People

The DNA of Future Leadership

Leadership must evolve towards regenerative models for sustainability. Future leaders need emotional intelligence and self-awareness to thrive.

Karete Kristoffersen

Karete Kristoffersen

Positive Challenger | Business & Leadership Advisor | Culture & Organizational Developer

Karete Kristoffersen is experienced in leadership and business, with a passion for people, culture, transformation, and innovation. She brings over 25 years of leadership experience from organizations like IKEA, EGGS Design, her own business, and Slingshot Accelerator, and today serves as a Senior Advisor at Eager Stavanger.

Starting her leadership journey at just 23, Karete has held roles including Creative Leader at IKEA Norway, as well as leadership development facilitator and Coach all over the world. Then, Director of the Stavanger office at EGGS Design, and part of the leadership team for 120+ designers. Later, she led Slingshot Accelerator as CEO.

As a certified NLP coach and mindfulness instructor, in addition to courses in Regenerative leadership among more, she includes this in her work in building future leadership as a foundation for high-performing businesses. Karete is known for her authentic presence, deep listening, and courageous, constructive challenges.

She combines strategic clarity with human insight to help leaders and teams thrive—always with a sharp head, a big heart, and a genuine passion for building organizations that balance performance, well-being, and positive impact. A lifelong learner and optimist, Karete believes that self-leadership is a part of daily business, together with conscious leaders who understand themself, hold the space for others and what needs to happen.

The future belongs to the organizations that understand that people build businesses, not the other way around.

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As the world of business transforms, so must leadership. Surrounded by complexity and change, tomorrow’s leaders are called to nurture not just results — but people, organizations, and the planet.

In this inspiring talk, Karete Kristoffersen introduces the essence of regenerative leadership — a model rooted in resilience, purpose, and sustainable impact. She challenges traditional paradigms, calling for a shift from short-term performance to leadership that fosters human flourishing and collective well-being.

Drawing on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Inner Development Goals (IDGs), Karete highlights five core inner capacities: Being, Thinking, Relating, Collaborating, and Acting.

Leadership today is about emotional intelligence, presence, and balance — combining direction and structure with empathy, intuition, and care. These aren’t soft skills; they are power skills.

True leadership begins within. Those who cannot lead themselves cannot lead others. This session invites leaders to step into their deepest role: as life-stewards and co-creators of a thriving future.

Expect a session that is both inspiring and practical — one that invites leaders and future leaders to become what the world needs most: Life-stewards, caretakers, and co-creators of a thriving future.