Karen Donaldson
Karen has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS from Syracuse University. She has over 15 years of executive development experience and is a coach with expertise in managing professional and personal balance, leadership development, facilitation, and succession planning.
Karen has helped leaders achieve their full potential, in companies such as: IBM, GE, Johnson & Johnson, LeBoeuf, Linklaters, KPMG, The Financial Times, Marsh McLennan and Spiegel Brands. She also provides consulting to New York University’s Stern School of Business, and Office of Career Development. Karen focuses on women’s leadership; and, has designed and delivered workshops on women’s leadership development at New York University’s Stern Women in Business Conferences, Columbia’s Women in Business Conference and Harvard University’s Women in Business Intercollegiate Business Convention.
Karen’s clients realise demonstrable results through her focus on helping them fulfil their potential by aligning leadership and personal development to strategic goals. Her coaching and facilitation strengthens leaders’ individual and organizational capabilities, performance, and outcomes. She works with clients to clarify their goals and develop specific plans. Then she holds them accountable to taking steps to achieve short and long term goals.
Karen started Leadership Development Resources to provide coaching for leaders to reach their visions for success. She leads workshops on Leadership Competencies, Achieving Balance, and Achieving Goals. Karen held global responsibility for succession planning for several of IBM’s largest groups. She also has human resources and change management consulting experience with Andersen Business Consulting; and, executive development, succession planning and corporate training experience with New York Life Insurance Company.
Areas of coaching expertise include:
- Reaching success personally and professionally
- Expanding leadership skills to reach goals
- Managing power and influence in organizations
- Strengthening performance and effectiveness
- Managing change
- Achieving results through targeted goal setting and action planning