Kim Crowder, Founder & CEO of Courageous Crowd®, is one of the country's most sought-after transformational leadership development experts, strategic advisors, and facilitators.
Kim and her team work across industries serving global Fortune 500 and multi-billion dollar organizations with a focus on future-proofing leadership, organizational alignment, and communications through people and process integration, especially during crisis, change, and uncertainty. From leaders and executives at Adobe to SmugMug, the American Library Association, HarperCollins Publishers, and more, Kim and her team provide executives with actionable tools to build resilient, high-performing organizations and navigate complex transformational challenges.
With over 20 years of experience driving organizational evolution across healthcare, retail, technology, retail, government, and nonprofit sectors, Kim specializes in turning organizational challenges into competitive advantages through battle-tested methodologies. Her approach combines human-centered strategies with evidence-based frameworks, leveraging certifications in Six Sigma Leadership, Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt, and AI-enhanced learning design.
Kim has been named by Forbes as a "Top Educators Companies Need Now," and Top Influential African-American Business Women To Follow by LinkedIn. She is also a member of the MIT Technology Review Global Panel, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, For(bes) The Culture, is on the HRD Connect Global Advisory Board, and is a LinkedIn Top Voice.
She has been featured by The New York Times, Business Insider, Cheddar News, CBS, NBC, FOX, Katie Couric Media, regularly by Forbes, is a contributing writer for Society of HR Management (SHRM), and maintains a community of 86K+ followers across platforms.