Karen’s passion is collaborating with clients and partners to ensure successful business results between international counterparts, leaders and multinational teams. Her holistic approach brings her beyond culture, and into the intricacies of how international business is carried-out, allowing her to help solve complex people, process, and systemic global challenges.

Karen’s primary focus areas include Global Leadership Development, Multinational Teams, Global Negotiations and Influence, Matrix Management, Business and Executive Coaching and Change Management.

Over the last 20 years, Karen has had the opportunity to work with clients and partners on global projects in 40+ countries across all continents. She has developed and led multinational teams in Europe, the USA and Asia/Pacific.

Karen previously served as Managing Director for Global Talent Development at Eaton Consulting Group/Aperian Global, and has worked as a Senior Consultant in intercultural consulting, coaching and multinational teambuilding for two decades. She has designed and facilitated learning and consulting projects for intact teams, team leaders, and individual contributors on subjects including globalization, negotiations, conflict resolution, multinational teambuilding, global leadership and virtual communications.

Prior to this, Karen served as Director of Training for United Way of Mass Bay, and Regional Director for EF Education. A frequent speaker at various industry conferences such as SHRM, ASTD and SIIC and the author of several articles, Karen has most recently conducted research on “What is Different about Global Leadership”, which is the topic of a book co-authored with Dr. Ernest Gundling and Terry Hogan, published in June 2011. Karen’s second book, published September, 2015, “Leading Across New Boarders: How to Succeed as the Center Shifts” explores how shifts in the world economies, demographics and culture will impact the challenges and strategies of today’s global leaders.

Karen holds Master’s degree in Training & Organization Development from Lesley University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business & Human Resources from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Karen has experience with a number of psychometric instruments, and is certified on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the Hay Group Leadership / Climate Instrument. In addition, Karen has participated in a certificate program with the NeuroLeadership Institute and is a certified CTI Co-Active Coach.