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Karen's calendar

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Thank you!

It is always nice when people refer work to me or clients want engage my services again. So thank you to everyone who has done so already this year. I really appreciate the vote of confidence in my skills and I look forward to working with you to help your organisations grow!

Client feedback

“Karen’s enthusiasm and genuine interest during our initial discussions, along with her great ideas immediately sold me on her. She then delivered a session that was professional, engaging and practical”.

Dr Sarah Schroeder, Young Water Professionals co-ordinator, Australian Water Association QLD

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Returning client

I am pleased to welcome back WorkCover Queensland as a client and I'm looking forward to presenting workshops on change management for their customer services division

Referring your colleagues and contacts

If you are a fan then why not recommend your colleagues and contacts benefit from our services.

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Recommended reading

There are so many books on the market relating to a range of topics that are essential reading for the engaging leader. Like you I don’t have time to read them all but I do my best to keep up to date with a selection of the best.

Every book on this list is there because I refer to it in my presentations, quote from it in my workshops and recommend it to my consulting clients. The authors represent a variety of nations including the USA, UK and Australia. All books are readily available at good bookstores and online retailers.

Leadership

12: the elements of great managing by Rodd Wagner and James Harter
Fierce Leadership by Susan Scott
First, break all the rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
Good boss, bad boss by Robert I Sutton
Liquid Leadership by Damian Hughes
The tao of coaching by Max Landsberg
The leadership pipeline by Charan, Drotter and Noel
Why should anyone be lead by you? by Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones

Culture

As one: individual action, collective power by Mehrdad Baghai and James Quigley
Becoming an employer of choice by Judith Leary-Joyce
FISH: a remarkable way to boost morale and improve results by Stephen Lundin
Mass career customisation by Cathleen Benko and Anne Weisberg
Now, discover your strengths by Marcus Buckingham
Why work sucks and how to fix it by Cali Ressler and Jodi Thompson
Your employer brand: attract, engage, retain by Brett Minchington

Employee engagement

Carrots and sticks don’t work by Paul M Marciano
Closing the engagement gap by Julie Gebauer and Don Lowman
Drive by Daniel Pink
Finding keeps by Steve Pogorzelski and Jesse Harriott
Love 'em or lose 'em: getting good people to stay by Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
The 3 signs of a miserable job by Patrick Lencioni
The 7 hidden reasons employees leave by Leigh Branham
The element by Ken Robinson

Managing the generations

ABC of XYZ by Mark McCrindle
Generation Y: thriving and surviving with generation Y at work by Peter Sheahan
Generations at work by Ron Zemke, Claire Raines and Bob Filipczak
Retiring the generation gap by Jennifer Deal
XYZ: the new rules of generational warfare by Michael Grose
When generations collide by Lynne Lancaster and David Stillman