Kim Carpenter
Global Speaker | Leadership Expert
Kim Carpenter has spent the past two decades helping business leaders and their teams hone their leadership and communications skills while mastering the tools and practices to lead change.
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Kim Carpenter — Founder - People at the Center, Global Speaker, Executive Coach, Leadership Expert
Example Topics Include
The Team Trust Method™️
5 pillars of high performing teams
In this topic or keynote, Kim shares her T.R.U.S.T. system with a neuroscience twist. She expands on the telltale signs that trust is missing in your team, and strategies for helping people create connection and alignment, especially when it feels impossible.
DISC Communication Styles
Build more collaborative and productive teams through understanding DISC
Participants do a quick self-diagnosis of their style using the DISC definitions and then dive into understanding each of the four styles. The process brings about a lively conversation that leads to a deeper appreciation for and ability to adapt to other people’s styles.
The S.N.A.P. Process
Overcome the Stress Response and Regain Your Power
Our brains are wonderful things, until they overreact and activate the fight, flight, freeze or appease stress response when it’s not a life-or-death situation. This topic illuminates and normalizes how our brains work, building an empathy bridge. We learn to recognize an amygdala hijack, and a 4-step S.N.A.P. process to return to a state of calm, so we can show up at our best.
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Speaking Testimonials
GREAT SPEAKER FOR SKEPTICAL EMPLOYEES
As an HR leader with highly skeptical employees, it’s been challenging to find speakers that can captivate my team while also inspiring them to take action. Kim’s superpower is relating to people from what’s possible, rather than not possible. I experienced a tremendous amount of positivity and curiosity from team members after her speaking and training sessions, which is fantastic!
Pamela Daniel — HR, Netflix (Gaming Division)
ENTERTAINING, ENGAGING, KNOWLEDGABLE
Kim was entertaining, engaging and very knowledgeable. My leadership team walked away with tangible actions to take, and we felt more connected to each other at the end of it.
Rose Ann Garza, SPHR, SHRM-SCP; CHRO, Kerbey Lane | State Director, Texas SHRM
ENGAGES A CROWD AND CREATES ACTIONABLE CHANGE
As the head of our women’s ERG at The Zebra, The Shebras, I led the search for a powerful keynote speaker to celebrate International Women’s Day. Kim was recommended to us as someone who could both engage a crowd and leave an audience with actionable steps for change. She definitely delivered on that promise, and worked diligently with myself and our leadership team to create compelling custom content that would resonate with not just women attendees, but the staff population overall. The result was that this was one of our most highly attended sessions and I’ve gotten many positive responses and requests to bring Kim back. I’d definitely recommend her to anyone wanting to host uplifting, enlightening and entertaining sessions for your teams.
Elyse Exposito, Chief of Staff, The Zebra
POWERFUL GO-TO SPEAKER
Kim is a brilliant business coach who shows us that you can thrive in your career, while being true to your values and authenticity. She is one powerful coach, consultant, trainer and speaker. She will always be a “go to” person for my interview series and podcasts!
Tara Butler Flock — Founder, Broadviewpreneur Coaching
TRANSFORMATIONAL SPEAKER OPENS HEARTS AND MINDS
Kim is highly professional with a high degree of emotional intelligence and an open heart. There were people that came into this (seminar) really skeptical, not interested in diving into themselves or others, and it was transformational to watch them go from having folded arms at the beginning to open arms and minds at the end.
Jeff Denby — Founder & Co-CEO, The Renewal Workshop
CURRENT SPEAKER, ON TOP OF SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES
What I like most about Kim is that she keeps current. This is a rapidly changing landscape and Kim is always on top of the most successful strategies.
Debra Boulanger — Founder, Launch Lab For Women
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Kim Carpenter Speaker Bios
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 7500 professionals and 60+ teams, impacting organizations such as Apple, Coca-Cola, Netflix, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, The Hershey Company and PBS.
Longer Bio:
Kim Carpenter, PCC (Professional Certified Coach), is a nationally recognized leadership expert celebrated for her ability to transform professionals into high-performing, people-centric leaders. With a distinguished career spanning marketing, business development, advertising, and IT project management for Fortune 500 corporations, Kim brings a unique blend of strategic acumen and human-focused leadership to her work. She has collaborated with top brands across industries—including manufacturing, energy, technology, and healthcare. She has coached leaders to impact organizations such as SLB, Marqueta, Microsoft, Apple, and PBS to achieve impactful change.
As the founder of People at the Center, a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, Kim has spent the past 17 years coaching and training over 7,500 professionals through live workshops, virtual programs, conferences, and one-on-one coaching. Her work is grounded in neuroscience, trust-building, and teamwork, delivering no-nonsense, bottom-line results that don’t sacrifice our humanity. She’s been a featured speaker at 50+ conferences, captivating audiences with actionable insights on leadership, trust and cultural transformation.
Kim’s clients consistently report measurable improvements in retention, engagement, KPIs, and workplace satisfaction. One of her proudest accomplishments is a year-long talent development engagement significantly enhance culture and teamwork, culminating in their acquisition by Netflix.
As a Fellow with the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, part of the Harvard University Hospital System, Kim brings unparalleled expertise to her coaching practice. She’s also a coach and facilitator for Chief, the premier women’s leadership network, where she moderates conversations among senior executive women to elevate their leadership and drive organizational success.
People at the Center’s team of coaches are certified practitioners in DISC, Hogan, Leadership Circle Profile and Predictive Index. They also provide recertification training for HR leaders through SHRM and HRCI. Kim’s influence extends across 22 countries on 7 continents, where she has worked with diverse teams and leaders to create thriving workplace cultures.
As strong advocates for ESG, her firm partners with B1G1.org to align business initiatives with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) through global giving impacts, and contributes locally as a member of Social Venture Partners Austin, offering expertise to strengthen non-profit leadership.
When not transforming leaders and workplaces, Kim enjoys hiking, stand-up paddleboarding, watercolor painting, and wine tasting. She resides outside of Dallas, Texas, with her family and Cosmos the Wondercat, who keeps everyone on their toes.