Kristi
Pastore

CEO | PURPOSE &
PEOPLE OFFICER

20+ years Mangement / HR experience

15+ years Hands-on Consulting

9+ years both as a Business Partner and Area Manager MS

Human Resources, Org Leadership & Development BA, Communication PHR, HRCI Professional in Human Resources, Emotional Intelligence Certified Trainer

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

  • Succession Planning
  • Talent Attraction & Recruiting
  • Business Development
  • Employee Engagement & Retention Strategy
  • Performance Success Systems
  • Leadership Coaching
  • Change Management

1st STRING

  • Culture, Talent & HR Assessments
  • Values Evolution, Development & Implementation
  • Workstyle Assessment Facilitation & Training
  • Org Design & Development
  • M & A Due Diligence
  • B2B Coaching
  • Leadership Development

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Kristi is a dedicated, decisive, and energetic leadership development professional who has over 25 years experience and a proven record of positively impacting organizational culture and business growth.

Kristi’s areas of expertise and passion are deeply interconnected, which has inspired her mission to make culture, value, and role alignment the top priority in all that she creates. She is a testament that when all three are aligned, productivity soars, and great success is achieved. Aside from having an insatiable curiosity that drives her never-ending focus on people and processes, along with a natural ability to coach and to lead, the drive she has to gain an understanding of what makes an organization tick and the purpose of the company is a key credit to her achievements.

Kristi combines executive-level aptitude with a common-sense approach, humanizing and customizing the complexities of Culture, Talent, and HR.

“Everything happens for a reason.”

DiSC Style: D

  • Jumps on possibilities
  • Bold & high-energy
  • Candid & quick-witted
  1. Belief
  2. Arranger
  3. Responsibility
  4. Relator
  5. Futuristic

Kristi tends to be confident and direct, asserting their perspective and advocating for their ideas and initiatives. Kristi prioritizes achieving results quickly and may be willing to take risks to achieve them.

  • Getting Results
  • Taking Action
  • Offering Challenge
  • Rallying the team
  • Looking for new ways to innovate
  • An initiative needs innovation & drive
  • Implementing ideas
  • Having authority
  • Achieving results
  • Overcoming obstacles
  • Working in an innovative setting
  • Making key decisions
  • Getting things moving
  • Working toward challenging goals
  • Convincing others

Get to Know Kristi:

In her free time, Kristi loves concerts, ocean views, barbecues, camping, hiking, Pilates, and being surrounded by family and friends.

Fun Fact

She loves learning, changed her major three times in college, got her bachelor’s degree after 11 years, then finished her Master’s in HR when she was pregnant! She believes experience trumps most education but may decide to go to law school in the future.

Advice for your younger self

“Don’t look back, keep looking forward.”

Bucket List Items

A couple of items on her bucket list are to buy THE Compound & take a private island vacation with family, friends, bonfires, concerts, and lots of laughter & love with no technology in sight.

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