Kendra Elaine is a dynamic speaker, certified corporate trainer, and expert facilitator. Her philosophy around great people leadership has five pillars: trust, empathy, accountability, coaching, and humility. These pillars are embedded throughout her signature keynotes and training programs. Kendra crafted her philosophy through years of training managers. She equips leaders with the tools and strategies they need to effectively lead, engage, and retain high-performing teams.

Kendra brings a unique perspective to her audiences. As the self-proclaimed recovering job-aholic, she shares her experiences from being a high-performing millennial who worked over 40 jobs in less than 20 years. When most people hear that, they say “wow, Kendra couldn’t keep a job.” Being that Kendra has never been fired, she replies that a job couldn’t keep her. She gives clear insights into why people quit, how managers directly affect those reasons, and strategies to combat them.

Kendra started sharing her experience as an unmotivated, job-hopping millennial, and other millennials began reaching out to her. They were experiencing everything she talked about but didn’t know what to do about it. So, she started coaching them. After coaching many people, Kendra crafted a coaching framework that effectively shifted the mindset, increased the motivation, and re-engaged everyone she coached. They would get off the call excited about their current role and with an action plan. Months later Kendra would follow up with them and without fail, every single one had started a new job. What happened?

It always went back to their manager. It was then that Kendra realized if the manager wasn’t properly equipped, she was essentially coaching people to quit. So, she shifted her focus from working with individual contributors to focusing on company leadership and managers. Her goal was to equip them with the tools she was using so they could connect with and lead their teams. She went on to speak at HR and leadership conferences, facilitate training, and develop learning programs for companies. Some of the organizations she’s worked with include SHRM, ADP, Commerce Bank, Diversity Awareness Partnership, AAIM Employers’ Association, MoDot, National Sales Network, and more. She had articles published in Diversity Woman Magazine and the Ladue News.

From there, she became the Learning Consultant for Worldwide Technology, a cloud services company known for being awarded for its culture and being a great place to work. There she facilitated all in-house people leader training. She developed curriculum and trained over 1,000 managers. Not long after being in that role, this generation’s first quarantine happened and social unrest was at an all-time high. Kendra facilitated difficult conversations with leaders, spearheaded companywide listening tours, and developed the strategy for managers to engage their teams during those difficult times.