Christine Sandman Stone

Christine Sandman Stone

IL, US

Need practical tactics and impact your audience will talk about for months?  

A unique voice - Christine's long career in tech, and work in org behavior makes her the modern management mentor. 

Need practical tactics and impact your audience will talk about for months?

Christine is the speaker to energize your group to action and progress. A deeply engaging credible speaker, trusted leader, best-selling author, and advisor.


“ Fresh content!!! When was the last time you attended an event and heard fresh, practical content?!” “I love that we didn't hear repeat advice… she offered great strategies” Fortune 500 Leadership Workshop Participants


Top recent talks include:

GETTING SH*T DONE

Managers and Leaders

You were the BEST in your role and now they want you to lead a team. You are a senior leader, and you want new solutions for your multigenerational workforce

-> Tools to use today to deliver results & get the best from people.


MODERN LEADERSHIP

CEOs and Senior Leaders

You changed your strategy: it’s agile and rooted in data. You have changed your workforce: it’s hybrid, global.

What ties it together? Your managers at all levels.

-> Let’s talk tactics to help you coach your leaders to drive results at all levels.


CAN I CRY AT WORK?

Women who lead / will lead.

This talk will accelerate your career advancement.

Hear unexpected and high impact advice and stories around key aspects of your career growth.

-> Proven career progression strategies to make a difference now.


Her new book, The Modern Management Mentor: Next Level Tools For Managers was recognized as a top release of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews. This book is a game-changer – a voice of pragmatism and results in a sea of leadership theory and inspiration.


Christine is a sought-after speaker and expert in the areas of strategic planning in tech product & engineering, transformation, work-life balance, and tech talent diversity. She has experience coaching hundreds of mentees and advising with elite companies like Dell, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, and a large community of tech start-ups.


She has spoken at Grace Hopper (the world’s largest women in tech conference), Fortune 500 and startup organizations, and at innovation, tech, and leadership conferences. She mentors with Chicago Innovation, AnitaB, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, and more.


Audiences agree on her impact:

“Christine led a discussion that was full of empowering and actionable ideas for women in IT. While she was only with us for the afternoon, our group was so excited by her message that her presence resonated within the office for weeks to come.”

—Women’s Network, Major Auto Company Tech Org


Christine delivers.

Need practical tactics and impact your audience will talk about for months?

Christine is the speaker to energize your group to action and progress. A deeply engaging credible speaker, trusted leader, best-selling author, and advisor.


“ Fresh content!!! When was the last time you attended an event and heard fresh, practical content?!” “I love that we didn't hear repeat advice… she offered great strategies” Fortune 500 Leadership Workshop Participants


Top recent talks include:

GETTING SH*T DONE

Managers and Leaders

You were the BEST in your role and now they want you to lead a team. You are a senior leader, and you want new solutions for your multigenerational workforce

-> Tools to use today to deliver results & get the best from people.


MODERN LEADERSHIP

CEOs and Senior Leaders

You changed your strategy: it’s agile and rooted in data. You have changed your workforce: it’s hybrid, global.

What ties it together? Your managers at all levels.

-> Let’s talk tactics to help you coach your leaders to drive results at all levels.


CAN I CRY AT WORK?

Women who lead / will lead.

This talk will accelerate your career advancement.

Hear unexpected and high impact advice and stories around key aspects of your career growth.

-> Proven career progression strategies to make a difference now.


Her new book, The Modern Management Mentor: Next Level Tools For Managers was recognized as a top release of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews. This book is a game-changer – a voice of pragmatism and results in a sea of leadership theory and inspiration.


Christine is a sought-after speaker and expert in the areas of strategic planning in tech product & engineering, transformation, work-life balance, and tech talent diversity. She has experience coaching hundreds of mentees and advising with elite companies like Dell, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, and a large community of tech start-ups.


She has spoken at Grace Hopper (the world’s largest women in tech conference), Fortune 500 and startup organizations, and at innovation, tech, and leadership conferences. She mentors with Chicago Innovation, AnitaB, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, and more.


Audiences agree on her impact:

“Christine led a discussion that was full of empowering and actionable ideas for women in IT. While she was only with us for the afternoon, our group was so excited by her message that her presence resonated within the office for weeks to come.”

—Women’s Network, Major Auto Company Tech Org


Christine delivers.

GETTING SH*T DONE

You were the BEST in your role and now they want you to lead a team. You are a senior leader, and you want new solutions for your multigenerational workforce

 

This program is perfect for:

  • Managers (and aspiring managers) 
  • Leaders who want to help their managers deliver at a new scale

 

The audience will leave with:

  • Tools to use today to deliver results & get the best...
ProductivityVirtual WorkforceLeadership - Mid Level ManagersEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

MODERN LEADERSHIP

You changed your strategy: it’s agile and rooted in data. You have changed your workforce: it’s hybrid, global.

What ties it together?  Your managers at all levels.


Format: Delivered as a keynote, or in workshop format. 

 

This program is perfect for:

  • CEOs and Leaders
  • Founders
  • People leaders

 

The audience will leave...

ProductivityStrategic PlanningVirtual WorkforceWomen in TechnologyLeadership - Mid Level ManagersTechnologyEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

CAN I CRY AT WORK?

This talk will accelerate your career advancement.

Hear unexpected and high impact advice and stories around key aspects of your career growth.


Format: keynote, workshop

 

This program is perfect for:

  • Women who lead / will lead


The audience will leave with:

  • Proven career progression strategies to make a difference...
Women in TechnologyEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

RE-SET (OKRs)

Format:  Workshop


This program is perfect for:

  • Product & Engineering teams
  • Their business partners and stakeholders

 

The audience will leave with:

  • Draft of OKRs for pilot quarter, or assessment of OKRs and recommended changes
  • Best practices for reporting, management and test and learn

 

OKRs are used incorrectly...

Strategic PlanningTechnologyTechnical / Specific