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Karen writes about the real challenges leaders face every day: how to tell memorable stories, how to turn data into something people actually act on, how to lead through constant change, and how to build a culture where people do their best work.
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How to Build Memorable Leadership Communication and a Stronger Professional Brand
How leaders can communicate in a way that's memorable and strengthens their professional reputation over time.
Why Most Meetings are Forgettable
Why most meetings fail to stick in people's memory, and what leaders can change about how they run them
Get In, We’re Going to Buc-ee’s
What the Men's World Cup Taught Us About Storytelling, First Impressions, and Human Connection
What Do You Think? How Leaders Can Recognize and Reverse Learned Helplessness on Their Teams
How Leaders Can Recognize and Reverse Learned Helplessness
The Human Era: Why Authentic Communication Matters More Than Ever in the Age of AI
How Leaders Can Recognize and Reverse Learned Helplessness
Copy, Moon joy. What NASA's Artemis II Teaches Us About Leadership Communication
Copy, Moon Joy: What NASA's Artemis II Teaches Us About Communication
Changing Minds When Arguments Fail
How to use storytelling to change minds in the workplace
The Most Read Part of Your Presentation? The Page Number.
Why holding an audience's attention matters less than what you do with it once you have it, and how most presentations waste that moment.
Netflix Thinks You’re Not Paying Attention. They Might Be Right.
How to communicate and hold attention
How to Introduce Yourself Memorably (Without Sounding Like Everyone Else)
A different way to introduce yourself in professional settings so you're remembered instead of blending into everyone else's script
How to Build a Personal Brand That AI Recommends
What it actually takes for AI tools to surface you as a recommended expert, and why that's different from traditional personal branding
The End of 'Leading Through Change': Why Leadership Has to Evolve
Why the old model of 'leading through change' no longer fits how often change happens, and what leaders need instead.
A Reunion with Miss Pac-man
How to recognize when your effort has turned into force at work and what to do differently.
Sprinkles on Ice Cream: How to Add Humor to Your Presentations Without Telling Jokes
How to add humor to your presentations
Would You Like to Say a Few Words?
How to give a memorable toast even when put on the spot.
Sylvester and Tweety
Creativity is an essential skill for leaders, teams, and culture. And it’s a muscle that can be built.