Hi, I'm Christie.
My Zone of Genius is to save organizations time, money and energy by uncovering untapped talent and limiting biases and teaching Mindful Leadership + Empathy skills, so they can deliver meaningful impact, higher profits and happier employees and customers.
The Gifts I Bring to the Table:
- Creative strategist, analyst and complex problem solver.
- Intuitive knowledge of others' gifts, abilities and purpose and how to make the best use of their resources and energy.
- Weaver of patterns of the past to develop new creations that are sustainable and valuable.
- Instinctive ability to look at a brand, name or message, and immediately know if it’s an authentic match to the true soul of a company (and how to re-align it).
- Persuasive communicator and effective teacher with unique, independent perspectives.
- Resourceful and ingenious at finding new solutions.
- Innovative & forward thinking: "let's find a better way."
- Certified and “fluent” in 20+ Human Emotional and Behavioral modalities.
- Experience starting, growing and exiting companies.
Official Bio
Christie Turley sparks growth in visionary leaders and executives, with her training and consulting in Organizational Empathy and Mindful Leadership.
Her superpower is to save organizations time, money and energy by uncovering untapped talent and limiting biases, so they can deliver meaningful impact, higher profits and happier employees and customers.
Earlier in her career, she grew two international start-ups by more than $30 Million total, earning a placement in the INC 500. She also worked with several Fortune 500 brands and ran her own branding & marketing agency for 17 years before exiting to start her training and consulting company, Lighten Up Leadership.
Nearly two decades later, Christie Turley is a best-selling author, a keynote speaker, an expert in Human Emotional and Behavioral Psychotherapy and host of The Higher Genius Podcast. She lives in the US Rocky Mountains with her husband and their two daughters.
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Experiences
I’ve worked with all sizes of businesses, from start-up to a $7 billion dollar company, from international to local, spanning all types of industries. I’ve started, owned, grew and exited 9 of my own businesses covering services, physical products, digital products, brick-and-mortar retail, a franchise, and e-learning.
1999: Starting Up
2004: Head of Marketing at a 9-Figure Enterprise
2001-2007: The Leading Lady
I was invited to lead an ASU Board of Directors as a Communication Chairperson and then on the Executive Leadership Team for a few years. I also led efforts as part
of another Board of Directors with the American Marketing Association. They were great experiences that taught me a lot about leading with empathy.
2005: The Leap of Faith
2006: Fashion Forward
2008: Team Work Makes the Dream Work
2010: Upwardly Mobile
2012: Hear Both Sides
I developed a direct mail campaign for a tech company with over 100 franchisees. The campaign told the compelling story of how a father’s love for his daughter spurred him to create a hearing aid with the most advanced technology available. This empathetic campaign outperformed other controls with an astounding 30:1 ROI and attracted record-breaking numbers of new customers, franchisees and employees for years after. To this day, 10 years later, no one has beat this new control! This is when I started to formulate The Empathy Equation.
2012-2015: Enter Stage Right
2014-2020: Morning Magic
2015: The Ripple Effect
2016: Invisible Solutions
2016-17: Two Miracles
2017: Mic Check
I gave my first stage presentation to a large group of CEO’s running 7-, 8- and 9-figure businesses. It was a success, evidenced by a swarm of people around me at lunch. Interestingly, right before I got on stage, the tension in the room was palpable. The host couldn’t seem to calm down the attendees after an incident on stage. I witnessed the conflict before going on stage and I told him, “I’ve got this.” After the event was over, the host told me that my speech saved his event. This is when I realized that I was born to speak on stage.
2019: Pursuing Purpose
After writing my first book, The Intuition-Led Business: Speed Up Business Growth by Slowing Down & Tuning In and releasing The Higher Genius Podcast, I stepped out fully onto the scene to share the biggest secret I've discovered for creating the most innovative business plans and a renewed enthusiasm for life and business: Mindful Leadership and The Empathy Equation.
2020-2021: The Big Pivot
While many speakers and trainers were scrambling off stage to find virtual work during the pandemic, I was running toward the stage. I started to transition my private consulting to encompass workshops and keynotes.
I pivoted from helping organizations create successful marketing campaigns using my secret sauce— to teaching organizations how to make the secret sauce behind the success: The Empathy Equation and Mindful Leadership, so they can unlock the hidden drivers of financial growth, employee performance and customer loyalty.
Cut to Now...
Whether it’s attracting new customers or employees, I’ve learned that Mindful Leadership + Empathy are the secret ingredients that keep and engage your people.
During the past two decades, I’ve become an expert in Human Emotional and Behavioral Psychotherapy, speaking to organizations and coaching thousands of leaders.
I guide people through a process I created to uncover the hidden drivers of financial growth, employee performance and customer loyalty.
To learn more about how Mindfulness + Empathy can supercharge your organization, request a Clarity Call.
Experiences
I’ve worked with all sizes of businesses, from start-up to a $7 billion dollar company, from international to local, spanning all types of industries. I’ve started, owned, grew and exited 9 of my own businesses covering services, physical products, digital products, brick-and-mortar retail, a franchise, and e-learning.
1999:
Starting Up
While still in college, I became Head of Marketing at a global education start-up and helped them grow by 3,000% – from six-figures to $15MM in 5 years, which ranked us #67 in the INC 500. I also happened to be the youngest person in the company and managed many employees who were older. I learned a lot about overcoming biases and prejudices and the art of Mindful Leadership.
2004:
Head of Marketing at a 9-Figure Enterprise
2001-2007:
The Leading Lady
I was invited to lead an ASU Board of Directors as a Communication Chairperson and then on the Executive Leadership Team for a few years. I also led efforts as part
of another Board of Directors with the American Marketing Association. They were great experiences that taught me a lot about leading with empathy.
2005:
The Leap of Faith
2006:
Fashion Forward
2008:
Team Work Makes the Dream Work
2010:
Upwardly Mobile
2012:
Hear Both Sides
I developed a direct mail campaign for a tech company with over 100 franchisees. The campaign told the compelling story of how a father’s love for his daughter spurred him to create a hearing aid with the most advanced technology available. This empathetic campaign outperformed other controls with an astounding 30:1 ROI and attracted record-breaking numbers of new customers, franchisees and employees for years after. To this day, 10 years later, no one has beat this new control! This is when I started to formulate The Empathy Equation.
2012-2015:
Enter Stage Right
2014-2020:
Morning Magic
2015:
The Ripple Effect
2016:
Invisible Solutions
2016-17:
Two Miracles
2017:
Mic Check
I gave my first stage presentation to a large group of CEO’s running 7-, 8- and 9-figure businesses. It was a success, evidenced by a swarm of people around me at lunch. Interestingly, right before I got on stage, the tension in the room was palpable. The host couldn’t seem to calm down the attendees after an incident on stage. I witnessed the conflict before going on stage and I told him, “I’ve got this.” After the event was over, the host told me that my speech saved his event. This is when I realized that I was born to speak on stage.
2019:
Pursuing Purpose
After writing my first book, The Intuition-Led Business: Speed Up Business Growth by Slowing Down & Tuning In and releasing The Higher Genius Podcast, I stepped out fully onto the scene to share the biggest secret I've discovered for creating the most innovative business plans and a renewed enthusiasm for life and business: Mindful Leadership and The Empathy Equation.
2020-2021:
The Big Pivot
While many speakers and trainers were scrambling off stage to find virtual work during the pandemic, I was running toward the stage. I started to transition my private consulting to encompass workshops and keynotes.
I pivoted from helping organizations create successful marketing campaigns using my secret sauce— to teaching organizations how to make the secret sauce behind the success: The Empathy Equation and Mindful Leadership, so they can unlock the hidden drivers of financial growth, employee performance and customer loyalty.
Cut to Now...
Whether it’s attracting new customers or employees, I’ve learned that Mindful Leadership + Empathy are the secret ingredients that keep and engage your people.
During the past two decades, I’ve become an expert in Human Emotional and Behavioral Psychotherapy, speaking to organizations and coaching thousands of leaders.
I guide people through a process I created to uncover the hidden drivers of financial growth, employee performance and customer loyalty.
To learn more about how Mindfulness + Empathy can supercharge your organization, request a Clarity Call.
Request a Proposal
For more information about how we can work together, please request a proposal and we can also set up a Clarity Call.
Request a Clarity Call
Using my intuitive gifts and business acumen, I can identify what specific areas of life & business are causing blocks in flow and what specifically can be added, removed or changed in each area for increased abundance.
Connect with Me
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The Higher Genius Podcast
We have consulted with companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune500 brands.
I’ve transformed thousands of businesses and sold over a billion dollars in products and services. I’ve created a marketing agency (Thrive Marketing), a product I adore (Epic Matcha), navigated being a mother and wife (while working alongside my husband!)—and now, I’m ready to take all my experience and help conscious enterprises and people get to the next level.
My superpower is my ability to identify the small tweaks that will lead to a business breakthrough.
19 years. 8 businesses started. 5 business partners. 1000s of businesses coached.
I don’t just spout theories; I know what works (and what doesn’t). And I’ve managed to strike a balance between business & home – work & play.
She encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone to try some outside of the box approaches to my marketing strategies. Her strategy-first-tactics-second approach was exactly what I needed as I was building and growing my business.
-Kim M, Scottsdale, AZ
I’ve spent the last 18 years helping businesses (and myself) uplevel. I’m married to Jared, my best friend, soul mate and business partner. And I’m a mother to two miracle babies (I’ll tell you why they’re miracle babies in a moment). I’ve figured out how to enjoy my family and personal life in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona and still grow a business – to six figures in my first year, to triple that figure in my third year, and it’s now well into the 7 figures.
Career and family is NOT an either/or decision.
I balance both. And I know YOU can balance both too.
My husband and I struggled with infertility for 7 years … and I watched my parents divorce after 30 years of marriage. These difficult events have given me an unmatched appreciation for both my family and the attention personal relationships need to thrive. I believe it to be true that, “No other success can compensate for failure in the home” (J. E. McCullough). There is NOTHING more important to me than my loved ones.
I help creative entrepreneurs to triple their business income and impact, without sacrificing their relationships & lifestyle through:
- Online courses with laser-focused coaching, a supportive community and accountability
- Consulting (Done-WITH-You)
- Marketing & Creative Services (Done-for-You)
- VIP Strategy Days
It’s been an epic journey – and this is my next chapter.
I’ve seen inside 1000s of businesses and I’ve also started, bought and streamlined 8 of my own businesses and successfully sold them or set them up to produce sustainable and predictable results. These businesses include:
- A consulting business
- Multiple services businesses
- Two physical product ecommerce businesses
- A Thought Leader & Coaching training company
- A digital products ecommerce business (digital designs)
- A media/blogging and digital publishing
- A franchise business (brick and mortar retail)
Through those years, my husband and I have had 3 different business partners - one good, one bad, one ugly - and we’ve bought and sold (succeeded and failed at) other ventures, too.
