Society of Consulting Psychology

Dr. Ian Kristic has 25 years of experience as a senior leader designing and delivering executive and leadership development programs, executive coaching, high-potential assessment and development, succession planning and conducting leading-edge human capital management research. His subject-matter expertise includes leadership and management, coaching, succession planning, talent development, personality assessment, organizational assessment, and interpersonal and communication skill development.

Taking a human-centered approach to developing leaders through customized individual coaching and structured training programs, Dr. Kristic incorporates deep knowledge and experience in the behavioral sciences combining psychological practice with management consulting expertise honed while working in some of the world’s leading consulting firms.
Most recently at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Dr. Kristic oversaw Executive and Leadership Development and was involved in the other following areas: organizational culture diagnosis and transformation, succession planning, performance management, and organization development advisory services.

Prior to joining NREL, Ian led the Psychometric Assessment and Consulting Services business at The Myers-Briggs Company which delivered hundreds of personality assessment programs, team and leadership development programs, and executive coaching to many of the Fortune 500 companies in the western U.S. region. He has held executive-level positions in consultancies such as Interaction Associates, PA Consulting Group, The Forum Corporation (now Korn Ferry), Linkage Inc, and Executive Development Associates, where he designed and facilitated innovative leadership development experiences and talent management solutions for organizations and companies such as Microsoft, UBS, Amazon, Exelon, Gilead Sciences, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, the United Nations, McDonald’s, Hewlett Packard, Macy’s, Colgate-Palmolive, Devon Energy, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Campbell Soup, and the American Red Cross.

At Devon Energy, a Fortune 500 independent oil and gas producer, Ian served as senior performance development advisor, managing the company’s leadership assessment and development system for leaders at the executive, manager, and supervisor levels. He also served as a senior organization development consultant at H&R Block’s non-prime mortgage banking subsidiary Option One Mortgage and headed up the Organization Development and Training function at LG Information and Communications.
Based in Colorado, Dr. Kristic is living the dream - skiing, mountaineering, hiking, and camping among the many 14ers. When not in the Colorado mountains, he and his wife are globetrotting trekking the Alps or Andes mountains.

Ian earned a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Alliant International University, a Master of Arts degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Baylor University.