Kendra Prospero
Founder & CEO
CO, USFrom CEO to CEO: a CEO and culture expert who helps empower your leaders, and attract top talent. You'll leave with actionable strategies to boost employee engagement and customer satisfaction, enabling your business to thrive while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
Kendra Prospero is a work culture expert who delivers highly engaging keynote presentations that help founders and leaders transform how they think and feel about work. We know that employees are no longer going to work for organizations that don't care for their employees. The command and control leadership style will no longer work in today's work environment, and she knows how to inspire leader to think differently.
Audiences love Kendra’s straightforward approach to keeping employee engagement a top priority for leaders. Her gifts include helping leaders understand how to create the conditions for their employees to thrive, and how that turns into profit. Every organization needs to get ahead of the curve to ensure they are an employer of choice.
Before founding Turning the Corner, an award-winning Human Resources consulting firm and “Best Place to Work”, Kendra worked for many years as a Software Engineer for IBM but felt she was struggling in a career that left her dying on the vine. Turning the Corner is a result of her following her passion for helping others as the CEO and Founder of one of the few firms in the nation that supports growing small businesses with all their people needs.
Kendra loves helping people get results, leading her team to greater places, and challenging us all to change the world one job at a time.
www.kendraprospero.com www.turningthecornerhr.com
Kendra Prospero is a work culture expert who delivers highly engaging keynote presentations that help founders and leaders transform how they think and feel about work. We know that employees are no longer going to work for organizations that don't care for their employees. The command and control leadership style will no longer work in today's work environment, and she knows how to inspire leader to think differently.
Audiences love Kendra’s straightforward approach to keeping employee engagement a top priority for leaders. Her gifts include helping leaders understand how to create the conditions for their employees to thrive, and how that turns into profit. Every organization needs to get ahead of the curve to ensure they are an employer of choice.
Before founding Turning the Corner, an award-winning Human Resources consulting firm and “Best Place to Work”, Kendra worked for many years as a Software Engineer for IBM but felt she was struggling in a career that left her dying on the vine. Turning the Corner is a result of her following her passion for helping others as the CEO and Founder of one of the few firms in the nation that supports growing small businesses with all their people needs.
Kendra loves helping people get results, leading her team to greater places, and challenging us all to change the world one job at a time.
www.kendraprospero.com www.turningthecornerhr.com
The Executive’s HR Playbook: Systematizing Hiring, Retention, Performance, and Employee Engagement
I’m a 15-year self-made business owner and CEO of Turning The Corner HR. I’ve built and grown my own company while helping other leaders make better people decisions, so I show up as a fellow business owner, not a theorist.
My background spans software engineering, corporate leadership, and human resources. That combination allows me to approach people challenges with both logic and real-world practicality. I push leaders to rethink traditional HR and start treating hiring,...
Get Off the Recruiting Treadmill
Every growing company is looking for talent, yet filling open roles often feels overwhelming and frustrating. Hiring can be time consuming, expensive, and discouraging for busy leaders. It can take months to fill a position, and even then leaders are often unsure if the person they hired is truly the right fit.
Finding great talent is more of a science than an art, but many organizations still rely on inconsistent processes and intuition when hiring. When companies struggle with...
How to Build a Business Case for HR Initiatives Using Data and Metrics to Drive Leadership Buy-In
Most founders and entrepreneurs start their companies to build great products, make an impact, and grow a successful business, not to spend their time solving people problems.
Yet nearly every business challenge eventually becomes a people challenge.
Human Resources has the potential to solve many of these issues, but HR initiatives are often overlooked or underfunded because leaders struggle to connect them to measurable business outcomes.
In this session, Kendra...
Building a Bench of Talent - Strengthening Succession Planning and Developing Future Leaders
Succession planning often fails not because organizations lack talent, but because leaders struggle to intentionally develop the people around them.
Many leadership teams know they should be preparing future leaders, yet they rarely step back to examine how their own behaviors, expectations, and leadership habits influence the growth of others.
In this session, Kendra Prospero helps leaders rethink succession planning by starting with the leader. Participants learn how to...
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The Rochester Armored Car Group
On-Site
T.R.A.C.G., Senior VP, The Rochester Armored Car Group
Verified @rocarmco.com“Kendra’s presentation brought a new level of awareness to our management group. The managers understood our company’s interview and hiring process, but Kendra was able to demonstrate why adding a personal touch to this process and beyond helps create stronger, better teams. She emphasized the simple ways managers can show they care about their team and the big impact that has on retention. ”
Colorado Govern. Assoc. of Information Technology
On-Site
A.B.., PMP, Colorado Govern. Assoc. of Information Technology
“Kendra delivered one of the most talked-about sessions during the 2018 Spring CGAIT conference. She inspired our members, gave them the push they needed to take their hiring to the next level and left them with a greater perspective on building a team with “no jerks”. She did her research on our industry and delivered hands-on tactics our members could take home and implement right away. Kendra is a brilliant speaker and personable individual. Funny, motivating, relatable and knowledgeable.”
The Alternative Board
On-Site
D.S.., CEO, The Alternative Board
“I can’t thank you enough for coming and presenting such relevant information. Every attendee left with something. 2 things jumped out at me. You live what you preach. This gave you instant credibility. I also liked how you were able to reconcile 2 somewhat conflicting values – family-friendly and results. Some people preach culture more naively. I see your more realistic model as a key reality of building a healthy culture. Finally, your model of situational leadership is so lucid. Makes complete sense. Many other key takeaways but these resonated with me.”
Google, Inc.
On-Site
N.W., Head of Executive Leadership Lab, Google, Inc.
Verified @google.com"Tremendous speaker - everyone was engaged, and the advice was actionable. Thank you!"
Colorado Govern. Assoc. of Information Technology
On-Site
A.B., IT Customer Relations, Colorado Govern. Assoc. of Information Technology
"Kendra delivered one of the most talked-about sessions during the 2018 Spring CGAIT conference. She inspired our members, gave them the push they needed to take their hiring to the next level and left them with a greater perspective on building a team with "no jerks". She did her research on our industry and delivered hands-on tactics our members could take home and implement right away. Kendra is a brilliant speaker and personable individual. Funny, motivating, relatable and knowledgeable."
Colorado Chamber of Commerce Executives
On-Site
H.P., Executive Director, Colorado Chamber of Commerce Executives
"We appreciate Kendra's closing keynote on the importance of culture in any organization. Her expertise and advice helped our attendees understand how to create that perfect culture. Thank you for your insight!"
La Junta Economic Development
On-Site
R.S., Executive Director, La Junta Economic Development
"We highly recommend Kendra Prospero as a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator. We brought Kendra in for our annual banquet and Kendra was engaging and high energy while delivering her message. It has been several months since the event and I still have people stopping me to tell me how much they enjoyed Kendra's speech. Kendra has her finger on the pulse of business and can deliver a speech that resonates with business leaders."
Diversity & Inclusion Denver UZ
On-Site
S.B., Senior Business Development Mgr., Diversity & Inclusion Denver UZ
Verified @gmail.com"Kendra Prospero was inspiring, empowering, and shared real-life stories and practical experience at the "Diversity & Inclusion" program in Denver, Colorado. Her positive influence made a huge impact and gave the audience insights and hope on how to create a greater level of inclusion and diversity within their company culture."
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