Kathryn Cronin Miller

About Kathryn Cronin Miller

You have strong leadership expertise within your team, but you can’t seem to get underneath these persistent people + culture challenges. You’re worried about the resulting loss of engagement, productivity, and retention, and you’re sick of the stress. You want everyone to get back to work, so that you can focus on growing your organization.I get it. People issues are uniquely taxing. When fires pop up, you spend precious time and energy navigating these challenges instead of focusing on strategic priorities.What if you had an evidence-based plan to address these challenges head on, with an expert guide to make sure you addressed the root concerns, so they don’t come back?How much time and energy would you save if you could stop putting out fires and get back to business?Here’s the good news: I can help.I’m Kathryn. I teach social sector leaders to overcome people + culture challenges and create engaged, trusting, and high-performing workplaces. I help my clients: Stabilize turnover and organizational culture Improve engagement, performance, and accountability Resolve complex interpersonal challenges Enhance trust in leadershipAnd they do this without: Resorting to their position power or “laying down the law” \"Caving into” employee demands and wants or “coddling” employees Burning themselves out. Who do I work with? My clients are mission-driven leaders whose organizations are experiencing: Tension, fault lines, and interpersonal conflict Suboptimal levels of employee engagement, productivity, performance and/or retention Challenges with accountabilityThey are committed to values-based leadership, but feel stuck when those values meet the real-world complexities of running a social sector organization.My clients want to stop constantly putting out fires so they can get back to work. I help them do it. Imagine having a trusted advisor who understands where you are, has the roadmap to where you want to go, and will walk with you, step by step, to create the workplace you desire. When our work concludes, engagement and performance will improve and trust will be restored. Your leadership team will get their time and energy back. Plus, you’ll have the tools to prevent these issues from flaring up again in the future.If you’re a social sector leader looking to overcome a people or culture challenge in your workplace, you don’t have to struggle through this any longer. Reach out to schedule your free discovery call: k••••••@abetterplacetowork.org.

Experience

1. Founder, Principal Consultant

   A Better Place To Work

   Mar 2021 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   A Better Place To Work helps social sector leaders overcome people and culture challenges to create engaged, trusting, and high performing workplaces.

Education

• Cornell University

  Human Resources Management Certificate

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Doctoral Coursework

  2011 — 2013

• College of the Holy Cross

  Bachelors, Sociology

  2001 — 2005

• University of Southern California

  Master of Social Work (MSW)

  2006 — 2008