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Karen Low

Owner Coach Me Now!

  • Gold Coast

Put SPARK into your life and business!

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Biography

Karen Low is an Executive Coach, Workshop Facilitator, Mentor and Speaker, specialising in the business and corporate arenas, change management, process improvement and development, getting organised, minimising clutter, distractions and time wasters, and achieving work/life balance. Karen is passionate about successfully transforming lives (with integrity) for a positive, sustainable difference and empowering people to achieve their full potential.

Karen inspires, motivates, supports and empowers individuals and teams to create successful thinking and results, take focussed action for positive outcomes, improve communication, develop better relationships and increase confidence, self-esteem and general well-being.

During her career, Karen has experienced success in the Telecommunications, FMCG, Manufacturing and Information Management industries. In addition, Karen has worked on government funded programs to support people to start their own business, developing business, marketing and operational plans and providing business mentoring to implement the Business Plan and Action Plan. Karen brings with her more than two decades of corporate experience, is on a journey of continual personal development, discovery and learning, and enjoys the gift of giving and sharing, so that others may benefit, prosper, enrich their lives and achieve their full potential.

Since completing a Bachelor of Economics Degree, Karen has completed intensive coach training and also completed studies as a Lifeline Telephone Counsellor, Certified Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming & Time Line Therapy, Certificate IV in Small Business Management and Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. Karen is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), Toastmasters and a range of business and networking organisations.

Karen actively contributes back into the community as a Committee Member for Kids in Community (www.kic.com.au), a not-for-profit organisation that supports youth and raises awareness of the positive role young people play and the meaningful ways that youth participate in our local communities. Karen also supports Buy1GIVE1Free™ (www.b1g1.com) a global social enterprise transforming our world, every second, every day and in every way by changing the way business, charity and the general public work together.

Karen believes in the greatest resource there is, YOU!

Industry Expertise

Business Services
Education/Learning
Corporate Leadership
Market Research
Manufacturing
Professional Training and Coaching
Telecommunications

Areas of Expertise

Stress Less for Success
Networking Effectively
Smart Goals and Action Plans
Achieving Work/Life Balance

Accomplishments

Firewalk Adventure with Kurek Ashley (1998, 2007 & 2011)

A weekend program providing the skills, tools and strategies enabling participants to take action to break through barriers/fears and live the life they want.

Telstra Olympic Champion – Brisbane

Nominated Champion to organise events and raise funds to support the Olympians and Paralympians in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics

Finalist in the International Library of Poetry Annual Competition – Brisbane (published in ‘The Tide of Hours')

Education

Assert Development

Certified Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming

Neuro Linguistic Programming

2005

Chris Morton Powerful Seminars

Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training

Training

2005

Sarino Russo

Certificate IV in Business - Small Business Management

Business Management

2006

Affiliations

  • Inspiring Change Now
  • Coach U
  • Toastmasters
  • International Coach Federation

Links

Languages

  • English

Event Appearances

Presenter at Coach Week in Brisbane and Gold Coast in May 2010, speaking on the topic of “Achieving Work/Life Balance”.

International Coach Federation (ICF) Coach Week  Brisbane & Gold Coast

Showcased as the Guest Speaker at Women’s Network Australia twilight networking event in August 2009, speaking on the topics of coaching, behavioural change training programs, networking effectively and work/life balance.

Women's Network Australia event  Gold Coast

Guest Speaker at the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS) program, Brisbane Junior Chamber of Commerce and Business events in 2006.

  Brisbane

Sample Talks

Achieving Work/Life Balance

This presentation enables you to take a holistic look at your life, identify how balanced your life is and provides you with tools and strategies to start living a more balanced life.

This is an interactive, "hands on", fun session and you will have tasks and actions to take away and start implementing at the conclusion of the presentation.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader

Fees

$500 to $1000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee