Executive coaching that unlocks possibility
Igniting better leaders, stronger companies, and more purposeful work.
In business, you’re known for your presence, performance, and perspective — but when you start to feel adrift, it’s disorienting to be without answers. Everyone usually looks to you for the path forward. Who can you trust for help finding your way?
Through a powerful combination of real-world strategy, inner insight, and experimental action, the Executive Catalyst Coaching method can help you get clear and get moving again.
Coaching can unlock potential and possibilities for…
High potential leaders charting your path forward in the face of urgent unknowns or never-before-experienced challenges
Mid- to late-career executives caught in a velvet-lined rut, seeking to infuse greater meaning into your work life
People leaders who need structured support to inspire deeper team member engagement, future-proof your bench, or lead a team through transformational change
Whatever your goal, my goal is to help you achieve it. Here’s how.
How can I help?
For individuals, organizations, and teams, I’m in your corner.
Individual Executive Coaching
An executive coach is your personal sounding board and thoughtful ally.
I help you overcome the challenges and mindsets that have been holding you back, freeing you up to achieve your highest — and most authentic — aspirations.
Whether you need support navigating a transition, reaching a goal, or increasing your confidence to manage change, executive coaching can close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Executive Coaching for Organizations and Teams
Successful companies go further with a quality coach by their side.
I help organizations and team leaders develop their talent and strategically transform your business with effective and versatile coaching solutions. Through consulting, subcontracting, and referrals, I can expand your capacity and keep you moving forward efficiently.
Talent and teams, transformed
When I first started my coaching with Karen, I had been in the same position for over 10 years. I was looking for an opportunity to grow, and I needed an outside and unbiased perspective.
Karen was fantastic to help me view my work differently and showed me ways to change my approach to get different outcomes. The weekly sessions held me accountable, and I was surprised by how simple, small changes to my approach made huge differences to my work!
As I was working with Karen (and even now afterward), I felt like it was therapy for work. Karen is a fantastic listener. She truly listened to what I said and helped me with recommendations on how to get where I wanted. It really was an amazing experience – one that I didn’t want to end.
Karen is my trusted sage in navigating career transition and advancement for myself and my team.
Her deep knowledge and experience provided me with alternative views, truthful realizations, and thoughtful support to elevate my career decisions and direction. She was able to comprehend my role and challenges very quickly and helped me develop a clear “Picture of Success” alongside plans to achieve it. She was my mirror, pushing me to see the whole picture and be very honest in evaluating the situation and solutions.
Karen’s approach to coaching is unique and different from other coaching experiences I have had in my 25 years in the Human Resources field. What I love about her style is that she is warm, incredibly approachable, and her genuine interest in you as a human is always at the forefront. She approaches every conversation holistically and her questions make you pause to think about how each area of your life is influencing who you are as a leader.
As an HR leader, I know that recommending the right coach for each executive and situation is an art. Karen’s inclusiveness has no boundaries and that makes her a coach for all, not just some. I have referred many of my personal and HR colleagues to Karen, and her impact on me as a leader has been far-reaching and long-lasting.
Purposeful coaching for powerful impact
Meet your certified executive coach, Karen Breen.
I’m Karen Breen, certified executive coach and founder of Seachange Strategy. By marrying my deep executive coaching expertise with 30+ years of real-world corporate leadership, I’ve guided more than a hundred leaders on their journeys to greater professional success and personal fulfillment.
A sea change is a deep, lasting personal transformation, and together we set yours in motion. I work by your side as a strategic thought partner, creating space for people and teams to unlock their unique hidden potential. With warmth, curiosity, and just the right questions, I love to help you discover and achieve your authentic aspirations faster and more deeply than would be possible on your own.
When choosing your executive coach, you want someone with the right combination of credentials, industry expertise, and the lived insight that comes from having “been there.” As a seasoned executive, I can understand the context you’re in and the challenges you’re facing. And as your coach, I help you grow beyond them and into a more rewarding future of your own design.