Kris Jensen

Kris Jensen is the vice president of corporate services for Wisdom Worker Solutions. She joined Wisdom Worker Solutions after 8 years as the senior vice president of human resources for the Weitz Company, a $1.5 billion national commercial contractor. There she guided the board of directors through CEO succession of the employee-owned company, smoothly transitioning to the first non-construction CEO in the company’s 152-year history.

 

Prior to her work with Weitz, Jensen spent 18 years with The Principal Financial Group, an international financial services firm with more than $45 billion in assets. There she honed her craft as an HR professional by assuming the leadership of their employment, administrative, succession planning, training and development, Affirmative Action and diversity functions. She was the first female officer in the Human Resources department and the first de-centralized HR professional, transferring to the Investment department in 1994.

 

Jensen has not only spent her extensive human resources career guiding people through their work lives but she also epitomizes those who continually reinvent themselves in their own careers. She has been an underwriter, a recruiter, a coach, a strategist and an entrepreneur. She has worked in such diverse industries as entertainment, financial services, construction and criminal justice.

 

Jensen’s work with executives, managers and employees for more than 30 years has heightened her commitment to creating and sustaining productive workplaces. Wisdom Worker Solutions is the perfect way for her to continue that work.

 

If you or your organization are interested or need assistance in the following areas then Kris Jensen would be the perfect choice to speak at your next meeting or event:

  • Talent Management of a multi-generational workforce
  • Leadership succession planning
  • Recruiting and retaining a high caliber workforce
  • Introducing and enhancing flexibility in the workplace
  • Creating the business case for recruiting and retaining Baby Boomers

Kris Jensen
Wisdom Worker Solutions
505 5th Avenue, Suite 930
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 471-2308
kjensen@wisdomworkersolutions.com