For Organizations

Executive Coaching for organizations and teams

Helping you catalyze change, build momentum, and see real results.

On your own, you can go fast or you can go far. With an executive coach by your side, you can do both.

  • When you’re struggling to shift team dynamics, who can objectively assess the full picture and change the path ahead?
  • When your high potential leaders need coaching beyond Human Resources’ scope, who do you trust to help shape your talent?
  • And when your clients have coaching needs that stretch your own capacity, who can you call in to fill out your bench — and soon?

Whether you need to transform a team, provide a resource to internal talent, or extend your own firm’s coaching capacity, you need a coach who puts your needs first. That’s where I come in.

Great organizations achieve more with an executive coach they can count on.

I can help you, your team, your organization’s leaders, or your clients to:

Increase emotional intelligence, self awareness, and executive presence

Strengthen your talent pipeline, inspire meaningful workplace engagement, and reduce turnover

Improve team productivity, performance, communication, and motivation

Spark innovation and adopt change more quickly and effectively

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.

Michelle Levasseur
Vice President, Human Resources

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.

Karen is a thoughtful listener who was able to comprehend my role and challenges very quickly.
Specifically, I needed support with entrenched leaders who were resistant to new leadership and change. She helped me develop a clear “Picture of Success” and 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.

I appreciated Karen’s coaching so much, I also referred two members of my team to seek her career guidance and untap their hidden potential.

Michelle Baker
Vice President, Telecommunications

Versatile, reliable, and agile executive coaching

Where my expertise and your goals meet.

Whether on your team or behind the scenes, I’m a can-do resource for your coaching and consulting needs.

Our work together can include:

  • 1:1 coaching sessions for executives to level up their leadership
  • Team workshops to inspire buy-in and spark learning, behavior change, and growth
  • Targeted assessments, analyses, interviews, and evaluations

The most effective executive coaches blend coaching expertise with corporate experience, and when we collaborate, I deliver both. I can call upon my own training and techniques to hit the ground running, or I can implement your preferred models and tools to work together seamlessly.

With every partnership, here’s what you can expect: clear communication, discretion, flexibility, and the highest ethical standards, all in service of your particular goals.

Experience you can trust, with standards you can rely on.

I’m Karen Breen, certified executive coach and founder of Seachange Strategy. For over 30 years, I’ve helped to transform leaders, take teams from good to great, and spark organizational change as a senior executive and now as an executive coach.

In our fast-evolving world of work, you need support from someone who can thoroughly understand your business environment and challenges, inside and out. My own experience as an executive ensures that I can plug in right away, keenly assess and interpret the context, and quickly get to work. As a coach, my outside perspective helps me effectively pinpoint the change that’s most needed and collaborate to transform the issue at hand.

Among the many executive coaches and consultants out there, I know that it’s challenging to find one who successfully navigates an organizational system, speaks the language of business, and firmly gets behind your goals. As your partner, that’s what I’ll do, every time.

 

  • A seasoned startup and Fortune 50 executive with 30+ years of direct experience driving B2C and B2B growth
  • A Columbia University-credentialed executive coach – CCPEC
  • A International Coaching Federation-credentialed coach – ACC
  • Certified in Positive Psychology Coaching
  • Harvard Business School General Management Program alum