Redefining Leadership at the Intersection of Work, Care, and Human Potential
I help people, teams, and organizations craft meaningful change by bridging purpose, leadership, and life.
Hi, I’m Kristi Rible—executive coach, educator, and founder of The Huuman Group™. I support leaders and organizations to rethink what success looks like in a modern world—where caregiving, ambition, equity, and wellbeing are all part of the equation
Let’s move mountains—and make work, life, and leadership better for everyone
As founder of The Huuman Group™, a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) & Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), I help leaders, teams, and organizations build trust-rich, inclusive workplaces. From coaching to consulting, we work at the intersection of trust, connection, and strategic growth to build cultures where people and performance thrive.
Global Mothers, Global Daughters.
Produced in 2017, Global Mothers, Global Daughters is a film exploring cultural identity, the relationships between mothers and daughters, and the universal hope to raise strong women—no matter where we come from. While so much has shifted in the world since 2017, our deepest hopes for our children—to see them grow strong, joyful, and fulfilled—remain unchanged.
Teaching at Stanford
Since 2020, I’ve taught the first-ever course on Motherhood & Work, examining the systems that shape the working parent experience. This course dives deep into the systems, policies, and social and gender norms that have long shaped the narrative of working mothers. It’s about driving change—unraveling these inherited stories by first understanding the full context, so we can begin to create meaningful shifts at home, in the workplace, and across society.
My Story
I was never meant to follow a traditional career path. The reality is, my story hasn’t been a straight line—it’s been full of ambition, caregiving, a career gap I didn’t fully anticipate, reinvention, growth, and, above all, curiosity.
Curiosity has always been my compass. It took me into global business, where I spent more than 20 years leading teams and building organizations in technology, consumer goods, and social impact across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. Those years taught me how to navigate across cultures, lead through disruption, and see leadership as something far deeper than profit or performance.
But like so many women, I also experienced what happens when ambition collides with caregiving. I stepped away from the workforce without a plan for how to navigate that gap, not realizing how deeply it would shape my career trajectory. What felt like a personal choice later revealed itself as part of a much larger, systemic challenge that millions of women continue to face.
Motherhood, the loss of my father, and divorce all reshaped me in profound ways. They taught me that leadership isn’t defined by titles—it’s about resilience, empathy, and the ability to create trust when life doesn’t go as planned.
Those lessons are what led me to start The Huuman Group™—a leadership development firm built on the belief that the skills we call “human” are, in fact, the most essential. Empathy, trust, curiosity, communication, collaboration—these aren’t soft skills. They are the foundation for leadership in a world defined by AI and constant change.
I also teach at Stanford, where my course Motherhood & Work: Challenges and Opportunities for Positive Change reminds me each year that what often feels personal is really systemic. Together with my students, I explore how culture, policy, and leadership must evolve to build a better future of work.
And at home, I’m raising two teenage daughters who remind me every day why this work matters. I don’t want them—or anyone’s daughters—to inherit a world where their voices matter less, where caregiving is penalized, and where ambition is thwarted before it has a chance to flourish. I want them to inherit a future where leadership is measured not just by results, but by care, trust, and the courage to lead differently.
My story may not be linear, but it’s rich in the lessons found in every turn. And if there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s this: the future of leadership must be human.
