Teams

Enhance communication, boost productivity, and strengthen a culture of connection through team training and individual skill-building

Does this sound familiar?

Is your team ready for a thriving next chapter?

I can help you level-up the skills, methods, and mindsets key to meaningful shifts and collective growth. We’ll separate the what, why, and how through honest assessment and practical action steps — giving your people the clarity, tools, and motivation to succeed together.

Build skills, enhance collaboration and healthy culture.

Build skills, enhance collaboration and healthy culture.

I help teams from 3 to 300 grow their capabilities, elevate morale, and amplify their impact.

From nonprofit boards and leadership teams to frontline customer service specialists, my comprehensive approach combines the best parts of traditional business coaching and consulting to guide you from aspirations to actions. My outside perspective and decades of expertise support everything from strategy sessions to team training. Together, we’ll get your people to communicate skillfully, nurture personal leadership and accountability, and create a rock-solid foundation for your organization's future success.

Effective, comprehensive, and purposeful training, facilitation, and coaching for teams, boards, and organizations

  • Tackle specific goals and navigate complex situations with confidential, effective guidance

  • Nurture trust, resilience, and a vision-oriented mindset within your team and organization

  • Enhance communication and collaboration skills

  • Streamline processes and support effective operations

  • Align actions and initiatives with company values to attract, retain and develop great talent

How I Support Teams

Strategy Sessions & Retreats

Discuss organizational strategies, make important decisions, or plan for the future as a team, tapping into the insights, perspectives, and contributions of the collective with a facilitated, structured approach. My goal is to help you emerge with energized vision, team engagement, and clear next steps.

Public Workshops

I offer a variety of in-person and online workshops designed for professionals of all background. These public workshops are open to everyone in the business community — from companies of one, to teams of 10 or more — tackling topics such as business planning, leadership, customer service and work culture. They provide opportunities to network with other business leaders, and are an excellent fit for small teams for which internal trainings may be impractical or out of reach.

Internal Workshops

Build skills, strengthen communication, elevate your systems, and supercharge your shared purpose with custom internal workshops. These experiences are fully customized in focus and structure to effectively engage and support your team members and nurture the best parts of your company culture.

Online Training

Heighten professional skills through self-paced online training. Approachable, impactful, and filled with meaningful opportunities to learn, reflect, and grow. These short but powerful segments are designed to provide benefits and heightened awareness in just 15 minutes per week.

Leader and Individual Coaching

Are you looking for one-on-one support? I can help your team members and managers do their best work through individual coaching support.

What Teams Are Saying

"The workshop was super engaging, and the information was very relevant, but the biggest factor may have been that Karen took the time to truly understand the culture our company was trying to create.”

— Joel Maxwell, Managing Director, commonFont

  • "In our 5+ years of working together, Karen has been instrumental in producing programming that matters and creates “A-ha” moments for our clients. She is professional, reliable, and an amazing facilitator and leader."

    — Prospera Business Network

  • “Karen thoughtfully guided our team through creating a shared vision and goals for the next three years at an all-day staff retreat. Her questions and approach to facilitation helped us delve deeper and build clarity as a team. She was very attuned to each individual as well as the wider team/group dynamic and we were so grateful for her expertise.”

    — Katie Moyer Big Brothers, Big Sisters

  • "Karen joined our team for a retreat to inspire and motivate. Karen did a wonderful job of connecting with everyone on their level. She was engaging and uplifting. The interactive session was great for our team members, and we left with some great takeaways. I would definitely recommend Karen for your next team training or retreat.”

    — Laura Klouw SHRM SCP​​, Corporate Director of Human Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

  • I seek to energize, motivate and instill new ideas that foster growth and continued conversation on the training themes, well after the event is over. My specialty is digging into your specific needs, and using that to inform both what I share, and how I share it. My process is collaborative and anchored in best practices.

  • The type and length of program, number of participants, and amount of customization will determine the investment. Let’s discuss this on your discovery call! Once I understand more about your aim and needs, I can recommend or customize the best services for you. And if my services aren’t a match, I am also happy to recommend other trainers, coaches or contractors from my network.

  • You name it, I’ve probably worked in your industry and with your size group (from 2 to 100’s). Most importantly, I aim to work with companies and cultures that are deeply interested in personal and professional development and are craving some energized, experienced, outside professional support.

  • My retreat services typically include pre-meetings with key stakeholders to design an impactful event, a customized retreat participant survey to gain insights prior to the event, day-off facilitation and a debrief meeting when desired. Meeting recordings, documentation, and follow-up can be customized.

  • Great question!

    Team Coaching is most often used to provide real-time support and counsel to a team of company leaders who are looking to build their skills. For example, I may attend your monthly leadership meeting, where we focus on management skills development or advise on customer services challenges. By coaching openly with a team, everyone benefits from the feedback and discussion. I serve as the teams’ coach, facilitator, and support behind the scenes.

    Strategy sessions are focused, internal events that I support with facilitation. Examples would be: a marketing planning session, problem-solving a business issue, or strategic planning off-site.

    Workshops are training events — you choose a topic you would like to have presented, and I customize an interactive training for your team on subjects such as leadership skills, customer service, or communication skills.

  • Yes — although I am not an HR specialist I have spent many years of my career both as a manager and trainer, working closely and collaborating with HR professionals. I also have trusted colleagues in the HR space, whom I contact for counsel when needed. If at any point you have a legal or technical HR matter, I will recommend you work with an HR specialist, but there is quite a bit I am able to advise you around including:

    • preparing for critical conversations or announcements

    • constructive feedback discussions

    • managing low performers

    • PIPS

    • performance reviews

    • 360 reviews

    • pulse surveys

    • learning and development initiatives

    • effective interviewing and onboarding

  • Yes, in most cases I am happy to travel to your event or office locations. Once we define the scope of work and required dates, we can determine if I am available and whether travel fees apply.

Empower and equip your people to meet the challenges of their roles with motivation, resilience, and shared purpose

Together, we can clear a pathway to success, and bring your organization to new heights. Whether you’re ready to plan, brainstorm, and assess your next steps, or dive into upleveling specific skillsets to transform your team, I can be your expert guide in the process.