Brandon Hall GOLD for Excellence in Leadership Development — Kristin Colber-Baker

Insights from Leaders
2 min readSep 3, 2020

Kristin Colber-Baker, Global Head, Talent Development at Mars, has over 25 years of experience creating and executing strategies to maximize profit and talent in some of the most recognized Fortune 500 companies. She’s earned a solid reputation for integrity, a balanced perspective, innovative problem-solving, and the ability to influence and inspire organizations.

As part of the “Women Leading Purposefully” Associate program at Mars, Kristin and her team were recently recognized by the prestigious Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Leadership Development Awards, winning GOLD for Best Advance in Leadership Development for Women. The “Women Leading Purposefully” program was developed in partnership with Harvard and provides a meaningful leadership development experience for multi-cultural female leaders across Mars North America.

Here is what Kristin had to say about her recent achievement: “Creating and launching a leadership development experience for multi-cultural women was the opportunity of a lifetime. It is enormously gratifying to be recognized with the Brandon Hall GOLD award and, to know that the Women Leading Purposefully program is one of many steps Mars is taking to advance female leaders and to build allyship across populations. It was an honor to partner with Summer Davies and the Harvard Business Publishing team to bring to market an innovative and impactful program.”

Click here to view the award.

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