A Leader Building Leaders
Our Intention
The world is in the midst of a leadership crisis in our communities, schools, businesses, and governments…globally. We want to impact that. With a systems-forward way of thinking, contemporary perspectives, a dose of grit, and a heap of humor, we transform leaders into the curious, compassionate, and global stewards our future deserves.
KKL & Co aims to put a leader in every chair and a healthy culture in every company. We are seekers by nature…unpacking the way humans think, live, and work together.
We Believe
Human behavior can’t be compartmentalized. How you do anything is how you do everything. Thus, we assess, study, and engage the entire human. Professional development can’t help but impact a human’s personal life and vice versa. As a matter of fact, we count on that!
Humans are whole.
High performing work environments know that exceptional talent with game-changing ideas can be found everywhere at any time. Develop all employees to lead with a capital “L”.
A leader sits in every chair.
When employees are expected, empowered, and equipped to own their own development, organizations groom a solution-oriented workforce that is unstoppable.
Learning cultures are more powerful than learning departments.
Humans are complicated and messy, but our work doesn’t need to be. We design (or redesign) the strategies, plans, processes, and behaviors that get you through work and onto the higher ambitions that await you.
Simple is “in.”
The health of your culture determines the success of every ambition. Build, edit, evaluate, and nurture a culture that works for you, not against you.
Culture explains a lot.
About Kimberly
Kimberly Kleiman-Lee knows that humans are the most interesting part of work. With over 25 years of experience, Kimberly is a seasoned leader who attributes any career success to her insatiable curiosity and voracious desire to learn about humans at work and in groups. As the former lead of General Electric’s Leadership Learning & Development, Kimberly is a trusted partner and pragmatic teacher. She is dedicated to transforming leaders into curious, compassionate, and global stewards.
Kimberly founded her consultancy, KKL & Co., in 2017, and offers executive coaching, leadership workshops, and business strategy, focusing on the 'Whole Human' experience. Her approach, marked by honesty, intuition, and methodical techniques, has earned her the respect of leaders worldwide. Kimberly's expertise extends to teaching, coaching, and inspiring change for organizations globally. Her methods, proven effective, are delivered with humor and without PowerPoint, engaging participants fully. Kimberly believes that the best way to learn about the world is to be out in it, thus her students may find themselves in diverse locations worldwide.
With a BA from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a Masters in Adult Education and Leadership Studies from Loyola University Chicago, Kimberly is also a certified Black Belt (Six Sigma), a hopeful guitarist, a triathlete, and a Siberian Husky lover. She lives in Delafield, Wisconsin, with her husband, Bob, and their three children: Katie, Alyssa, and Sam.
