• Capture the hearts and minds of people, and move them to action
  
• Feel confident regardless of the ease or difficulty of your message
  
• Know which stories to tell and when
• Connect with your audience from start to finish
• Convey your passion without moralizing

Know your leadership stories	Tell them effectively
Create a powerful connection with listeners	Structure content for maximum impact
Inspire your audience and move them to action	Build skills and confidence
Be in the moment	Deliver powerful key messages

Gain confidence in an environment of trust and support. 

My coaching focuses on helping leaders tell their stories, communicate all types of messages to build trust, and gain results.  I collaborate with executives who want to discover the wisdom in their life stories plus improve their communication skills, personal presence, and leadership messages.  They learn to establish presence, stick to the message, and craft key communications for peers, employees, customers, shareholders, and the public.

• When needing to influence investors and customers
• When marketing their new product or concept
• When launching and sustaining a change initiative
• When pursuing new goals with staff and the Board of Directors
• When enrolling others in their vision
• When speaking at seminars and awards dinners
• When wanting to develop their authentic leadership skills and presence
• When they are tired of not being the effective communicators they know they can be
• When leaders want their own natural speaking style and uniqueness to radiate

• Any leader who wants stories to positively affect the bottom line
• Any executive who needs to craft compelling stories that unite people and move them to action
• Any leader who wants to unleash their passion and discover their leadership purpose

  “I have worked with Karen in developing my own storytelling abilities. She's a marvelous coach and a wonderful guide through the journey of becoming a storyteller. I highly recommend her as someone who will help anyone to remain green and growing.”   Ozzie Gontang, Vistage Group Chair San Diego, CA

  through their life stories
• Any leader who wants to enhance their executive presence

• Linking stories to current business realities
• Seven key stories every executive needs to tell
• Sharing both inspiring stories, and tough stories
• Listening skills
• Crafting a compelling message
• Various story structures
• Conveying messages or values without moralizing
• Imagery, metaphors, and emotion
• Effective use of voice
  

“I needed a new story to add to my presentation. Karen pulled it out of me without the slightest pain and lots of gain. According to audience reactions, my presentations have moved to the next level!”   Madelyn Blair, Ph.D., CEO Pelerei, Inc

Discover how easy it is to set up and implement coaching sessions that will develop your authentic leadership abilities and communication skills.  Get the results you seek now.

Contact Karen today at 619-235-0052 or e-mail me at

contact-us@polaris-associates.com.

"Your encouragement, enthusiasm, humor, and excellent suggestions helped me to learn new techniques, hone stories I had been using and develop new ideas for future programs. I liked that you were willing to work with me by telephone and found that process easy to fit into my schedule. I look forward to working with you again. As I collect more stories for the work I do as a speaker and consultant, there will opportunities for us to continue our collaboration. Thank you for your expert tutoring.” David Kushner CAE, CMP, President The Kushner Com