Expertise & Qualifications
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Executive Leadership Development
Womens Leadership
Work Life Integration
Wellbeing
Abrasive Leader Reform & Respectful Workplaces
QUALIFICATIONS
Licensed Psychologist, State of Minnesota
M.A. & Ed.S. in Counseling Psychology – University of Missouri, Columbia
EQ-i2.0 /EQ360 Certified Master Trainer
With more than 25 years as a Coaching Psychologist, Karen draws on a strong foundation of behavioral sciences and business experience to create partnerships with clients. She is known for her ability to blend empathy, insight and directness in her work that many people have described as “game changing.” Karen’s pragmatic, strengths-based and action-focused approach has served as a catalyst for breakthrough solutions and growth for individuals and organizations.
Karen is a career-driven, working mother with extensive leadership experience in competitive, male-dominated environments, familiar with the challenges of women’s leadership and work-life integration. The ability to work with complex systems, including those with conflict and resistance, comes naturally to her. Karen’s superpower as a mediator and diplomat provides her clients with the tools to simplify difficult challenges, reboot styles and cultures, balance IQ and EQ, and thrive despite complex roles, workplaces, and circumstances.
In Karen’s coaching and consulting practice, she strategically integrates her clinical experience. With increasing societal recognition on the interplay between mental/ emotional well-being and professional performance/satisfaction, she is well versed in this area and is appreciated for quickly discerning and effectively communicating about the big picture.