FEATURED AUTHOR

Kristina Kohl

Principal
HRComputes

Kristina leads the Becoming Sustainable practice developing people strategy to build more equitable and inclusive organizations. She is the Building Sustainable Organizations professor and DEI Committee faculty advisor for the Bard's MBA in Sustainability. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and universities including PMI Global Congress EMEA, SHRM and B.U. She was named a 2020 Beacon ICON Award winner for her work in supporting women in leadership.

Subjects: Business & Management, Energy & Clean Technology, Environmental Science, Ergonomics & Human Factors

Biography

Kristina is the managing principal of HRComputes, a management consulting firm, providing advisory and technical support for people management digital solution selection, client-side implementation and optimization. HRComputes focuses on delivery on people strategy using technology, change management, program and project management. HRComputes is a registered NJ WBE, NJ SBE and in the NJ Sustainable Business Registry.
Kristina leads the Becoming Sustainable practice developing people strategy to build more equitable and inclusive organizations. Services include strategy development, assessment, gap analysis, workforce data analytics, ERG development, talent strategies to promote diversity, building an inclusive culture, and digital solution selection and implementation. She is a diversity, equity, and inclusion thought leader and frequent speaker.
Kristina brings executive business management experience from the corporate and not for profit worlds. Her background includes serving as Vice President and Manager at JPMorgan Chase. She is the Building Sustainable Organizations professor and DEI Committee faculty advisor for the Bard MBA in Sustainability, She is the author of Becoming a Sustainable Organization published by CRC Press. Her new book, Driving Transformative and Equitable Change to Build Inclusive Organizations, which focuses on rebalancing power and breaking down systemic barriers to create organizations that authentically welcome diverse voices, will be released next year.
She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events including the PMI Global Congress EMEA, Society for Human Resource Management, the Great IT Pro, Boston University, and other industry groups. She has served on a number of not for profit boards and is currently the EVP for the Wharton Club of New Jersey.
She was named a 2020 Beacon ICON Award recipient for her work in women’s leadership and to the SJBiz 2020 Women to Watch List.
Kristina holds an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is a PMP.

Education

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Personal Interests

Websites

Books

Featured Title

Becoming a Sustainable Organization - 1st Edition book cover

Articles

How to Build a Lasting Culture of Belonging

Published: Mar 01, 2023 by Phenom Blog
Authors: Maggie Blehar
Subjects: Business & Management

D&I. DE&I. DEI&B. The acronyms may be constantly evolving, but one thing isn’t changing: employees want a high-trust workplace experience — for everyone. Kristina Kohl, MBA, PMP, and Managing Principal of HRComputes, joined us last week on Talent Experience Live to explore how companies can build a culture of belonging that both attracts and retains talent — and ultimately leads to a stronger, more profitable organization.

Open to Change

Published: Jan 15, 2023 by SJ Biz
Authors: Matt Cosentino
Subjects: Business & Management

While the JEDI journey continues, we begin to see progress with mid-size organizations. The key to success is making JEDI a strategic initiative.

Building Exceptional Cross-Gender Teams

Published: Feb 27, 2018 by Projectmanagement.com
Authors: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management

During a recent presentation on “Female Empowerment”, I was asked the question, “Does the “Me Too” trend really just needed more time to bring equality for females and males in the workplace?” I opened up the answer to the women in the room and the responses varied but were in agreement on the point that women reaching equality in the workplace is not just a function of time.

Becoming a Sustainable Organization

Published: Jun 22, 2016 by Accelerating IT Success
Authors: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management

Closing the performance gap between organizational sustainability vision and implementation.

How Sustainability Strategy Impact Your Corporate Band and Ranking as a Employer

Published: Mar 16, 2016 by Sustainable brands
Authors: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management, Ergonomics & Human Factors

As leaders adopt a sustainable business model that consider environmental, social, and financial capital are they focused on products and services or are they considering how this change in focus will effect current and prospective employees view of the organization. Increasingly, top millennial talent is looking at an organization's sustainability story as part of their employment search process. Firms that fully embrace sustainability and incorporate it into their culture have greater success.

The Voice of Project Managers on Sustainability Projects and Requirements

Published: Sep 15, 2015 by Projectmanagement.com
Authors: Tom Baker, Kristina Kohl, Pero Ivo Martins Echeverria
Subjects: Business & Management

This report contains the survey results and findings. The central finding is that organizations have adopted sustainability strategically and are executing sustainability initiatives, but their project managers do not have the resources they need to competently manage this process. Their challenges range from project methodology gaps to specific needs in achieving organizational change.

Applying Lifelong Learning to Sustainability

Published: Oct 04, 2014 by Wharton Magazine
Authors: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management, Computer Game Development

Gamification and its impact on promoting sustainability in organizations.

News

Pyramid Club Hosts Kristina Kohl for Author Night

By: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management

Kristina Kohl spoke about key topics from her book, “Becoming a Sustainable Organization”, on June 8 at the Pyramid Club in Philadelphia. The large crowd not only listened intently, but also participated in a lively discussion facilitated by Ms. Kohl. The attendees held a wide variety of professions including graduate students, engineers, and small business owners. Kristina engaged the gathering through discussion questions and real-world examples. After the presentation, people stayed to discuss sustainable strategy for their own businesses as well as for the United States as a whole.

Kris Moderates a Panel Discussion for Sustainable Business Initiative

By: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management

Leveraging Sustainable Strategy to Attract, Engage and Retain Your Workforce

On September 29, 2016, Kristina Kohl, MBA, PMP, principal of Becoming Sustainable moderated a panel at the Sustainable Business Initiative Meeting hosted by the NJDEP and Bergen Community College. The panelist included John Queenan, Senior Director of CSR, ADP, Nicole Dube, Outreach Coordinator, NJ Board of Public Utilities, and Nick Lange, Senior Consultant, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation. The panelist participated in a lively discussion around environmental and social responsibility as drivers for employee attraction, retention, and engagement.

The event was well attended and concluded with a drawing of Kristina Kohl’s new book entitled “Becoming a Sustainable Organization.”

Presentation at the PMI Global Congress Barcelona

By: Kristina Kohl
Subjects: Business & Management

Kristina presented at the PMI Global Congress 2016 held in Barcelona. The topic was "Closing the Gap Between Sustainable Strategy and Implementation." The presentation was well received by the project management community. The topic included a roadmap for success and a number of case study examples. There was a lively discussion from participants about their own experiences. The event concluded with Kristina encouraging those in attendance to take up the mantle of sustainability in order to help theit organizations address global trends, meet challenges, and maximize opportunities.

Videos

Promoting Data Driven Decisions

Published: Mar 01, 2023

In this webinar, you will learn how to leverage people analytics and machine learning to gather information that will allow you to make better people management decisions and improve organizational outcomes.

Driving Transformative and Equitable Change to Build Inclusive Organizations

Published: Mar 01, 2023

Webinar on Driving Transformative and Equitable Change to Build Inclusive Organization

Walk the Walk: Driving Systemic Change

Published: Mar 01, 2023

A conversation with Kristina Kohl, Author of Driving Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion on the importance of an authentic JEDI strategy.

Kristina Kohl Interview on RadioVision Network