Senior Team Effectiveness

Some moments require a team at the top to form fast and work well immediately. A new private equity investor. A first-time CEO building their own team. An acquisition to integrate. A platform shift that changes what the business is. In situations like these, there is a new team at the top that needs to work effectively quickly, and the company cannot wait for it to happen naturally.

The work

I work with executive teams on the machinery that makes them a team: how they communicate, how decisions get made and by whom, who owns what, and how conflict gets resolved instead of avoided. The work is grounded in evidence, including assessments the team can see themselves in, and it produces working agreements the team actually uses, not binders.

The format fits the moment: working sessions and offsites, ongoing support between them, and my availability when the pressure spikes, because in these seasons it will.

“Karen has been my sounding board for years. She also worked with my leadership team at Tricentis while we were scaling, and the difference showed up in how the team handled pressure without me. She is the first call I make, and the first name I give, when a leadership challenge actually matters.”

Kira Mondrus, CMO, Basware, formerly CMO at Tricentis

“Karen brought together our Marketing team and key Sales stakeholders at a point when we were really struggling with alignment. She understands how revenue teams actually operate, including the parts nobody puts on slides. Karen got us working as one team. I have been recommending her ever since.”

Kimberly Kaminski, former Chief Marketing Officer, Lakeside Software

The work starts with a conversation