Kristen Illes, Founder | 3D Leadership Solutions

Transforming Growth-Stage Organizations Through Strategic Leadership Development

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Kristen Illes partners with companies at critical growth inflection points, helping them intentionally develop the leadership capabilities, organizational structures, and cultural foundations needed to scale successfully while preserving what makes them unique.

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With 30 years of leadership and organizational development experience, Kristen brings a distinctive approach that goes beyond traditional consulting. Rather than applying one-size-fits-all solutions, she works in true partnership with executives and leadership teams to co-create frameworks that fit their specific business, people, and challenges. Her work creates sustainable impact by building internal capacity for ongoing growth challenges—capabilities that continue working long after formal engagements end.

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Creating Safe Spaces for Breakthrough Results

Kristen's clients consistently highlight her ability to create genuine psychological safety, allowing leaders to engage in honest dialogue about real challenges without fear of judgment or political repercussions. She serves as a strategic bridge-builder, facilitating breakthrough conversations that teams couldn't have alone while helping diverse groups find common ground across differences in perspective and experience.

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Expertise That Drives Lasting Change

Strategic Foundation: M.A. and B.A. in psychology from Marist College, Certified Professional in Talent Development, and a Predictive Index Partner leveraging behavioral science for measurable business results.

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Proven Experience: 11-year senior executive tenure at Coro New York Leadership Center, a premier leadership development organization, plus extensive work with growth-stage companies navigating the critical transition from entrepreneurial to structured operations.

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Specialized Focus: Deep expertise in building culture that scales, developing high-performing teams, evolving management practices for growing organizations, creating inclusive workplaces, and addressing leadership opportunites—all while building organizational resilience that supports both individual growth and collective evolution.

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The 3D Difference: Individual, Team & Systems Integration

Kristen's approach simultaneously addresses personal leadership growth, team dynamics, culture and organizational systems—recognizing how these levels interconnect to either accelerate or hinder sustainable growth. Her clients describe both individual transformation and collective evolution, with frameworks and vocabulary that become embedded in how they operate rather than sitting "on a shelf." There is nothing Kristen loves more than partnering with clients to design and implement innovative solutions that engage their people in the work and create the desired impact and results from their change initiatives.

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Ready to navigate your next growth phase with intention? Kristen helps growing organizations develop the internal capabilities needed to scale successfully while strengthening what makes your company special.