The Trust Protocol: CIA Lessons on Trust and Influence

Leadership Strategies Behind Trust, Influence, and High-Stakes Communication

Presented by Kimberly Kearney
INICIO

📅 Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
🕞 Time: 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM
📍 Location: Orinda Country Club

👉 Registration Coming Soon

Program Overview

In today’s fast-moving professional landscape, trust has become one of the most valuable forms of leadership currency. Whether navigating client relationships, leading teams, or managing difficult conversations, professionals who can build trust and influence effectively are better equipped to create alignment, drive results, and thrive in uncertain environments.

What if some of the world’s most effective trust-building techniques came directly from the world of intelligence and espionage?

Join financial professionals and industry peers this October for a fascinating and highly practical presentation featuring Kimberly Kearney. Drawing from years of experience as a covert CIA Case Officer, diplomat, and executive advisor, Kimberly will share real-world lessons on leadership, communication, influence, and trust-building that professionals can immediately apply in their own organizations and client relationships.

Hosted at the Orinda Country Club, this engaging educational event offers attendees a unique opportunity to explore leadership principles shaped in some of the highest-stakes environments imaginable. Attendees will gain practical frameworks for navigating complex conversations, strengthening executive presence, and building trust in environments where relationships and outcomes matter deeply.

This thought-provoking session will examine how trust is strategically built and leveraged in intelligence operations and how those same principles can be applied to leadership, business development, negotiations, and organizational success.

What Attendees Will Learn

After attending this program, participants will be able to:

• Apply trust-building techniques to strengthen professional relationships
• Recognize how clarity and transparency improve organizational alignment
• Prepare more effectively for high-stakes conversations and negotiations
• Navigate uncertainty and ambiguity with greater confidence
• Strengthen executive presence and influence in leadership environments
• Understand how human behavior impacts communication and decision-making
• Apply practical communication frameworks where both relationships and outcomes matter

Participants will leave with actionable strategies they can immediately apply within teams, organizations, and client relationships.

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for:

• Financial planners and advisors
• Executives and business leaders
• Wealth management professionals
• Professionals interested in leadership and communication development
• Individuals seeking stronger influence, negotiation, and trust-building skills

Whether you lead a team, manage client relationships, or simply want to improve communication and leadership effectiveness, this session offers practical insights relevant across industries and professional roles.

Registration Information

Registration details will be announced soon.

Seating may be limited, and early registration will be encouraged once registration becomes available.

👉 Save your spot today

Join fellow professionals on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a powerful discussion on trust, influence, leadership, and communication strategies drawn from the world of intelligence and human behavior.

About the Speaker

Kimberly Kearney

INICIO

Kimberly Kearney is a former covert CIA Case Officer, diplomat, and Silicon Valley-based executive advisor with extensive experience helping leaders navigate high-pressure environments and organizational complexity.

As an ICF-certified executive coach, Kimberly brings more than 15 years of experience addressing critical national security and policy challenges across multiple continents. Her work in clandestine human operations provided firsthand insight into trust-building, influence, communication, and decision-making under pressure.

Through her firm, INICIO, Kimberly has partnered with professionals from Big Tech, biopharma, entrepreneurship, Special Operations, intelligence communities, and other high-performance sectors. Her coaching focuses on helping leaders strengthen executive presence, improve communication, build trust, manage risk, and lead effectively in ambiguous environments.

Her unique background provides attendees with an extraordinary opportunity to learn practical leadership strategies shaped in some of the most demanding environments in the world.