Meet Kim

Kim Jokisch is a certified executive coach with a passion for helping others reach their potential. She is the Founder and Principal of Jokisch Coaching LLC, offering leadership coaching as well as strategy and culture facilitation. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation. 

Kim is a creative collaborator, spending her career in both Marketing and Human Resources. She has more than 25 years of global, high-growth corporate experience with proven expertise in coaching, facilitation, strategy, workplace culture, branding, and communications.

Professional experience

In 2002 Kim joined Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, helping grow the company from 600 employees to 20,000. She led the CEO's flagship leadership development program, providing individual and team coaching to high-potentials and establishing key company programs including values, brand standards, recognition rewards, mentoring, and more. She was asked by the CEO to create an internal communications function to drive connection and culture globally. She created the employment branding team, which marketed Red Hat as a tech industry employer of choice. She also served as a career coach, helping global leaders gain insights and create action plans. Kim contributed to The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance, by former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst, and is featured in Harvard Business Review. 

Prior to Red Hat, Kim was the director of learning and development at The Body Shop. She led a team responsible for training and executive communications.

Education, certifications, and more

Kim holds a BA in English with honors from Illinois Wesleyan University, studied abroad at The University of Sheffield, England, and completed her executive coaching studies at North Carolina State University in partnership with Heidrick and Struggles. She is certified in the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i 2.0), Emotional Quotient 360 (EQ360), and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessments. She is a national conference speaker, featured at LinkedIn Talent Connect, International Association of Business Communicators World Conference, Ragan Communications, and Advanced Learning Institute.

Kim serves on the Board of Directors of Wiley Elementary Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the award-winning International Studies magnet public school. She also loves traveling and spending time outdoors with her husband of 25 years, energetic son, and small dog with an oversized personality.