Staci Drilling
When Staci speaks, leaders listen and change happens. Audiences leave with clarity, confidence, and tools they can use to lead better, engage teams, and build cultures that last. With her signature mix of candor, strategy, and heart, she delivers more than inspiration, she delivers transformation.
Staci Drilling is a people-first executive and culture strategist with over two decades of experience leading HR and operations across iconic brands and fast-growing companies. As co-founder of JumpStart People, Staci helps businesses unlock performance through better leadership, aligned cultures, and employee engagement that actually sticks.
She’s led strategy for organizations with 18,000+ employees and nearly 1,000 restaurants, scaling leadership, DEI, and retention programs in some of the most dynamic environments out there. Whether she's coaching executives, guiding tough conversations, or activating values that drive business, Staci is known for making people strategy real—and making it work.
A certified SPHR, SHRM-SCP, and Strategic Workforce Planner, Staci brings a no-fluff, high-impact approach to every stage she steps on. Her sessions blend strategic insights with grounded humanity, empowering audiences to lead with clarity, show up with courage, and build workplaces people believe in.
Staci Drilling is a people-first executive and culture strategist with over two decades of experience leading HR and operations across iconic brands and fast-growing companies. As co-founder of JumpStart People, Staci helps businesses unlock performance through better leadership, aligned cultures, and employee engagement that actually sticks.
She’s led strategy for organizations with 18,000+ employees and nearly 1,000 restaurants, scaling leadership, DEI, and retention programs in some of the most dynamic environments out there. Whether she's coaching executives, guiding tough conversations, or activating values that drive business, Staci is known for making people strategy real—and making it work.
A certified SPHR, SHRM-SCP, and Strategic Workforce Planner, Staci brings a no-fluff, high-impact approach to every stage she steps on. Her sessions blend strategic insights with grounded humanity, empowering audiences to lead with clarity, show up with courage, and build workplaces people believe in.
