About Culture Grove: Company Culture Consulting with an Anthropological Approach
We understand your challenges
With 25+ years in cultural anthropology, we guide you through deep and lasting culture change.
- Proven strategies crafted from extensive industry research.
- Transformational programs designed for diverse organizations.
- PhD in Cultural Anthropology
- Award-winning culture change programs
Stacy C.
What sets Kristine apart is her understanding of the importance of corporate culture and the role it plays in an organization's success and profitability. She never forgets the end goal of training and employee engagement: productive, happy team members who are also brand champions.
Vision
At Culture Grove, our vision is to help business leaders create environments where their teams are empowered and supported so that they can do their best work. We believe that we all deserve to work in positive environments where we are treated with respect, equity, and kindness. Numerous studies have shown that positive cultures directly correlate to positive business outcomes. Our goals is to ensure your team and business thrive.
Our Roots: The Power of Values
At Culture Grove, our values are more than buzzwords. They’re the deep roots that nourish everything we do. We believe that strong, authentic values are the foundation of thriving cultures, and we practice what we teach.
Our work, and the way we work, grows from two core values: Connection and Trust. Everything else branches from these roots.
Connection
We believe meaningful connection is what transforms workplaces into communities. We build bridges between people, values, and goals, helping teams truly see and understand one another.
Through empathy, collaboration, and respect, we cultivate cultures where people feel a sense of belonging and shared purpose.
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We listen deeply to our clients, to employees, and to the stories that shape each organization.
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We honor diversity and inclusion, ensuring every voice has a place in the conversation.
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We create spaces where relationships thrive, not just results.
Trust
Trust is the foundation that allows people and organizations to grow. When trust is present, teams innovate, communicate honestly, and take courageous steps toward change.
We model and teach trust-building practices that turn values into behaviors and intentions into action.
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We lead with transparency and integrity.
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We help leaders build trust within their teams and across their organizations.
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We measure success not just by outcomes, but by the confidence and collaboration that emerge along the way.
Together, Connection and Trust form the soil where everything at Culture Grove takes root—our relationships, our results, and the lasting change we help our clients cultivate.
Kristine Gentry, PhD
CEO and Creator of Culture Grove's Foundations
Award-winning, CEO with over two decades of culture experience, helps growth-minded business leaders develop intentional cultural strategies to improve their overall business.
Kristine has worked in organizations ranging from local nonprofits to multinational companies, in industries including healthcare, education, oil & gas, industrial services, aviation, and nonprofits.
She found that the one thing each of these organizations had in common is that their most important asset was their people. Whether they had 20 people or thousands of employees, Kristine helped develop appropriate research plans to learn about the company and its existing culture, worked with clients to identify their core values and behaviors, and then led teams to develop creative and engaging culture communications programs to help create the desired culture identified by the leadership team.
Over her years of working with a variety of companies, Kristine has developed a simplified approach to developing an intentional company culture.
Clients include: Children's Memorial Hermann, Covenant Healthcare System, Houston Community College, City College of San Francisco, PHI Inc., PHI Air Medical, Golden Hour, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Greater Houston Partnership, Gyrodata, The City of Houston's Mayor's Office, Katy Independent School District, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, The Kinkaid School, Tyson Foods, Apache Inc.
