Trusted Because Transformation Is In Our DNA

We combine expertise and credibility with integrity to provide a clear path for individuals and organizations to achieve transformational results.

Trusted Because Transformation Is In Our DNA

Brands Who Trust Us

Here's Why They Trust Us

They are more than just an outside consulting firm coming in and making recommendations. They really came in and brought change internally.

Workplace Culture Strategy Client

Loved the leadership Journey with KEIRUS. Much of the learning I have applied to my team. I truly appreciate the tools and healthy reminder that conflict is a good thing.

Leadership Dallas Training Participant

Can’t say enough about how Kelley approaches coaching sessions and her ability to be direct but also understanding. Her experience with “c-suite” level insights comes across immediately.

Executive Coaching Client

Because of what KJE has brought to the table so far with senior management training, other employees are excited for their own training.

Inclusive Leadership Training for Executives

Kelley’s experience and ability to assess issues faced in the business from a different angle and give direct feedback was extremely insightful. Really impressed with her ability to take in information, assess and recommend actions to improve the situation.

Executive Coaching Client

Because KEIRUS was able to navigate the very difficult challenges at my company, I am confident they can navigate challenges for any CEO in the country.

Workplace Culture Strategy Client

Great insights into self reflection, self improvement, and tactics we can use to be better leaders.

Inclusive Leadership Training Participant

Kelley Johnson is more than an Executive Coach, she really was my work therapist during a career transition filled with ebbs and flows. Kelley listened and provided sound objective tangible takeaways that could be applied immediately to broaden my leadership capabilities and improve our business outcomes.

Executive Coaching Client

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Our Founder, Kelley Johnson, Tapped By The Wall Street Journal 2X For Views on DEI Leadership

 

The right leadership structure and resources matter to successfully sustain a workplace culture of innovation, collaboration and productivity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs are proven methods to drive top-line growth and bottom-line efficiencies.


We discuss some of the common issues and pitfalls.


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Demand for Chief Diversity Officers Is High. So Is Turnover.  July 2020


The Activist Pushing Companies to Ditch Their Diversity Policies August 2024


How We Started

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, Americans were afraid to travel. Our founder, Kelley Johnson, a corporate communications executive in the hospitality industry at the time, experienced firsthand the impact of fear on people’s daily lives, and the subsequent toll on the economy. She started researching industry trends and the many reasons people travel, and voiced to her team the need to explore and understand those reasons – to rekindle the emotional connection to the customer.


Leveraging the insights she gathered, on the daily hotel blog, she shared diverse stories of the travelers who entered the hotel doors, the jazz lover who was attending his first concert in years, partners celebrating an anniversary, the foodie experiencing an international food festival, the family reuniting at their historic birthplace. Overtime, those stories became popular among employees, and caught the attention of the hotel general managers who requested that she tell more. Kelley began to see the impact human connection can have on business. 


KEIRUS BY KJE believes that human connection comes from sharing and embracing diverse stories and experiences with compassion. As a former in-house DEI leader, Johnson often found herself underwhelmed by the lack of in-depth and authentic partnership and relationship building practices by many organizations. With an interest in making a broader impact beyond the confines of a single organization, and after her time at a Fortune 500 company ended, Johnson seized the opportunity to start her own firm. In 2015, with a mission to give more companies access to the resources, knowledge and support they needed to move the needle in DEI, Johnson founded KJE Consulting & Coaching. 

How We Transformed

In 2022, KJE Consulting & Coaching evolved into KEIRUS BY KJE to create an alternative to the quantity over quality approach to DEI and talent management strategies.


KEIRUS derives from the Greek word charis pronounced "care-us" meaning grace, goodwill and kindness. It embodies our fundamental values of humility and commitment to maximize human capabilities through authenticity, compassion and continuous learning.


Our belief in human potential allows us to adapt to our clients’ needs while remaining true to our methodologies and practices. Our solutions merge human connection and innovation. 

It is individuals who transform cultures, and cultures that transform the world.


At KEIRUS BY KJE, diversity, equity and inclusion are not defined by episodic events or programs that represent a means to an end, but the ability of the individual to impact and transform culture in an environment that allows and positions them to do so.


KEIRUS BY KJE helps organizations understand and build the “POWER OF WE.” We believe that people thrive in spaces where they are allowed to be human, participate and contribute. People thrive where their stories matter. They add value where their experiences are appreciated, their talents are cultivated, and their voices are uplifted and regarded as integral to the organization’s culture, growth, and core beliefs.


It is individuals who transform cultures,

and cultures that
transform the world.