Karen believes that exceptional business performance starts with people. She is passionate about creating the leadership, culture and environment that enable individuals, teams and organisations to thrive, because she knows that great organisations are built by leaders that people choose to follow. With extensive experience across leadership, organisational development, commercial strategy and transformation, Karen has founded two successful businesses, held a number of Director-level positions and led complex, high-profile transformation programmes across both the public and private sectors. Her commercial background gives her a practical understanding of balancing people, performance and organisational success.
Iolite is supported by a trusted network of highly experienced associates, enabling us to bring together the right expertise for every client and every project. Led by Karen, our associates have extensive experience across local government, organisational development, leadership, programme delivery and transformation. Holly, one of our team members, plays a key role within the team: leading the design and delivery of our virtual development programmes, providing project management expertise and supporting organisational reviews, diagnostics and change initiatives. Our wider associate team includes experienced coaches, facilitators and consultants who specialise in leadership development, team effectiveness, culture change, mediation, organisational design, workforce transformation and executive coaching.