Do you have untapped leadership potential?
Do you feel ‘executive stress’ - more of the challenges and less of the benefits of leading?
Are you looking to be more strategic, and less focused on the day-to-day detail?
Is your team yet to achieve a reputation for high performance?
If any of these apply to you, I can help. I coach leaders to be successful.
The work of leadership is now more challenging than ever before. Leaders are under great pressure to produce results at a faster pace, with fewer resources and less certainty. Many are overworked, and feel overburdened.
My mission is to change that! My goal is to help leaders to be exceptional. To be leaders everyone wants to work with, who bring out the best in others, and who get great results.
As an Executive Coach, I find it inspiring to coach individually. Group and team coaching can be even more powerful than individual coaching. Leaders who develop their capability and their own coaching style collaboratively with others, magnify the impact of development, double engagement and get twice as much done.
The thing that really lights me up is helping leaders to realise their full potential. I see myself as being like Michelangelo: he saw the angel within the marble and he carved until he set it free. I work with the potential hidden in each leader. I help shape you into the very best version of yourself.
I have extensive experience working with leaders, supporting and guiding their development. Get in touch to find out how you can achieve greater leadership success.
Lead like a coach is a well written and considered book that brings to life practical insights and examples of how even an experienced leader can better connect, engage and bring teams on the journey to unlock their true potential.
Michael Schneider“….A delightful guide, full of important practical strategies for those of us who want to make a positive impact on stakeholders, our families and our communities... a must-read book for anyone considering doubling their engagement score!
Jovaline Lee...an invaluable guide for all leaders – current, soon-to-be and ever-learning. Karen draws on her extensive background as a scholar, teacher and mentor to guide us clearly through the why, how and when of coaching.
A/Professor Eric Wilson
Executive Coaching
Accelerate your leadership and career growth
Coaching Circles
Develop your coaching skills collaboratively
Balanced Leadership
Grow, support and promote talented women
Inclusive leadership
Be a more inclusive leader
I write regularly about leadership, coaching, personal transformation, inclusion, and gender balanced leadership.
Explore my latest thinking below, and whitepapers here.
How to play a better part in psychological safety
I was recently in a meeting with a very good client; we have an open, trusting relationship. Things got a little sticky though when, without thinking about it, my client disclosed what was a confidential piece of information about a mutual colleague. It...
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Advocating for inclusion is the best way to get it
Small acts of advocacy are all it takes to make a social movement. The #metoo movement was for the 12 years prior to last year’s Harvey Weinstein scandal a very small force for change. It wasn’t one single event that caused the social explosion. But it was...
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Moderate your power to get the best from your team
Powerful people aren’t the best leaders, yet often end up in leadership roles.When powerful people work on their own, they tend to process information more effectively, have more creative ideas, and concentrate for longer. Therefore, they are often...
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Why caring about people should be at the heart of leadership
The demands of leadership continue to increase in pace and complexity. Leaders have to care about more things than ever before. Why should caring about people be elevated to leaders' number one concern? Under the pressure of escalating demands, most...
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Why people are not engaged at work and what you can do about it
Much of how we see our success as individuals is tied to our everyday experiences of our work. On a daily basis, we make judgments about how important our work is, and how much effort we will put in to it. We decide whether we like the people we work with...
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Why leaders should create a coaching culture
When leaders coach, they create a culture that is empowering and energising. When coached, people develop, their motivation elevates, and they engage more deeply. Organisations with excellent cultural support for coaching experience 13% better business...
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