Karen O'Connor

Karen's coaching was incredibly useful. She provided really useful insights, challenges and thoughtful questions that get straight to the point whilst being empathetic. I definitely recommend her. CEO, Culture Sector

Karen is an experienced executive coach. She has a very supportive and empathic coaching style, and a unique ability to challenge in a very constructive way. I found our coaching sessions to be very powerful in making me appreciate some key limiting self-beliefs which were holding me back in exploring a better way to manage an important situation at work. I would highly recommend Karen to any business leader and teams looking to supercharge their development

Karen has provided fantastic support to me over our sessions: challenging my thinking and assumptions; encouraging me to question my behaviours and habits; and helping me step beyond insecurities to seize new opportunities. She has an uncanny ability to get quickly to the heart of an issue, and to create a safe environment of positive self-reflection which has been transformative. Her knowledge of the media sector was a really helpful backdrop against which she could help me to find what I truly feel about my own work and potential future moves. She is also great fun to be with, making each session a huge pleasure. I would highly recommend Karen as a coach.

I worked with Karen to explore my leadership style and increase my skills in setting boundaries and being more direct with my team. Our sessions were incredibly helpful and enjoyable. I felt Karen listened brilliantly and was a kind and thoughtful guide who helped me see the positives and the things I was doing right, as well as challenging me to think about potential changes where I thought I needed to make them. She always encouraged me to lead our sessions and re-evaluated as we went through to make sure that I was actively making choices about how we spent our time together in ways that were most productive to me. She helped me set clear goals and take actions that I would report back on so that I could actually experience the changes I was looking for rather than just talking about them. I definitely feel working with Karen has made me more aware of my strengths and weaknesses as a leader and helped me make some improvements and I really value the time we spent working together. Head of Drama / Executive Producer SM

Karen has a gentle and impactful coaching style. Her approach is to look at the whole person and be able to select parts that are relevant to the client's progression towards their goals. She enables you to navigate and support your own direction - I really liked that. I got many practical actions for me to implement out of these sessions. Karen's style of coaching is holistic; probing in an impactful way to gain deeper insights. She has a beautiful natural flair for actively listening and summarising, and she does so with empathy and respect. A. Tanda, Manager, Medical Standards Body