Kristen Harris

I spent over 25 years in leadership opportunities and high-tech environments, working as an individual contributor, middle manager, senior director, and VP with many global teams. Throughout my career, I had many learning experiences as a leader and grew tremendously. In the midst of that journey, I fought breast cancer, which taught me a lot about my own perfectionism and my path in terms of career and health. I really expected to continue getting advanced degrees and probably be in the university setting, like being a professor, because I love to learn. But I got into my career, loved the tech aspect of things, and loved leading teams. At some point you get high up enough in your career that it's difficult to change, and as a working mom with two kids and as a breadwinner with a great husband, my path just continued. After my cancer journey, I decided that climbing the ladder was not what gave me joy, and yet even as I tried to pull back from leadership, I found that I was just a natural leader and continued to gravitate toward it. Now I've come to the place where I really want to be, working with people in groups and one-on-one and inspiring them to be greater, better leaders. I'm not in it to make millions of dollars, but I want to work with people that really want to change the way they work as leaders. Transitioning into being a solopreneur has been challenging, coming from a career where I always focused on building a team and having smart people around me.