Coach’s Overview:

As an Executive Coach, Karen is committed to supporting her clients to achieve business success while increasing their awareness and effectiveness as leaders.  As an accomplished certified professional coach, Karen combines her over 25 years of technical leadership and coaching experience to coach executives to develop as leaders, become more effective in their roles, achieve their business objectives and prepare for future challenges.

Articulate, energetic and persuasive, with superior technical and managerial skills.  Background includes extensive work with leaders of Global Manufacturing, IT and Government with an emphasis on women leaders. Karen works with her clients to deliver results and improve their effectiveness as Communicators with increased awareness of Emotional Intelligence, Team Development, Executive Presence and Agility to Manage Change.

Representative Client Engagements:

• Coached Female IT Executive to design and deploy new communications and leadership strategies, influencing strategies and integrating new leadership structures within the organization.
• Coached Fortune 500 Senior VP on Executive Presence and improved influence skills
• Developed leadership strategies to prepare manufacturing groups for changes in technology, products and management philosophy.
• Coached Director Fortune 500 Organization on Executive Presence and Emotional Intelligence
• Coach executives of Not-For-Profit organizations on more effective Leadership Presence and achievement of organization strategic goals.
• Facilitated assessments and development for Global Consumer Products organization – supporting enhanced leadership and team management.

Area of Expertise :

• Operational Management Experience, P&L Responsibility
• Business Process Design/Re-engineering
• Business Strategy Cross-Cultural Communication
• Culture Change & Assessment
• Executive Coaching

Executive Presence & Influencing Skills

• Leadership Development Strategy
• Presentation/Public Speaking
• Team:  Alignment, Building, Facilitation
• Training in Communications
• Presentation/Public Speaking
• Board Governance – NFP
• Leadership Coaching -  NFP

Cultural/Multi-National Experience :

• Government, Business Strategy (Industry Canada)

• Leadership Development in Canada, across the US
• Citizen of the U.S with living and working experience in Canada

Notables :

• President Elect – Board of Directors, MiddlesexWest Chamber of Commerce, Middlesex County, MA
• Board of Directors, International Coach Federation of New England
• Nominated Executive Coach of the Year – New England

Representative Clients :

o    Reebok

o    Boston Scientific

o    Sun Life Financial

o    Red Hat, Inc

o    Hitachi Data Systems

o    Bell Canada

o    Dunkin Donuts

o    Avaya Services and Communications Solutions

o    Marsh McLennan

Certifications :

• Leadership Effectiveness Assessment 360
• Emotional Intelligence Genos 360
• Energy Leadership Master Practitioner (EL-MP) + 360
• DiSC Assessment (Individual, 360)

Client Types/Levels of Experience :

• SVP/VP/Director
• Mid Management / Supervisor
• Women Leaders Executives (Business, Corporate, NFP)

Education :

• University of Ottawa, MBA, Business Administration

• University of Ottawa, BS, Engineering, Magna Cum Laude
• International Coaching Federation, PCC
• ABEL Business Institute Master Business Coach
• Anthony Robbins Institute – Mastery University

Industry/Functional Experience :

• Small Business Master Coaching
• Consumer Products
• Government & Public Administration
• Industrial Goods / Manufacturing
• Non-Profit
• Start up / Entrepreneurial
• Engineering
• Executive Management
• Management Consulting
• Marketing, Operations & Sales

Professional Affiliation :

• International Coaching Federation
• International Coaching Federation – Board Member ICF-NE
• Professional Engineering Association, Ontario, Canada
• MiddlessexWest Chamber of Commerce – Board Member

Professional/Corporate Experience :

• Division Director Production Planning, Consumer Products
• Division Director Engineering, Consumer Products
• Manager, Small Business Development, Government
• Board Member, Not for Profit
• Managing Principal, Professional Services