Who We Are
Karen Hobbs
Karen has worked with a wide range of people who operate at a variety of different levels within their businesses. Her work has enabled these individuals to achieve improved performance and increased value to their organisations. Karen focuses on helping people to find solutions to challenging situations in relation to their performance. She also helps people to increase their self awareness and their personal impact which in turn leads to their full potential being released.
Totally committed to working holistically with individuals, Karen recognises the increased pressures facing people both professionally and personally, as such she spends time with people helping them to understand and articulate their core values.
Words that Karen’s clients most typically use to describe her are warm, empathetic, sensitive, challenging, direct and non-judgemental. She is totally committed to the continued success of the individual and is able to adapt her style and to be flexible to their needs.
She has a great sense of humour and her ability to build good relationships quickly means that people who work with her find her energy and enthusiasm infectious and this leads to rapid personal and professional results.
Prior to becoming a coach, Karen was a skilled HR practitioner working in a variety of different roles including business partnering, policy, organisational development, talent and leadership development and, most recently, executive development.
Karen is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) and a Member of the Association for Coaching. She is qualified to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator tool (MBTI), trained facilitator (Roffey Park) and is accredited in providing 360 degree feedback.
“Karen acted as my Career and Development Guide and Coach whilst I was striving to reach the next level in my company. My success at a recent Assessment Centre can, in many ways, be connected and attributed to the help provided in being coached at a higher level than I had previously experienced.” FF, Underwriting Director
“What I value in your coaching is that you ask the difficult questions, give space for people to think and answer and are entirely non-judgemental in how you deal with what is said.” JH, Managing Director
“Karen’s insight into the role of an executive and guiding me in refining my skills was invaluable and ensured that I maintained my focus during a highly pressurised time. The skills and tools that Karen possesses ensure that this is delivered in a way that nurtures real personal development and ensures personal led change rather than temporary behavioural change.” KN, CEO
“The results for me have been life changing ... I understand myself better and have real clarity over what makes me happy. It is very powerful that once you have that clarity and understanding of what you want it is relatively easy to make it happen. I really benefited and enjoyed your style of coaching. You have a caring, empathetic and sensitive style that makes even the most difficult conversations manageable. Throughout our sessions I always felt supported and encouraged.” MW, Sales Manager
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