I help mission-driven professionals work differently.
So wellbeing, impact and energy are sustained.
I’m Dr. Kristin Meyer.
I know the challenges facing leaders in social impact fields — higher ed, nonprofits, healthcare, public health — because I’ve been there.
After years of training, publishing and leading research, I was overseeing a multi-million-dollar initiative and a team of 20. We were serving thousands of youth and families. It was purpose-filled work that was challenging and rewarding.
My approach to work was successful until massive disruption forced a change. Our budget was slashed. New leadership had new priorities.
My colleagues and I persisted, but struggled to leave work at work. Impatience and irritation flared in meetings and interactions. Turnover cascaded across the organization and softened already low morale.
We were at a tipping point. We needed a different way of seeing and engaging with our work.
We needed to RISE.
The RISE framework is born of my 20+ yrs of experience in management, advanced training in communications, psychology and behavior change and hundreds of hours coaching leaders and professionals through tough seasons of change.
My programs, workshops and talks are informed by peer-reviewed research, data-driven science, and training from top institutions. I’m a published author and hold a doctorate from the University of Michigan. My insights and work have been featured at UCLA, USC, Pepperdine University, among others.
I serve leaders and teams at a tipping point. You’re struggling to be resilient, productive, communicative and clear-eyed, but uncertainty and stress are growing.
It’s time to find a new way of working. One that’s sustainable.
It’s time to RISE.
How I Work
Integrity, science-based solutions and a commitment to excellence are at the core of everything I do. Here’s what else you can expect.
Curiosity
Questions drive our work. Whether it’s a coaching engagement, training or talk, every collaboration begins with a conversation to clarify your priorities, needs and unique perspective.
Confidentiality
Effective coaching and collaboration rely on trust. I’m committed to creating spaces of safety that allow for sharing and reflection. Every coaching engagement is private and confidential.
Non-judgmental
Powerful coaching happens when clients can reflect freely. I’m practiced at cultivating spaces absent of judgment and agendas so you can better hear your own inner wisdom.
Who I Work With
Mid-career professionals navigating restructures or stalled promotions
High performers frustrated by a lack of growth, opportunity or visibility
Leaders struggling to guide and support their teams through uncertainty
Smart and self-driven professionals who feel stuck and mired in self-doubt.
HR leaders and leadership development professionals
Event and conference planners
My Approach
Re-Center | Inspire | Sustain | Evolve
I guide you to approach work differently – with fortified focus, productivity and calm. Through coaching, enhanced communication and resilience-building practices that shift energy and sustain vision, I help leaders and their teams change what they bring to work and how they contribute. Instead of cycling burnout, we build a level path. A way forward that honors you and all sides of your life.
All approaches combine:
Science and behavior: What we know about motivation, focus, resilience and stress
Communications: How you listen, speak, negotiate and lead
Inner wisdom: Draw from your values, “inner compass” and long-term vision.
A better way forward is waiting – will you meet it?
If you’re at a tipping point feeling depleted, anchored by paralysis or pulled toward a new direction that’s still unclear, don’t fumble blindly.
We’ll build a plan that honors your experience, uses actionable tools to move you into a new chapter and worklife that’s sustainable and rewarding.
