Testimonials
Commercial Excellence Lead - Pharmaceuticals
Karen is a fantastic coach with incredible flexibility of style and a great ability to quickly build trusting relationships. She has helped me to dig deep and identify my key areas of personal improvement in a supportive and challenging way; I leave every coaching session with energy, clarity and a sense of purpose. Most importantly, Karen has held me to account, ensuring that I have a clear focus on taking action after our sessions and ultimately apply my learnings to both my business, and personal, goals.
Head of Established Brands - Supply Chain
As a former member of the Leadership Team Karen was essential to developing our talent management strategy. If you are looking to make the best of your talent asset Karen is the perfect blend of Coach and HR professional. Through the different change management challenges be it talent acquisition, restructuring, consultation or outplacement Karen is a pragmatic and effective business partner and has a way of putting people at ease. On a personal note, Karen has been an essential sounding board for evolving strategy and managing employment relation challenges.
Scientific Data Specialist - Biotechnology
I would highly recommend Karen. Over just a handful of sessions, she holistically helped me to analyse and re-evaluate what was important to me in terms of values and culture both within a workplace and on a personal level. Karen was able to equip me with the tools to boost my confidence and find suitable employment in a company that aligned with many of my own values, beliefs and principles and hence providing a sense of purpose, fulfilment and happiness.
Lead Lawyer -
Pharmaceuticals
Karen was a trusted and highly valued business partner for our Legal team over several years. In addition to providing excellent HR support on both routine as well as complex employment issues, including large-scale change management projects such as TUPE transfers and post-acquisition company workforce integration, she also acted as a personal mentor supporting my progression in the team and evolving role as a manager. I enjoyed working with Karen, and very much appreciated her professional yet relatable style. I found her to be equally adept at providing insightful and constructive feedback, making practical suggestions for direct action or simply posing the right question, the combination of which invariably led me to greater clarity of thought with respect to the issue or challenge I faced.
Head of Learning &
Development / Self-employed
I would recommend Karen from two positive working experiences. Working as a Business Partner with Karen, we had joint responsibility to lead and drive Organisational Development within our business. Karen was very proficient at both creative and strategic thinking. She is both energetic and reflective and always asks good and thought provoking questions. She then held herself accountable for presenting a compelling story for change and investment, for strategic implementation and for measuring the value and success.
As a personal Coach, Karen has a very strong and unique style and approach that is authentic that gives me space to talk about me and that enables me to find a way forward. I felt that after every session, value was added and that it was a positive investment of my time and for my development.
Head of Franchise - Pharmaceuticals
I worked with Karen for several years during her time as Head of Human Resources. Karen is an excellent business partner and coach; she has a very calm and thoughtful approach to even the most challenging business and human resource management situations.
I found her to be an excellent strategic thought partner when it came to finding positive solutions for various business questions and optimising team performance.
Karen is a true professional, with great insight, who really cares about the people she works with. She provides honest, objective feedback and assessment of situations to ensure that all perspectives are considered before final decisions are made. She always strives to find the best outcome. Karen is a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her as both a Coach and HR professional.
Head of Strategic Projects - Pharmaceuticals
Karen is an excellent coach and business partner in my experience. I enjoy the fact that Karen can have a laugh with you, but, importantly, Karen adds value by asking the right questions in a way that doesn't put you on edge. Whether dealing with personal or business challenges, or a bit of both, her insight helps her frame the question in the right way and helps you find the valuable next step for yourself. Karen made a difference to the way I approach difficult situations and improved my own performance as a result.
IT/Software Project Manager - Horseracing
I was put in contact with Karen after leaving a company after nearly 12 years. I was struggling to hone in on what I wanted to do next and sell myself to potential employers. Karen focused my mind on my value and my skills to give me a clear direction on how to move forward. Karen went above and beyond checking in with my regularly outside of arranged sessions. For anyone needing any career coaching I'd definitely recommend Karen.
Director of HR, Europe - Pharmaceuticals
Karen was a key member of my team for 12 years. It was immediately clear that Karen was bright, smart and showed great insight, allowing her to work effectively across all aspects of HR and across all areas of the business (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, R&D, and Commercial, within the UK and Europe). Her strategic insights made her a go to person for the more challenging projects such as international restructuring and new company set up. The ability to build rapport and demonstrate high levels of EI meant that she was perfectly suited to support all levels of the organisation when complex issues needed attention, providing quality outcomes for her customers. Karen is a natural coach and I had no hesitation in approaching her to take a lead coaching role on the Company’s European High Potential Development Program. Karen supported 5 people, providing excellent support to maximise the value of their individual learning and development. In addition to being a highly professional HR practitioner and leader, Karen is also a delight to work with, with a great sense of humour and ability to incorporate fun into the most challenging of situations.