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BTM239 – Dr Kristin Saboe – MCON and Veterans in the Workforce

BTM239 – Dr Kristin Saboe – MCON and Veterans in the Workforce

Update: 2025-10-14
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This episode features a conversation with Kathleen Ellertson, the Founder and President of the Veteran Art Institute. The Veteran Art Institute is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit dedicated to honoring and empowering active-duty military and veterans through the arts.

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About Today’s Guest

Kristin Saboe, PhD, is an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist that uses science and research to drive large-scale impact at the intersection of strategy, policy, and research. She is the Head of Employee Voice at Google, a professor at Georgetown University, and a U.S. Army Reserve futures innovation officer. Dr. Saboe previously led Employee Listening, Research, and Strategy at The Boeing Company. In this role she authored and led Boeing’s talent strategy for veterans and military connected employees. Prior to this, she served as an Army Research Psychologist establishing strategy and policy for performance optimization, analytics, and talent management. 

She holds a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, and the Society for Military Psychology. She received the early career award from both the Society for Military Psychology and the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology and was recognized for her leadership impact by the President George W Bush Institute in 2019. She is co-editor of the book Military Veterans Employment: A Guide for the Data-Driven Leader and provides pro bono support leading Government Relations and Advocacy for the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, as founding board member of the Military Psychology Foundation, and for several nonprofits.

Links Mentioned During the Episode

Military Veteran Employment: A Guide for the Data-Driven Leader

PsychArmor Resource of the Week

This week’s PsychArmor Resource of the Week is the previous episode in this MCON series, episode 236 with Air Force Veteran Chris Jachimiec, a dedicated speaker and proponent for suicide prevention based on his own experience as a suicide loss survivor

   

You can find the resource here: 

 

https://psycharmor.org/podcast/chris-jachemic

 

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Theme Music

Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.

Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com  

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BTM239 – Dr Kristin Saboe – MCON and Veterans in the Workforce

BTM239 – Dr Kristin Saboe – MCON and Veterans in the Workforce

Duane K. L. France