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.
Inquire about having Kim speak at your event, or customize a workshop for your organization.
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.
Kim has been a featured speaker and keynote for:
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - Texas Leadership Board Meeting Keynote, HR Southwest Conference, Arizona State Conference, Dallas, Brazos Valley/College Station, Austin
University of Texas at Austin — Customer Service Team
Santander Bank — Women’s Day Event - Keynote
Junior League of Austin— Keynote
Shure — HR Leadership Board Meeting Keynote
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Association for Talent Development (ATD)
National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)
rfIdeas — Women’s ERG
The Learning Guild
The Zebra
CHIEF
The Shift Network
Ellevate Network
Lorman Education
Delta Gamma
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 4000 professionals at companies such as Apple, Coca-Cola, Netflix, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, The Hershey Company and PBS.
Longer Bio:
Kim Carpenter is a global speaker, trainer and the founder of People at the Center, an Executive Coaching and Talent Development Firm leading the movement to bring more humanity into the workplace. Kim 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. In the past 20 years, Kim and her team have trained over 3000 professionals, and coached top executive leaders from companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, AT&T, PBS and more. Clients report that they become better leaders, communicators and change agents, with an emphasis on transforming the workplace into an empowering space for all.
Kim is the Founder and CEO of People at the Center©, a talent development firm dedicated to amplifying human-centric business practices while increasing revenue. She is also the creator of World Changing Women©, providing transformational development programs for professional women to enhance their personal power, increase their pay and visibility, elevate their careers, and leave their world-changing legacy. She is a PCC - Professional Certified Coach through ICF, Certified Talent Development Expert, Certified Predictive Index Partner, and member of ATD and SHRM.
When she’s not working, you might find Kim hiking, stand-up paddleboarding, watercolor painting or wine tasting in the Texas Hill Country. She currently lives in Austin, Texas with her family and Cosmos the Wondercat.