Under the pressure of an ever-increasing competitive landscape, exceedingly high expectations, a daunting list of accountabilities, and the necessity to drive results through efficient execution, PeopleThink helps companies build their competitive bench strength, tap into natural talents, and achieve organizational success.

With a corporate background in creating and leading innovative people initiatives, Karen founded PeopleThink on the core belief that "an investment in your people is an investment in your future." Since then, PeopleThink has delivered significant business results for a variety of organizations including: Genentech, Citrix Online, SAP Labs, Oracle, Novartis and Wells Fargo.

PeopleThink's signature portfolio of leadership, team development and career programs have skillfully and methodically guided corporate executives, their teams and individual contributors to lead with purpose, to accomplish much more than anyone thought possible; to be winners as individuals, brilliant as a team, and leaders as a company.

The programs are customizable, and provide actionable, best-practice strategies for immediate results:
CareerNavigator™ - Giving purpose to performance reviews
LeadershipNow™- Leading for Excellence
CoachingUp™- Today's Manager. Tomorrow's Leader
Team TuneUp™- Teams that work together, succeed together
BenchStrength™- Building bench strength for corporate sustainability

Karen is the author of, a proven, full-service career planning program that helps individuals identify their natural talents, skills and interests to create the career they want. As a resource for conducting effective employee performance reviews, brings a refreshingly positive and win-win approach to the employee review process.

Karen's deep expertise and engaging presentation style have made her a popular keynote and motivational speaker at cross-industry venues, national sales meetings, and corporate conferences.
Karen has a BS in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco, and is certified in a number of assessment tools that she uses in her work. She is a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA); Bay Area Consulting Network (BACN); Women in Consulting (WIC); and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Karen also volunteers with the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation.

Leslie Flowers