CEO, Founder KRISTA SKIDMORE
EXPERIENCE
25+ Years
EDUCATION
Indiana University
Robert. H McKinney School of Law
Juris Doctorate
Anderson University
B.A. Business Management and Psychology
TRAINING & CERTS
The Leadership Challenge®
Trained Facilitator
Everything DiSC®
Certified Practitioner
The Five Behaviors®
Certified Practitioner
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety™
Certified Coach and Facilitator
EQindex®
Facilitator
PSindex®
Certified Facilitator
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP)
Senior Certified Professional
Human Resources (SPHR)
Certified Professional
About Me
Krista is the CEO and Founder of FlashPoint, a leadership development firm with a 22-year track record of achieving client impact and company growth. She works across the firm to provide vision and direction for our finance, operations, sales, marketing, client services, enterprise, and consulting functions. She’s passionate about listening and empowering clients as co-creators of solutions and spends a considerable amount of her time building and deepening relationships with clients and partners. With her ability to quickly conceptualize the right path forward, she matches client needs with FlashPoint team members who have the right mix of competence and style to make a positive impact.
Early in her career, Krista worked in human resources, talent acquisition and management, compensation, and training and development roles, so she’s had more than 25 years of experience with a front-row seat to the powerful ways leadership can transform organizations. Krista is a frequent researcher and speaker in our space and is known for her passion and pragmatism–she always keeps it real and works to inspire others with practical insights they can immediately apply. Today she’s more committed than ever to help leaders and teams maximize the next decade’s leadership opportunities and is inspired by the ways the FlashPoint team elevates the potential of every leader they touch in a supportive, safe, and inclusive ways.
After work hours, Krista is deeply engaged in her community. She serves as the chair of the board of directors of Downtown Indy, Inc., past chair of the board of directors for the Arts Council of Indianapolis, executive committee member for the board of directors of Indiana Sports Corp. She has also individually coached and mentored more than 50 emerging and high-potential leaders in her local community of Indianapolis. Her values of diversity, growth, and service fuel her love of travel, where she seeks new experiences in places with diverse cultures, food, backgrounds, and traditions.
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