In her research on the value of troublemakers in the workplace, Dr. Charlan Nemeth, research psychologist, and author of “In Defense of Troublemakers,” outlines the pitfalls of consensus thinking and the value of dissent.

Dr. Karen uses this research baseline to share her unique lenses, experience, and reflections on the dangers of consensus thinking for medical practice, business leadership, and politics.

She also extracts relevant leadership insights for corporate executives from her experiences with traffic jams and air turbulence.

The specifics she shares include how to expand critical thinking, use exploration of multiple sides to include the extremes, effectively use disagreement, and benefit from the co-pilots and navigators in your organization.

No one person can know everything. How do you leverage all your resources when business takes a turn and operations are not normal?

Contact Dr. Karen at Dr.Karen@transleadership.com | www.transleadership.com

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Persistence, resilience, and agility are essential when leaders face challenges and rapidly changing market conditions. In this episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen explores how persistence strengthens leaders for future opportunities and why the easy way is not always the best way forward.

Drawing lessons from comedians Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, and Kevin Hart, she examines how to quickly use humor to deflect conflict situations, take the high road in communication, and keep difficult circumstances from derailing success.

Dr. Karen also shares practical strategies for organizational agility to include how to scan the environment, listen to customers, develop change-ready talent, and build strategic partnerships. In today’s world, to bounce back is not enough. Leaders and organizations must also learn, adapt, and bounce forward. Contact Dr. Karen at Dr.Karen@transleadership.com | www.transleadership.com

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Leadership legacy is not simply what remains after a leader leaves. It is created through the way leaders develop people, strengthen organizational capacity, grow themselves, clarify priorities, shape culture, and prepare others to carry the work forward.

In this episode of “The Voice of Leadership,” Dr. Karen explores what it means to leave people, organizations, and yourself better than when you started. She examines the executive leader’s responsibility to recognize individual gifts and strengths, develop leaders of leaders, and create opportunities for people to grow into greater responsibility.

Drawing from Jesus’ example with His disciples, she highlights Jesus’ ability to teach, model leadership, ask thought-provoking questions, provide opportunities to practice, and to invest deeply in His core leadership group.

For the organizational side of legacy, Dr. Karen also addresses how to define and reinforce core values, create a learning culture, develop high-performance teams, support people with the right systems and resources, and maintain a solution-focused approach.

Contact Dr. Karen at Dr.Karen@transleadership.com | www.transleadership.com

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