“We were experiencing and employee turnover issue and needed to bring in an outside perspective to help us get to root cause. We contracted with Krista to interview former employees and conduct a workshop with current employees, with the intention of sharing her findings with our local leadership team of about 75 managers.

Krista and I worked together on the presentation that would be shared at our leadership forum, Rather than going along with the narrative I suggested, Krista was thoughtful about challenging me and reframing my perspective. She operates with the utmost integrity. If she believes something is important, she voices it. I really appreciate her willingness to say what needs to be said.

The message she carried forward to our leadership team was equally challenging and motivating. She shared the "hard truths" in a way that evoked a shared sense of what to do next. Her insights and objectivity were a critical input to our journey in turning around the employee turnover issue.”

— HR DIRECTOR, BECKMAN COULTER

“I met Krista while I was CEO of Calyxt, a subsidiary of a French company in Minneapolis. I initially contacted Krista because I was looking for HR support, having no professional contact or team management experience in the United States. Krista, because of her experience at Target, clearly has an HR toolbox that helped us to create cohesion within the subsidiary's management team.

We had a lot of cultural diversity because of the scientific director was from Minnesota, the director of operations is Chinese, and I am French. Krista has helped us create trust, organize effective communication with managers, and bring cohesion to all employees.

Krista's strength comes from tools that I call 'intuitive'. She took us on an amazing retreat in nature (Fort Snelling), which catalyzed in our executive committee the emergence of a powerful vision for our mission. This had a tremendous influence on the future and branding of the company.”

— CEO, CALYXT

“I moved into a new role and identified a need to bring together a team. The needs went beyond identifying roles and responsibilities. It was about finding a shared purpose, connecting to the mission of the company, and establishing a strong sense of team.

Krista facilitated a workshop with us. She was very collaborative on the front end, digging into the needs of the team and then proposing options for the workshop. The workshop design was pragmatic, and the team fully engaged through the whole session. Krista is a tremendously insightful, intuitive facilitator. It is her native genius - she draws out the best of the team during workshop. She can sense when something is percolating beneath the surface and deftly poses a question that carries the momentum forward.

The feedback from the team was extremely positive and appreciative. Krista engaged with us in a way that served as a spark to re-launch our team and rebuild our internal brand within the business.”

— HR DIRECTOR, COLOPLAST MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER

“After a series of organizational changes and tough external market pressures, my team found we were working with internal partners under significant pressure to perform. When project results were not optimal, we found ourselves falling into deteriorating communication patterns. In came Krista, with a tailored session for 10 team leaders. She created an atmosphere to create a shared dream for our teams: what it looked like, felt like, sounded like, and what it would feel like if we did not make changes to our current patterns.

This was the most impactful training session in my professional career. Following our strategy/vision work, we spent time unpacking our current communication methods and practiced antidotes to move our team to healthy communication patterns. Krista offered the alignment we needed to move from a place of despair and disengagement toward what continues to be a healthy, productive, collaborative partnership.”

— DIRECTOR, TARGET

“A few years ago, the department I led faced some serious, entrenched challenges within our culture. Krista's engagement resulted in us diagnosing the root causes of the challenges, coming up with action plans to shift culture dynamics, and planning on how to shift our leadership to drive the change we needed.

As an executive coach, Krista helped me hone in on and strengthen my strongest leadership attributes. She smartly advises from a place of understanding organizational context and opportunities, and helps me think about what is needed on my leadership to reach the outcomes for which I am held accountable. I have learned a lot about myself through my coaching with Krista, and have deeper insight into how I can be the authentic and effective leader that I strive to be.”

— VICE PRESIDENT, LOCAL COMPANY IN HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY