Karen’s Articles
A Detour to Something Personal, No Lesson
This week I'm taking a detour from client engagements and leadership consulting to share something personal: I have a milestone wedding anniversary coming up. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about my husband, Bill, and I'm sharing it here. I won't ask...
What Do You Want People to Feel After You Speak?
Washington, DC’s chapter of the National Speakers Association has a new member: Steve Weinstein. I've known Steve for years, and I was genuinely pleased to see him in this new context. I met Steve through his wife, Sharon Weinstein, CSP, a longtime NSA member and...
What Financial Managers and the Rest of Us Need to Know About Change
I'm excited to be designing a program I'll be leading in September for a group of financial management professionals on change management. As I've been building the content, I keep thinking "what financial leaders need to know about change management is important...
The Section by the Trees
Several weeks ago I shared insights about how to make progress when you or your team don’t have all the answers. This practice of small steps is true both at work and at home. In November 2020, I started a garden. I know, everyone did something slightly unhinged...
She’s Been Here Before
Photo source: Library of Congress Another powerful moment of the Engage conference came from a history professor who spoke. As the professor spoke, behind her on the screen was a portrait of Mercy Otis Warren, a woman most of us were not taught about in school. Warren...
AI Is No Longer Coming, It’s Already Here: How Can You Embrace It?
In the last few weeks I have written about the Engage conference I attended. I didn't expect to leave a conference on women's economic security thinking about artificial intelligence, but there I was, reading a slide titled Top 5 Reasons I'm Excited About AI in...
The Statistic Nobody Wants to Talk About
I heard a statistic at the Engage Conference that truly resonated with me. Money arguments are the second leading cause of divorce in America — right behind marital infidelity. — Ramsey Solutions, survey of 1,000+ U.S. adults Did it surprise you? It shouldn't,...
The Garden and the Fourth
Today, in anticipation of the 4th when we will have company in our yard, I walked out to my back garden to assess. I took stock of what's blooming and what needs a little spruce up. After 30 years of tending this plot, I find the earth underneath my feet incredibly...
Jobs Don’t Have Genders: Opening Opportunities to Everyone
Last week I wrote about a line from the Engage Conference that has stayed with me: Jobs Don’t Have Genders. During the course of the day, I made a list of what needs to be in place for women and those in marginalized communities to both enter and remain in...
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