Trish Bergstrom is a co-founder and principal of Knowledge Resources Group, a Silicon Valley-based training and organization effectiveness consulting firm. Over the last 20 years, Trish’s expertise and passion for leadership development, team performance, and change readiness has led her to work with thousands of people at all levels of an organization — in seminars and one-on-one coaching – all with the intent to sharpen leadership talent.
 
A gifted facilitator-coach, Trish has provided in-depth coaching to over 300 senior-level executives and worked with dozens of leadership teams to optimize team performance. She has a proven track record of coaching success based on a natural ability to ask the right questions, help leaders receive difficult stakeholder feedback, and build critical bridges with key audiences for the greater benefit of the enterprise.
 
Trish has had the benefit of working with a wide variety of organizations — from early-stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies — in a broad array of industries and is a consistently sought-after speaker and seminar leader.  Outside of North America, Trish has led consulting and training engagements in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, and across Europe.
 
Trish is certified in a wide variety of assessments and methodologies including CCL’s Leadership Assessment Suite, Emotional & Social Competency Inventory, Social Styles, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Five Dysfunctions Team Assessment, Situational Leadership II, and extensive experience using the Essential Enneagram.
 
Before entering private consulting, Trish was Manager of Learning and Development for Spectra-Physics, a commercial laser manufacturer, and was responsible for designing and facilitating the company’s global management and leadership development programs. Prior to her career in Training and Organization Development, Trish held marketing positions with Hewlett-Packard and Andersen-Jacobson.

Trish holds a bachelor’s degree in business from San Jose State University and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and son.