Strategic advisor · keynote speaker · market maker for expertise
Remove the friction.
Move what matters.
Kristi Straw helps executives and leadership teams build confidence, cohesion, and trust when the organization is evolving, expanding, or growing through something consequential.
Turns out, empathy
and execution do coexist.
At the inflection point
Growth asks more
of the room.
Confidence and cohesion make it possible.
As organizations evolve, expand, integrate, and grow, leaders are asked to communicate with greater clarity, make consequential decisions, and keep people moving together.
Through the Authentic Authority™ Archetypes, Kristi gives leaders a shared language for how they naturally build trust and influence under pressure, so decisions move and follow-through holds.
Authentic Authority™
“Authentic authority is what people can trust when the pressure is on.”
Different rooms. Same work.
Where Kristi shows up.
From global stages to private leadership rooms, Kristi strengthens the confidence, cohesion, candid communication, and trust that help people move together.
Speaking
Keynotes that make trust, leadership, visibility, and growth impossible to keep talking around.
Rooms + experiences
Intentionally built rooms where the right people stop performing and start making things move.
Executive strategy
Clear thinking for leaders navigating inflection points, growth, people dynamics, and the decisions underneath the plan.
The ecosystem
One point of view.
Several ways in.
Kristi is the authority at the center. Lighthouse is the company. The rooms, studios, and ventures are where the work becomes tangible for different people and different moments.
The company
Lighthouse Leadership Consultants™
Enterprise strategy, leadership advisory, team experiences, and the delivery infrastructure behind Kristi’s work.
Explore LighthouseThe authority system
Authentic Authority™
A practical language for how leaders naturally build trust, communicate, and influence when the stakes rise.
Take the assessmentThe private-room architecture
The Pinnacle Dinner™
Intentionally designed executive rooms that turn trusted relationships into clear business movement.
Explore PinnacleThe signature public room
The Pinnacle Prom™
A modern society prom built around intentional connection, beautiful details, and the people who make opportunity move.
Enter the PromThe live front door
BetterStory Studio™
A live communication, story, and strategy lab where people practice the language their next opportunity requires.
Enter the StudioThe book + podcast
UNICORN Leader™ + The Last Straw™
The published and broadcast body of work: useful leadership language, candid conversations, and full-strength Kristi.
Read, watch, and listenHuman capacity · Michael Straw’s point of view
Lighthouse Wellness
The human-capacity application of Lighthouse strategy: sustainable performance, the conditions people need to function well, and what organizations ask people to carry. The October 14 working Rare Room™ opens the work.
Explore Lighthouse WellnessThe closed archive
The REIGN Room™
The former yearlong cohort is closed. Its archive preserves the ideas and body of work without presenting it as a current offer.
Visit the archive
Not because everyone agrees. Because the truth finally has somewhere useful to go.
Documented movement · 16 months
Relationships aren’t soft skills. They’re infrastructure.
More than $5 million in documented business movement has been connected to Lighthouse-designed rooms, relationships, and experiences in 16 months.
See the proofFor the moment you’re moving into.
Let’s make it move.
Bring Kristi in when the stakes are high and your leaders are ready to build confidence, cohesion, trust, and follow-through around what comes next.