Wall Street → Wellington · 20+ years · 3 continents
The issue isn’t your strategy. It’s the invisible defaults shaping how your team operates every day.
I’ve worked with U.S. intelligence, law enforcement, and global organisations across three continents. Different environments. Same patterns — especially under pressure.
I work alongside leaders to make those patterns visible and actionable — so change actually sticks.
Better
Alignment
Faster
Execution
Stronger
Retention
“Kristen has demonstrated her gift of leadership on countless occasions. She has a natural instinct to inspire and motivate those around her.”
Brian Parr · Former Special Agent in Charge, New York Field Office — US Secret Service
“Kristen is proactive, detail oriented, and a consummate professional. I recommend Kristen without reservation.”
Scott Weber · Senior Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security
Every room has a different energy.
My job is to read it, meet it, and move it.
Who I Work With
You're a business owner, COO, or senior leader who knows the culture isn't quite right — or wants to make sure it stays right as you grow. I work alongside your leadership team to diagnose what's actually happening and build a strategy that sticks.
You know the culture isn't keeping up with the growth. I work directly with you — not your HR team, not a committee. Straight to the problem, straight to the fix.
You don't need your company to send you. You're a manager, team leader, or emerging leader who wants to lead better — and you're ready to do something about it. Many participants self-enrol and expense it through their professional development budget.
Taking your NZ business into North America — or North America into Australasia? I work alongside your market entry team as the culture and people layer. The expansion plan only works if the people do too.
Four Ways to Work Together
Advisory
For organisations that want to understand what's really going on — and build a clear strategy to change it. I work alongside your leadership team, not around them.
Training
Programmes built around your people and what they actually need to do differently — from a single workshop to a 12-month cohort programme.
Leadership programmes from $275/month per person — mixed industry cohorts and private programmes.
View the Leadership Programme → View All Training →Advisory Sessions
Most leaders reach the end of their career and wonder how they got there. Advisory sessions with Kristen are for the ones who want to feel in control, intentional, and succeeding in a way that's sustainable — not just surviving the week. She'll meet you where you are and help you get to where you want to go.
Speaking
Keynotes, panels and conference sessions that connect immediately and leave the audience with something they'll actually use. Available across NZ and internationally.
Cultural Fluency
Taking your business across borders? The strategy is the easy part. The culture is where most expansions break down. I work alongside your market entry team as the culture and people layer.
The Leadership Performance Program
A virtual programme for middle managers and emerging leaders. Practical. Proven. Running in mixed-industry cohorts from $275/month per person — with private cohorts available for larger organisations.
Next intake: April 29, 2026
The LPP — How It Works
The LPP runs virtually via Teams — same day, same time, every month. No pulling people off the floor. No travel. No disruption. Just structured, progressive leadership development that builds habit and actually sticks.
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Middle managers, emerging leaders, or high-potentials ready to take their leadership seriously. You can send one person or build a full private cohort.
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Ten live virtual sessions across six or twelve months. Each one builds on the last. Group coaching plus individual one-on-ones built in. You receive exec recap notes after every session.
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Better communication. Stronger accountability. Less escalating upward. The managers who complete the LPP lead differently — and it shows in the teams beneath them.
Per person / per month
Mixed-industry open cohorts — individuals welcome
Private cohorts from 12 people
Fully customised for your organisation
April 29 · July 2026
Next intakes — limited places
About Kristen
There are thousands of leadership consultants. There are very few who have led teams on Wall Street, run operations in Canadian healthcare, built hospitality cultures across the Pacific, and are now working at the intersection of American ambition and Kiwi collaboration. That’s not a footnote in the bio. That’s the entire point.
The pattern she keeps seeing — across Wall Street, Canadian healthcare, and Pacific hospitality — is always the same. And it almost always goes unnoticed until it’s too late.
20+
Years professional experience
4
Companies founded and led
10+
Industries worked across globally
SGEi
Director of Culture & Learning, SGEi
Client Results
Kristen is proactive, detail oriented, and a consummate professional. She is very responsive and an absolute delight to work with. I recommend Kristen without reservation.
Senior Counselor to the Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security
From a business perspective, the leadership programme Kristen delivered generated visible change and ongoing benefit for our managers. She brought value to each team member, meeting them where they were at on their own personal leadership journey — and was effective at achieving broad engagement and accountability across a diverse group.
Brand & Communication Manager, Wight Aluminium
The LPP has been a life-changing experience. I learnt how to set boundaries, that it was ok to say no — not just at work, but in my personal life too. Kristen's enthusiasm, passion and encouragement is awe-inspiring. It's given me more confidence and belief in my abilities as a leader.
LPP EVT Emerging Leaders
Industry Experience
Upcoming Speaking
I'm Speaking at HNZ26.
Hospitality & Accommodation Conference · 23–24 June 2026 · Rotorua
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Speaking
From intimate leadership forums to large-scale industry conferences — I speak on leadership, culture, communication and high performance. I read the room, meet it where it is, and leave people with something they'll actually use. Available across New Zealand and internationally.
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Tell me a little about what's going on in your organisation and what you're hoping to change. I'll be in touch — I take every enquiry seriously and respond personally.
Based In
Auckland & Hawke's Bay, New Zealand · Operating Globally
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