If you’re in the midst of a crisis, navigating a transition period at work, a critical milestone in your life, or simply need someone to help you envision a different perspective, Karen brings a thoughtful and collaborative process to coaching.

The majority of Karen’s corporate career was spent in Business Development at a professional services firm (EY), where she account managed key clients and trained key account management methodology nationally. She was also trained as a facilitator of the national Leadership through Diversity programme which she facilitated throughout South Africa.

Karen transitioned from Corporate in 2008 and set up practice as an independent facilitator and coach, to be more flexible around her two young sons. She currently facilitates and coaches in both the Corporate, Public sector and NGO environments, helping high potential individuals be more effective in the management of self and their teams. Her coaching clients describe her as engendering, “a sense of trust and confidence” and being “empathetic” in her approach.

Karen has been instrumental in the launch of parental transition coaching to the South African marketplace and has a passion for women navigating critical milestones. Karen has worked abroad in the UK and at an actuarial firm in Singapore, is married to a colourist and is mother to two teen boys.

Examples of key coaching projects:

Private sector
• Karen has served as an Executive Coach for a global coaching platform, working in parallel with different leadership programmes at Global Consulting houses (including Accenture), Oil & Gas companies and global retailers. She has also coached in support of the Stanford leadership programme for the past three years. She has coached leaders from Manager to Director/Partner level.
• Karen has also worked as a Team coach conducting Coaching Circles for various organisations including global oil & gas companies and media houses. Subject matter has included Leader as Coach, Building Resilience and Navigating Change.
• Karen serves as a mentor coach to SACAP (the SA College of Applied Psychology)
• Karen has been instrumental in launching Parental Transition Coaching to the SA market place at professional services and major law firms across Africa, including Webber Wentzel and CDH.
• Deloitte – Karen facilitated Worldsview’s Purposeful Teams programme for three national account teams at Deloitte
•Provided a year’s executive coaching programme to a team of ten graduates as part of Sanlam Investment Management’s Graduate Recruitment Programme

NGO/Public sector
• Karen provided executive leadership coaching and team facilitation of the Clarity 4D profile for a leadership team at GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
• Karen has provided executive leadership coaching in a number of UN agencies on behalf of Unloq including UNDP and UNHCR
• Provided executive transition coaching for a founder/COO of a Rwandan-based NGO
• Provided Executive Team Coaching to the Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) Educational Infrastructure and General Infrastructure departments
• Karen designed and facilitated team building workshops for the Country Directors and Senior Management Teams for a Global NGO involved in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV AIDS.
• Karen coached two organisations (team and individual level) on behalf of the DG Murray Trust as part of their Fellowship
• Karen designed and facilitated Clarity4D team building workshops for the Kheth’Impilo Support Services teams in Cape Town and the entire Monitoring and Evaluation function across Cape Town and Buffalo City in setting them up for a new US Aid funded HIV programme.

What Karen’s client say: