Kishshana Palmer

CEO, Kishshana & Co.

Founder, The Rooted Collaborative

Background

Kishshana Palmer is the CEO of an organizational development learning company. She offers a mix of coaching and training she crafts into facilitative learning experiences, working primarily with CEOs, executive directors, and C-suite teams. She is particularly skilled at fortifying the people around the CEO so the systems and strategy are in place.

Kishshana is also a podcast host and an internationally recognized keynote and TEDx speaker.

Kishshana Palmer, Quadrant 3 Leadership Coach

Degrees and Experiences

Degrees

BA in International Studies, Bentley University
Masters of Science in Information Age Marketing, McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley University

Certificates

Clifton Strengths Certified Coach, Gallup
Certified Fundraising Executive, CFRE International
Certified Governance Trainer, BoardSource
AFP Master Training, Association of Fundraising Professionals
Certified Ombudsman
Certificate in Philanthropy, Harvard Kennedy School

Other Experiences

Member and Co-Chair of the Signature Education program, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Associate Professor, Long Island University
Adjunct Faculty, Baruch College
Founder, The Rooted Collaborative

Why Choose the Quadrant 3 Leadership Coach Certification?

Given her non-traditional approach to helping clients in leadership, she was looking for a framework that fit her lived experience. Most of what she was finding in the leadership space was testosterone-filled bro-marketing. Lots of hype and stress. Approaches completely out of step with her lived experience and inauthentic to her way of working with clients.

She was looking for a program that as authentic, something she could live out, and one that would allow her to transcend a specific niche or specialty as her business continued to grow.

“I needed a ‘sorting hat.’ I am super smart. I have lots of information in my mind at all times. And I can distill information very quickly. So I just needed a sorting hat so that I can be able to say, ‘These are the steps that I follow’ because I can be pulled off of topic. This program seemed like something I could use to pull myself back on track.”

What was the process like? Were there surprises?

“What surprised me was the depth of the program. I found that I would get to apply what I was learning in real-time. I was amazed that we could use what we were learning with our clients, even as we were learning it.

“I was also surprised that I wasn’t excluded from the transformational process. I found that, in order to be in this program, I would need to really put myself in the place of the person who I was coaching. To challenge or reaffirm my assumptions and things I thought were my values. That was a bonus.”

Would you recommend people do the Quadrant 3 Leadership Coach Certification Program?

“Hell, yes! This certification challenged me, grew me, and gave me a format I can use to help others that is in line with my values. This program made me more confident. And I realized, I am good at this!”

To find out more about Kishshana, go to: kishshanaco.com

To find out more about the Quadrant 3 Leadership Coach certificate program, go to: https://concordleadershipgroup.com/coaching-certification/