
Learn MoreSpeaking + Workshops
Keynotes and sessions on empathy, communication, leadership, visibility, and the stories that shape how people work, connect, and lead.
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The Book.
Twenty years of leading, coaching, and learning the hard way — compressed into 86 pages. The argument is simple: your people aren't a cost. They're the whole point.
How to hire with empathy. How to build teams that don't need managing. How to lead in a way that actually holds up when things get hard.
"Empathy is always the right answer. Kristina's book opens the door to bring it to work."
BEING HUMANISN'T A SOFT SKILL.IT'S THE HARD ONE.
Twenty years in rooms where it mattered. That's still the most misunderstood truth in leadership. Make of that what you will.
I help leaders go firstwithout losing themselves.
That means stronger communication, clearer decisions, and messages people actually believe.
Executives & C-Suite Leaders
Who need to communicate more clearly, lead more confidently, and build real trust with their teams.
Founders & Entrepreneurs
Who have built something real but struggle to articulate why it matters — to investors, customers, or themselves.
Organizations in Transition
That need sharper messaging, stronger alignment, and leadership presence that people can actually follow.
Event Organizers & Conferences
Looking for a keynote speaker who will say something real, make the room feel something, and leave people with a thought they can't shake.