Video IntroductionChrista
Kirby, MA, LCAT, PMP, CSM, CSPO
Vice President, Global Learning Innovation
Global Practice Director, Leadership and Interpersonal
Skills
International Institute for Learning
Christa Kirby joined International Institute for Learning
in 2009 as Director of Global Communications. Today,
as VP of Global Learning Innovation, she also serves as
practice director for IIL’s Leadership and Interpersonal
Skills portfolio. A licensed psychotherapist,
Christa is an active coach and trainer, as well as a
frequent speaker at conferences, PMI chapters and client
events all over the world.
Christa's career has followed an interesting trajectory,
beginning with nine years in the trenches as a
professional actor. She joined the corporate world
in the '90s as a writer and editor at Ogilvy & Mather
Worldwide. For nearly a decade, she rose through the
ranks of Communications and Knowledge Management at Ogilvy
before shifting her focus toward training and education.
For the past fifteen years, Christa has conducted
workshops and led training for corporations,
non-governmental organizations and foundations on topics
such as team-building, leadership, conflict resolution,
effective communication, leading cross-cultural teams and
Emotional and Cultural Intelligence. Her work has
taken her across the US, throughout Western and Northern
Europe, as well as to countries including Afghanistan,
Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, Estonia, Ethiopia and Mexico.
Leveraging her strong background in the arts, Christa
delivers speeches and workshops that incorporate a unique
blend of creativity, interactivity and fun. She
integrates the latest psycho-social and neuroscience
research with case study anecdotes from all over the world
to make her presentations engaging, informative and
memorable.
Christa has a BA in Psychology from Duke University and an
MA from New York University.