Leadership Development

Have the impact you intend

What is it about some leaders?

We all know them. They walk in a room and command instant credibility and respect.

It isn’t just that they’re smart and have deep knowledge of their field. They are comfortable in their own skin and present to whatever may be happening around them—they put everyone else at ease.

Leadership presence is a mirror that reflects our inner experience.

Without saying a word, a leader speaks volumes about their openness, confidence and well-roundedness, capacity for conflict and resistance, and their willingness to connect with others.

In other words, presence is its own language.

What you can expect

I work with each client in a personalized, integral way. There are several essential aspects of every successful development engagement, including:

  • Best-in-class tools learned and developed over decades, including comprehensive 360 external feedback

  • Customized somatic practices to allow the body to develop new habits

  • Developing the kind of self-awareness and presence necessary to navigate change and make a powerful impact

  • A balance of support and challenge

Other Offerings

Coaching

Transformative development for individuals; mentoring for professional coaches.

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Workshops

Learn and practice wisdom traditions that will change your life and deepen your impact.

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Client experiences

  • "Karen is an extraordinary coach. She helped develop my unique leadership ability and gave me tools to be tremendously effective.

    While her approach is warm and supportive, don’t be fooled. She is tough and deeply strategic. I still call her every few months for a ‘Karen fix’ and always end up feeling smarter, happier, stretched as a leader, and ready to take on the world.”

    —VP of Programming, National Media Outlet

  • “Karen is an outstanding coach and teacher who has had a profound impact on my life and development as a coach.

    She has a beautiful, powerful presence and way of being that continually inspires me to do the work and build the body of a coach on every level.”

    —Executive Coach

  • “Through Karen’s skillful attention and intuitive energy of reflection, she shifted my imagination for what is possible and invited me into a new way of being.

    There are so many insights and offerings Karen shared that I still carry with me like parcels.”

    —Executive Leadership Consultant

  • "Karen is deeply intelligent and wise. I have enjoyed learning from her and can feel how much she genuinely cares about me and my development. Her presence is a gift.”

    —Chief Learning Officer

  • "Senior corporate executives face many challenges: doing their own job and guiding others, while balancing corporate objectives, policies and resources against personal aspirations, personal integrity, and many other perspectives.

    I got to dive deep into these various aspects and learned a lot about how to interact with senior management and peers. I’m convinced I reached a much greater understanding of myself, my value and my weaknesses and strengths, which has shifted the way that I lead.”

    —Chief Medical Officer, Pharmaceutical Company

  • "For the people I care most about, Karen is on my short list of referral coaches. 

    I have worked with Karen to design and deliver coaching services to women leaders and have been coached by her on a number of occasions both for personal benefit and in my work. She is amazingly competent, courageous, wise and generous in helping people thrive in life and work.”
    —Executive Coach