Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks

Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks is the President and CEO of TransLeadership, Inc, an executive leadership development consulting firm for principled and mission-led business executives. She facilitates excellence in executive decision-making, development of enterprise-focused executive teams, positive and profitable culture creation, and executive succession.

She has more than 30 years of global experience as a Concierge Trusted Advisor for executives in top corporations, the US Military, US Federal Government, and non-profit leaders in major Foundations and faith-based organizations. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the recipient of the RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation.

Dr. Wilson-Starks is also the host and creator of the weekly podcast, TV, and iHeart radio show, The Voice of Leadership and the author of the book Lead Yourself First: The Senior Leader’s Guide to Engaging Your People for Greater Performance and Impact. As a former US Army officer and psychologist and Senior Faculty member for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) she brings a strengths-based and systems-informed understanding of human behavior and motivation to her consultation.

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$7,500 - $10,000

Virtual Fee:

$3,000 – $5,000

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Suggested Keynotes

How to Create Positive, Profitable, and Powerful Results-Focused Leadership Cultures

Establish a strong foundation by aligning culture with core values and celebrating successes. Leverage strengths, identify market opportunities, and lead with authenticity. Foster collaboration, agility, and talent development while building a lasting leadership legacy.

Creating a positive, profitable, and powerful corporate culture requires a combination of values, exemplars, stories, feedback, development, co-creation, creative advantage, executive team development, leading succession, and living leadership legacy. Keynote presentations can be developed around different aspects of these key ingredients.

Establish Foundations

Define culture

Build on solid company values

Match team member values to company values

Find and share company stories that demonstrate living the values/culture

Celebrate successes

Identify and Develop Creative Advantage

Build on strengths

Identify Marketplace opportunities

Identify Business Distinctives

Be the Best You

Avoid the temptation to copy

Lead Change, agility, and flexibility

Partner, collaborate, and Co-create with others

Listen and practice dialogue

Go beyond advocacy to triple wins

Discover “The Third Solution”

Attract, Develop, and Retain Talent

Identify company needs

Select, onboard, and integrate diverse executive leaders

Develop talent at all Levels

Provide coaching, mentoring, consulting, and advisement

Give feedback

Model effective leadership

“Lead Yourself First”

Develop your executive team

Lead Succession

Live, lead, and Leave a Living Leadership Legacy

About Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks

As a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) her professional organization recognizes her for the distinctive and global impact of her work in the field of consulting psychology. In addition, Dr. Wilson-Starks is the recipient of The RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation, the highest practice award in the Consulting Psychology Division of The American Psychological Association (APA). She is also an on-call member of the Consulting Psychology Ethics Committee. In addition, Dr. Wilson-Starks is a member of the Global Supply Chain group (formerly hosted by the Society to Advance Consulting (SAC)) where she is an expert panelist; the Society for Human Resource Managers (SHRM); and the Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA).).

Her Ph.D. and master’s degrees in clinical psychology are from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, and her bachelor’s degree in psychology is from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.

She is married to Gregory Starks, a retired Army Officer and avid prosumer photographer. Dr. Wilson-Starks enjoys international travel, Broadway theatre, vacations at the ocean, and reading in her leisure time.

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As a result of my long-term work and relationship with Karen I have been able to move my School from last place to one of the top three at the University…We have greatly enhanced the reputation of the School, doubled enrollment, grew philanthropy and maintained faculty and salaries during a recession…
Craig R. Jackson, JD, MSW, Dean, School of Allied Health Professions, Loma Linda University

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