Kavita Roehling
Kavita Roehling is a Global Human Resources and Employee Relations leader specializing in complex workplace investigations, labor relations, and strategic HR transformation. With more than 17 years of international experience across the Americas, APAC, and LATAM, she has built a career focused on navigating high-stakes and ambiguous environments while strengthening organizational trust, compliance, and employee experience. Known for her ability to stabilize complex situations, she bridges rigorous workplace standards with a human-centered approach that supports both people and business outcomes. In her career as a Senior Employee Relations Manager Kavita leads and supports a wide range of employee relations matters and workplace investigations, labor relations and strategic planning, including high-level and urgent cases requiring immediate attention. Her work is highly collaborative and task-driven, partnering closely with HR teams, business leaders, and legal counsel to ensure fair, consistent, and well-informed decision-making across the organization. She is deeply involved in both day-to-day investigative work and broader strategic initiatives that shape workplace culture and reinforce organizational integrity. Kavita’s typical day is dynamic and fast-paced, shifting between active investigations, leadership consultations, and policy development. She contributes to change management efforts by reviewing, refining, and creating policies and employee handbooks, ensuring alignment with legal standards while maintaining practical usability. She approaches this work with a balanced philosophy valuing structure and documentation while avoiding unnecessary complexity so organizations remain both compliant and agile. She holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Human Resources Management from the University of Denver and a Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science from Metropolitan State University of Denver, and she is also a certified yoga instructor, reflecting her holistic perspective on leadership and well-being.
• Certified Yoga Instructor
• AWI-CH Impartial workplace investigations Certificate Holder
• University of Denver - MSHRM
• Metropolitan State University of Denver - B.S. in Behavioral Science
• Accountability Award
• Continuous Improvement Award
• AWI (Association of Workplace Investigators)
• High School Volunteering and Mentoring
• Community Outreach to Homeless
What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to the foundational support of my parents, my husband, Joshua Roehling, and my dearest friend, Lindsay Cole.
Growing up in India's male-dominated landscape, my parents instilled in me the conviction that education is paramount, granting me the courage to defy expectations and pursue my highest aspirations.
That bedrock of academic value, combined with the unwavering partnership and support of my Husband, Joshua, and daughters, cultivated the resilience and determination that define my leadership journey.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received was to stop apologizing and be confident as a woman in my skills and what I can achieve as a woman. This advice has been transformative for me, and I have to constantly remind myself of it. I need to stop being apologetic for my achievements and own my success with confidence.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
When I mentor younger women and peers who need career advice, I tell them that you're braver than you know. Stay true to yourself. If something feels off, don't talk yourself out of it. Be kind in your strength. You can say no without explaining. You can leave without apologizing. You can change jobs. And most importantly, you can show up as yourself, no matter where you come from, who you are, what your background is. Through education, passion, and hard work, success is just about changing your mindset to change your life. Your passion means the world, and if something feels lost, don't do it. Be bold and be yourself.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I think the biggest challenges right now are people issues. People have been divided from a standpoint of views, political issues, and interpersonal conflicts in corporations and companies. There are issues where people may not agree with somebody's viewpoint, or they think somebody is purposefully doing something to attack them, leading to a whole victimization process. What we really need right now is a culture to bring employees together and build a sense of community where we're all in this together. How you do that is by keeping people at the front of your vision, and that starts with respect at the front of anything you do while you are relating with another human being. That's where change needs to happen, and that's the biggest challenge.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The values most important to me are family, integrity, being a good person, and trying to do the right thing always. I believe in having resilience and thinking about other people. I really try to create an environment where love is at the center of everything, and that's what I teach. I also believe strongly in building trust and creating an environment of change and growth. I constantly ask myself how can I become a better mom, how can I be a better person, how can I be better to other people. Respect is fundamental to everything I do.
Locations
Korn Ferry
Littleton, CO 80127