Walking Palm is a Coaching and HR Consulting business delivering bespoke services to individuals and businesses who want to achieve extraordinary results.

Coaching

Improve well being, relationships and performance. If you want to go through life with more ease and flow, let’s talk. let’s talk.

Consulting

Ensure your people strategy is an accelerant to achieving your business goals. Let’s explore how.

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What’s in a name?

Just like the vast diversity of the people and teams we partner with, we’re inspired by the extraordinary biodiversity in the rainforest. The walking palm tree (Socratea exorrhiza), native to Central and South America, is named for its ability to shift — growing roots in the direction it wants to travel to find shade and sunlight. By allowing the old roots that no longer serve its growth to die, it finds new opportunities to thrive.

Similar to a walking palm, we know people and organizations can choose to shift their approach with a goal of moving from surviving to thriving. Walking Palm helps people and organizations figure out what’s getting in the way of achieving optimal results — whether that’s a misaligned strategy, out of balance approach, outdated beliefs or low energy.

Together, we discover the next steps needed toward the results you seek.

What sets us apart

We start where you are. By taking time to understand all the aspects of your life or your business, we uncover who you are, where you are heading, and what’s in the way.

There’s no existing playbook. We collaborate on a unique strategy designed to set you up to surpass your goals. As true partners, we check alignment throughout the engagement.

An approach rooted in science and data. We leverage neuroscience, Positive Intelligence and Positive Psychology to produce faster results and impact in our engagements.

Deep global experience. Our work with clients and businesses around the world, coupled with a design thinking mindset, enables creative and innovative solutions to life and business.

Dream results don’t just happen one day. Let’s make this day one.

Our Core Values

  • Heart shape drawn in the sand on a beach.

    Love

    Love is a motivating and abundant force. When we approach life and business from love, there is infinite possibility and opportunity. Giving back is core to who we are.

  • A blue-footed booby sitting on a rock near the ocean.

    Curiosity

    Exploring deeply helps us understand a problem fully. We seek data to inform our approach and keep current on trends and innovations in business and coaching.

  • Zest

    Life and work deserve energy, excitement and wholeheartedness. Holding our clients at the center, we speak the truth with genuine and sincere kindness.

Meet the Team

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Close-up of a palm frond's leaves.

Led by Kelli Koschmann, the Walking Palm team aims to uncover the roots to the right path forward, bringing your goals to fruition.

What Our Clients Have To Say

  • “Amazing job transforming the people function into a point of strength and our culture into something that allows us to punch above our weight class.”

    Kriston Rucker, Head of Marketing, Sittercity

  • “You are a culture leader. Your impact on the human side of the business is clear. You are critical to translating what needs to get done into how we do it, which is the hard part.”

    A.O.

  • “I deeply appreciate Kelli’s thoughtfulness, her bias for action and her ability to make our Executive team more effective.”

    Elizabeth Harz, CEO, Sittercity

  • “Kelli’s impact is too profound to fit in a few sentences. I am so incredibly grateful for her servant heart and values-driven leadership. She's an incredible example for our team and we are so lucky to have her as our coach.”

    A.L.

  • “You inspire me to be a better leader and a better person every day. I’m grateful for everything I’ve learned from you, your coaching, mentoring and human first leadership. You are so much fun to work with!”

    M.D

  • “I appreciate Kelli’s constant support, coaching and encouragement. She's helped me grow both personally and professionally and I highly value her coaching style.”

    M.D.

  • “I always leave our conversations feeling seen & heard. What a gift that Kelli provides to all those in her orbit!”

    J.G.

  • “The gentle and sometimes more direct prompts to find different ways of accomplishing my goals is helping me to better navigate my values and self. I'm learning that by aligning my life with my true self I can actually do what I want to do. Thank you!”

    O.R.

  • “I really enjoy our sessions! I always feel heard and seen. You always share something with me that gets me thinking and is easy for me to remember after our sessions:)” - E.S.

    E.S.

  • “Kelli is amazing! Really enjoy working with her and grateful for her insights! Amazing listener and makes suggestions and offers up insights in a wonderful way! Thankful!”

    C.K.