Press and Media

Articles, Speaking & Podcasts

Live & Online Event Speaker:

• Society of HR Managers (SHRM Texas, Austin SHRM, Dallas HR, Brazos Valley SHRM, Heart of Texas SHRM, Arizona SHRM)

• HRSouthWest Conference

• Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues

• Women in Tech Texas

• Learning & HR Tech Solutions Conference

• Santander Bank Women’s Day Keynote

• University of British Columbia - entrepreneur week

• Association for Talent Development (ATD)

• Society of HR Managers (SHRM Texas, Austin SHRM, Dallas HR, Brazos Valley SHRM, Heart of Texas SHRM, Arizona SHRM)

• National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)

• Inspiring Women Summit - The Shift Network

• Lisa Sasevich Speak To Sell

• 6 Figures on Your Terms

• Cash To Clarity Live Event

• 6 Figure University Retreat

• Ellevate Network Women’s Day

• Forward - Better Teams with Leigh Ann

• Client Attraction Symposium - Broadsheet Coaching

• Lorman - Setting Priorities and Making Decisions Under Pressure Webinar

Podcast guest engagements:

• The Executive Edge, Give 2 Profit, Jumblethink, The Naked Truth Project, ROAR to Win, Wings of Women, The Claw

Published articles:

• Forbes - Six Habits of Highly Promotable People

• Medium - various articles

• Stout Magazine - Top qualities of a Champ

• Ellevate Network

• RedX - Kim Carpenter on The Neuroscience of Trust

STOUT MAGAZINE
Featured Author

ROAR TO WIN PODCAST
Podcast Guest

Executive Coach | Speaker | Author | Creator of World Changing Women™ | Founder & CEO of People at the Center™

Kim Carpenter is a global speaker, trainer and executive leadership coach who believes we all deserve to express our fullest potential in our personal and professional lives. She’s on the cutting edge of a new corporate movement to bring more humanity into the workplace, and specializes in working with leaders and their teams to hone communication skills, make difficult but empowered changes, and develop thriving company cultures that honor the human and boost the bottom line. Kim has helped hundreds of professionals and business leaders from companies including Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and more. As a result of her mentorship, her clients achieve breakthrough results, earning promotions, pay increases, cultivating higher employee engagement, and generating millions of dollars in financial gain for their organizations.

After working for 15 years as a Corporate Marketing Leader for global brands, Kim had an existential crisis. After spending years fine-tuning pharmaceutical brand campaigns to pump more drugs into the world, and credit card companies to push more debt, she found herself asking, “How can I make a bigger difference in the world?” When her boss chastised her for mentoring team members rather than firing them, she knew it was time for a huge change.  

Kim embarked on a life-transforming sabbatical to four countries, studying topics such as the Science of Motivation, and training to become a certified coach. She returned ready to start her own venture and created World Changing Women™, a support ecosystem for professional women who want to stand in their power, increase their pay and visibility, and elevate their career to higher levels of leadership. 

Kim also founded People at the Center™, a boutique coaching and consulting firm dedicated to amplifying human-centric business practices while increasing revenue. Kim works with executives and entrepreneurs around the globe to help them become better leaders, communicators and change agents, with an emphasis on transforming the workplace into an empowering space for all. 

Kim is trained in Immunity To Change™, Conversational Intelligence™, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Advanced Communication Skills, and Business Turnarounds. Her speaking topics include Effective Feedback, Building Trust at Work, and Grow Where You are Planted. She is the creator of Your Path To Promotion Assessment and Programming to help aspiring leaders improve their position, influence and pay. She is a member of ATD (Association for Talent Development), SHRM (Society of HR Managers) and ICF (International Coach Federation). She is a volunteer mentor for startup founders, donates to the B1G1.org Global Giving campaign to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and is a Core Guide for the global women’s networking organization, Chief. 

When she’s not working to improve the lives of professionals around the world, you might find Kim hiking, stand-up paddleboarding, watercolor painting or wine tasting with friends and family. She currently lives in Austin, Texas with her family and Cosmos the Wondercat, who regularly photobombs her Zoom calls.

Short Bio

Kim Carpenter is the founder of People at the Center©, a talent development consultancy dedicated to the cultivation of people-centric leadership. Using research-backed tools and proven practices, they help organizations shape leaders who don't just inspire their teams to go the extra mile but also bring everyone together to tackle big challenges head-on. In the past 20 years as a Global Speaker, Executive Coach and Trainer, Kim has worked with over 4000 professionals at companies such as Apple, Coca-Cola, Netflix, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, The Hershey Company and PBS.