True Purpose Leadership founder, Kristi Dooley, is an organizational development (OD) consultant and executive coach with a demonstrated talent for developing organizations, teams, and leaders that thrive. Consistently commended by her clients for her ability to put people at ease and get results in tough circumstances, she builds strong leadership teams that eliminate obstacles, maximize communication, and optimize performance. Kristi draws on her 30 years of experience in the human resources industry and her substantial relationship building skills to partner with executives to co-create ideal solutions to complex challenges, laying the foundation for workplace transformation and individual growth. She helps leaders create diverse and inclusive teams where people can bring their authentic selves and feel a sense of belonging and meaningful contribution.
Kristi’s expertise includes strategic planning, organization assessment, team development and facilitation, leadership training, change management, equity and inclusion, and executive coaching. She helps leaders create highly engaged work forces that succeed through collaboration, teamwork and effective communication. Kristi’s expert facilitation enables diverse groups to have crucial conversations that lead to productive results with maximum buy-in. As a seasoned leadership coach, she supports executives in reaching their highest potential by listening deeply, identifying what’s getting in their way of having the impact they want, and challenging them to create their desired results.
Kristi has served in a variety of roles including Employee Relations Manager for a Fortune 500 company, internal OD specialist and trainer in several local government organizations, and as a coach and consultant to private and public sector senior leaders. Her clients span local government organizations in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Roanoke and Montgomery Counties, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Herndon, Alexandria, and the District of Columbia as well as private sector clients in the architecture, trade association, property management, accounting, construction, and commercial real estate development industries.
Kristi’s Education and Professional Training
Kristi graduated summa cum laude with an MA in Public Administration from the University of Virginia and graduated with a BA in Politics from Washington and Lee University. Kristi’s post-graduate work has included earning a certificate in Organizational Development from Georgetown University. Additionally, Kristi is credentialed as a Professional Certified Coach, a high-level distinction as an experienced coaching practitioner, by the International Coaching Federation, and is certified in the Leadership Circle Profile, DISC, MBTI, and the EQI2.0. Kristi is a certified Diversity Executive and Diversity to Belonging and Culture Facilitator.
