AI leadership coaching.
For every manager.
Kindred is a Slack-based AI coach that provides personalized leadership coaching for every manager.
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Supporting managers is one of our top priorities yet the existing solutions yield low ROI. Kindred has been a game changer for our leaders, highlighting clear ROI within a matter of weeks.
Manager effectiveness is one of the most critical factors to a company's success. Many companies have tried to figure out enablement -- through training, coaching, community, and more -- but the one gap we've always seen: real time learning. I'm excited for what Kindred Minds can bring to move the needle forward.
Improving manager effectiveness has been a perennial problem at every organization that I have worked at. With their focus on efficiency, personalization, and scaleability, Kindred Minds has built a solution to finally solve it.
An AI coach built into the tools you already use.
Empower every manager with 24/7 personalized coaching
Kindred personalizes its recommendations for every manager based on several data sources, including previous meetings, personal leadership goals, and preferred coaching styles.
“Increasingly, employees want hyper-personalization of experience at work. Professional development that targets the specific needs of each learner will unlock greater potential than what is currently available. Kindred Minds promises to hold that key."
Integrated into the flow of work
Before 1:1s, Kindred sends intelligent reminders via Slack personalized to the manager and direct report’s developmental goals. Kindred then attends the 1:1 and provides real-time feedback and leadership suggestions for the next time.
"Kindred's personalized coaching has given me the ability to learn how to check in on my rep's motivation levels before and after our 1:1s. It has given me the ability to grow as a manager in a way I never thought possible."
Trained on your company data
Kindred works in conjunction with existing company trainings, toolkits, and materials, ensuring consistent coaching for all leaders.
Kindred feels like it’s part of our team. It’s aligned with our internal language, leadership frameworks and philosophies, making sure every manager is on the same page, no matter where they are in their journey.
Performance reviews simplified
Kindred automatically summarizes and documents any feedback that a manager shares with their direct report during a 1:1. Kindred can then summarize all documented feedback to generate high-quality drafts for performance reviews.
"Kindred's personalized coaching has given me the ability to learn how to check in on my rep's motivation levels before and after our 1:1s. It has given me the ability to grow as a manager in a way I never thought possible."
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of managers report that Kindred made them better managers within 6 weeks.
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Our Advisory Board
We work closely with some of the best practitioners to design and build the most effective learning experience. The Advisory Board is currently invite-only. If you are a HR leader or if you would like to nominate another HR leader for our Advisory Board, please complete the nomination form here.
Bringing 20+ years of experience in HR across high tech, healthcare, and medical device industries, Shane’s passion is creating a culture of high performance for companies in growth mode. For nearly seven years, Shane played a key role in the global expansion, merger and acquisition, and integration work for Omniture, helping to guide the company through a successful acquisition by Adobe for $1.8 billion.
Looking to broaden his industry knowledge, Shane joined Edwards Lifesciences in 2011 and played a key leadership role in the 100%+ year over year growth for the Utah site.
Shane joined Domo in 2013 to assist in developing its talent and culture as the company grew at 100%+ year over year. His side hustle at the time was as a product evangelist for the Domo platform, and he spent every free minute on demo calls with the Sales team.
Sensing it was time to try his hand at small startups again, Shane joined Banjo in 2019 to guide them on their rapid, organic growth. The company more than doubled in the short time he was there, during which time Shane was able to implement a number of programs to help the company scale and keep the core culture strong.
Shane has admired Ancestry from afar for some time now, and was thrilled to have the opportunity to join the team in 2020. In his first role with the company, he led the Talent Management, Talent Development and Talent Operations functions, focusing on connecting the dots across the employee lifecycle to ensure a cohesive and meaningful employee experience. In October of 2021, Shane took on leadership of the global People & Places function and has been guiding the company through the next chapter in its product vision to build Ancestry for all.
Shane is a Utah native and enjoys being part of the growth of Silicon Slopes. He holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Utah and lives in South Jordan with his wife and four children.
Suzy Walther is the Chief People Officer at FalconX responsible for scaling FalconX and building the infrastructure critical for employee engagement and retention that will drive FalconX’s long term success.Before joining FalconX, Suzy was the Chief People Officer at Carta, a company revolutionizing the way founders, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership. Prior to joining Carta, Suzy was the Global Head of Talent for Bloomberg, L.P. During her 22 years with Bloomberg, Suzy navigated progressive roles in sales and product, ultimately leading and growing multi-million dollar businesses (Bloomberg PORT, TOMS, and SSEOMS). Her extensive global operating experience gives her unique perspective in the development and execution of innovative talent strategies.
Tracie is formerly the Chief People Officer at The Granite Group, where she led transformative initiatives including technology advancements and the evolution of the HR department into a celebrated People Team. In 2024, she founded Tracie Sponenberg, LLC, where she serves as a Fractional Chief People Officer and Advisor, focusing on transforming HR in Distribution and beyond. She is also a global speaker specializing in HR, leadership, technology, and business issues. Tracie's approach has evolved from a paper-first to a people-first mindset, emphasizing the significance of understanding business dynamics, technology, relationship-building, and maintaining a growth mindset. She is dedicated to placing people before profits and is passionate about helping organizations unlock their full potential through strategic people management.
We are committed to protecting your data.
We follow the best practices when it comes to managing and securing any stored data. Kindred is SOC2 Type 2 Certified.
All conversations between Kindred and a manager are confidential. These conversations are not shared with any external stakeholders unless a manager chooses to do so.
Managers and direct reports have control over what is recorded or not. Team members can remove Kindred and delete any stored meeting data anytime by typing a trigger phase in the meeting chat.
Every time Kindred joins a meeting, it shares a message with each participant to communicate its presence. During onboarding, Kindred shares the data that it collects with each manager and direct report.