Leaders who focus on people over profits
win every time
Be Self-Aware
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Know Your People
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Communicate Clearly
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Teach How to Hunt & Gather
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Anticipate & Adapt
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Give & Receive Tough Love
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Make Lifelong Connections
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Be Self-Aware ✶ Know Your People ✶ Communicate Clearly ✶ Teach How to Hunt & Gather ✶ Anticipate & Adapt ✶ Give & Receive Tough Love ✶ Make Lifelong Connections ✶
Meet Kristin, your Mama Bear Leader
When she was five, Kristin’s Nana said “I don’t know what she’s going to be when she grows up, but she will be the leader.” Cut to 2008, when she was working towards her first promotion to leadership, she ended up on a performance improvement plan instead, on the brink of losing her job. She realized that trying to lead by brute force, cutting others down, and simply being the top performer was not the path to being a successful leader.
So she began studying successful leaders around her and realized by leveraging her instincts and being a human-centered versus profit-centered leader, you can rise to the top and feel good about it.
This work evolved into her trademarked Mama Bear Leader ™ framework that is transforming leaders across everywhere from Fortune 500 companies to startups.
The Mama Bear Leader ™ Manifesto
We don’t lead louder – we lead clearer
We prioritize people over profits
We know that direct communication is kind
We don’t question our instincts, we leverage them
We know that trust is built through consistent actions over time
We see the potential in people and draw it out of them
We know that giving tough love without an action plan is just criticism dressed up as compassion
Our team respects us because of trust, not fear
We create intrinsically-motivated teams that perform at peak levels
We always leave people better than we found them
I’m a Mama Bear Leader and I’m just one conversation away.
my background
Kristin’s experience has been built over decades to support you
Directly managed and mentored over 100 people throughout her career
Build leadership training programs for multiple startups, two of which have had successful exits thus far
Developed new hire training programs for multiple organizations, leading to the highest employee retention and satisfaction rates across the companies according to annual survey results
Serves on two non-profit organization boards, regularly coaching executive and leadership teams
HER CREDENTIALS
Masters in Health Administration and Bachelor Degree in Communications, Public Relations
Certifications in Digital Marketing and Customer Success
ICF Certified Organizational Development Coach
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Spent over 1,000 hours across various personal development courses
200-hr Registered Trauma Informed Yoga Instructor
Completed courses including Landmark Forum and Path of Love
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Leadership doesn’t come with a handbook. As a result, a new generation of leaders struggles to connect with their teams, businesses suffer, and people feel isolated in their leadership. But it doesn't have to be that way.
I believe we can and need to create a leadership revolution—leaders who are both emotionally grounded and tactically sharp. Leaders who choose courage over control, clarity over chaos, and compassion over the toxic patterns so many of us experienced in our own careers. Leadership can look different. It can feel different. And you can be part of that shift.
The fact that you’re reading this tells me something powerful about you. You are willing to invest in yourself. You are willing to grow. And that commitment to your own development is something no one can ever take away from you.
Continue sharpening your skills. Continue deepening your self-awareness. Continue choosing growth. Time spent becoming a better leader—and a better human—is never wasted.
I believe in you. And I cannot wait to see the kind of leader you become.
~KRISTIN
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