Karen is a seasoned executive coach, culture change consultant, facilitator, and program designer. She has been consulting to clients since 1999 following a successful career in strategic human resources and learning & development roles in Australia and internationally, over a 15 year period.
Karen was a senior executive for five years with State Street Corporation, a leading financial asset servicing company for institutional investors. As Vice President HR and L&D, Karen was responsible for the design and execution of people strategies to support the growth and development of State Street’s businesses in the Asia-Pacific region. Her international HR and management experience also includes two years in the USA with First Data Corporation, and roles in the UK with large financial services companies, American Express, and Alliance & Leicester.
Karen developed a passion for coaching early in her career and has coached clients, her own teams, and executives and managers at all levels in their leadership and personal development. In more recent years she has supported a wide range of executive teams and individuals to transform their style and approaches in order to effectively lead performance-focused and values-driven cultures. Karen builds rapport and trust quickly through her clear insights into people and situations her sensible counsel and her ability to encourage people to find alternate ways to ‘be’ and ‘do’ whilst remaining authentic. She helps people to find and leverage their strengths to build their skills, confidence and well-being, and to address potential work and life ‘derailing’ habits and behaviours.
She has successfully partnered with many clients in the development and implementation of strategies and programs to drive organisational and individual effectiveness. She guides people through significant change and contributes to the delivery of business results. Much of her work has involved the human implications of major organisational transitions including mergers, acquisitions, restructures, business growth ventures and culture change programs.
Karen’s approach is practical and her style open, direct and engaging. A strong advocate for living a rich and meaningful life Karen balances her work with time for family, health and learning. She regularly studies, travels with her young son, plays tennis, walks, swims and skis. Being outdoors and seeing the world gives her a continuous zest for life.
Selected Clients
AstraZeneca, Conneq, ING Direct, Queensland University of Technology, QIC, Roads & Maritime Services NSW, Colonial First State, Telstra.
Qualifications, Registrations & Memberships
Karen has a Bachelor of Arts in English & Sociology from the University of London and Masters of Management in Management from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM). She has a Masters of Applied Science in Coaching Psychology from
the University of Sydney, a Professional Development Certificate in Evidence Based Executive Coaching from the Institute of Coaching and Consulting Psychology, and a Graduate Certificate in Change Management from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM).
Karen is a member of the Change Management Institute (CMI), a certified member of the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI), an associate fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM), a member of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) and a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development UK (CIPD).
Instrument Accreditations
Kantor Baseline Behavioral Profile, Leadership Circle, LSI, Hogan, Genos EI, Insights, MBTI, Saville Consulting Wave Styles, Passion Maps & MSCEIT.
DiSC, Genos EI, Hogan, MBTI, LSI, GSI, OCI, Leadership Impact (LI), Leadership Circle, TMI.
