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Karen’s media appearances, keynote features, podcast interviews, and executive insights on AI leadership, burnout, employee engagement, organizational change, and the future of human leadership.
Nasdaq Trade Talks: Harnessing AI for a Competitive Advantage
Karen joined Nasdaq TradeTalks, hosted by Jill Malandrino, to discuss what AI is really revealing inside organizations.
Alongside Sean Callagy, Maria Gorskikh, and Garyn Angel, Karen focused on the human side of AI adoption—leadership, fear, and the cost of silence.
Key takeaways:
AI doesn’t replace leadership—it exposes it. When leaders avoid the conversation, fear fills the gap. When they engage it, trust follows.This moment made one thing clear: AI isn’t just a technology shift. It’s a leadership test.
FEATURED INTERVIEW:
Employee Engagement Strategies: How Leaders Can Prevent Burnout and
Re-Energize Teams
Key Takeaways:
Understanding the three types of employees.
Every workplace includes engaged employees, disengaged employees, and those in transition between the two.
Employee burnout often starts with disengagement.
Burnout usually begins long before employees reach a breaking point.
Why Employee Engagement Is a leadership responsibility.
Leaders have a direct impact on employee energy, motivation, and commitment.
Self-awareness is a critical leadership skill.
Strong workplace cultures help people reconnect to meaning, impact, and progress.
Employee disengagement rarely happens overnight.
In this Studio 17 interview, leadership strategist and author Karen shares the framework behind The Three Bucket Leader and explains how leaders can identify signs of burnout, improve employee engagement, and help team members reconnect with meaningful work.
Karen also shares her personal experience with career burnout and the leadership lessons that emerged from it.
FEATURED INTERVIEW:
4 Key Takeaways on Workplace Mental Health & Leadership:
STUDIO 17
Key Takeaways:
Burnout isn’t just about workload.
Employee burnout is often caused by unclear communication and constant urgency — not just heavy workloads.
Leadership clarity shapes workplace culture.
Strong workplace culture starts with leadership clarity, trust, and realistic expectations.
Communication Is the new leadership currency.
Remote and hybrid teams succeed when leaders prioritize communication and human connection.
Purpose drives employee engagement.
Employees are more engaged and less stressed when they understand how their work connects to the bigger mission.
Karen joined Studio 17 Live to discuss workplace mental health, burnout, and leadership communication.
Here’s the truth: burnout is often less about workload and more about unclear priorities, constant urgency, and feeling disconnected at work.
Strong leaders reduce stress through clarity, communication, and connection — not just wellness programs.
FEATURED INTERVIEW:
4 Key Takeaways on Burnout
& Workplace Purpose:
PA live!
Key Takeaways:
Burnout is about more than long hours.
How you show up to work each day is a choice—and awareness is the first step to change.
People need meaningful work.
Notice when you’re energized vs. checked out. Your patterns reveal your priorities.
Leadership shapes energy and engagement.
Stop gap-filling and start designing roles that align with people’s natural talents.
Purpose creates stronger workplace culture.
Strong workplace cultures help people reconnect to meaning, impact, and progress.
Karen joined PA Live! to discuss employee burnout, workplace purpose, and leadership in today’s changing work environment.
Here’s the truth: burnout isn’t always caused by long hours. Often, it happens when people lose connection to purpose and no longer feel like their work matters.
The best leaders help people reconnect to meaning, contribution, and the impact of how they spend their time.
FEATURED INTERVIEW:
4 Key Takeaways on Working From
Home & Leadership:STUDIO 17
Key Takeaways:
Remote work isn’t the problem. Weak leadership is.
Distance doesn’t automatically reduce productivity. Lack of clarity, poor communication, and disconnected leadership do.
Communication has become the new management skill.
Remote and hybrid teams succeed when leaders prioritize communication and human connection.
People need connection — not just meetings.
Leaders who show humility and empathy — even without all the answers — build trust and solve problems faster than those who pretend everything is fine.
Flexibility only works when trust exists.
The best remote cultures are built on accountability, transparency, and mutual trust — not micromanagement.
Karen joined Studio 17 Live for Global Work From Home Day to discuss remote work, workplace culture, and leadership communication.
Here’s the truth: remote work didn’t break company culture. It exposed where leadership, communication, and employee connection were already weak.
The organizations thriving today are leading remote and hybrid teams with more clarity, trust, and communication.
Media Insights
We All Have A Story To Tell.
A sought-after voice in the media on purpose-driven leadership, time mastery, and the human side of business. Known for the ability to cut through noise and get to what really matters, I bring clarity, energy, and truth to every conversation—whether behind the mic on Make Minutes Matter or featured in national publications.
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Align power. Purpose. Ignite Your Team.
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Download the first chapter of The Three Bucket Leader.
This isn’t just another leadership pep talk. “The Three Bucket Leader” helps you identify where your time is really going — and shows you how to reclaim focus and impact.
This book is for:
Leaders feel stretched thin but craving clarity
Your best achievers navigating burnout or disengagement
Managers stuck wondering, “What’s next?” or “Is this all there is?”
Anyone ready to trade doing more for doing what matters most