Karen Atwell

Karen Atwell is a dynamic leader with over 35 years of management, consulting and coaching experience. Accomplished in talent strategy and development, executive assessment, coaching, training and facilitating, Karen focuses on both people and productivity through a passion to grow people.

Karen has extensive experience helping leaders in transition identify the shifts necessary to move forward. She sees leadership as a state of being and helps clients shift to greater levels of understanding. She focuses on the Development of Credibility, Vision and Strategy Articulation and Delivery, Innovation, Enabling Others, and Culture. Karen continues to be a key player in the development and delivery of formal training and coaching programs, providing a systematic and comprehensive development experience for leaders, managers, and sales professionals.

Karen is Chief Strategist and Founder at Dynamic Perspectives, LLC, returning to consulting after seven years as VP Leadership & Talent Development within a mid-size financial services company. Her previous experience includes Executive Director and Master Coach with UBS Global Wealth Management as well as various sales management and senior leadership positions with Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.

Karen holds an MA in Organizational Communications, is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, is Master Certified in The Leadership Challenge®- A Wiley Brand, and certified in Deep Transformational Coaching. Karen cheerfully embodies life-long learning and growth. Her consulting and executive education client list includes First Command Financial Services, Onebridge, MetLife, Precipart, Penn Medicine, Ohio University, PNC Bank, and Franchise Update Media.

Karen lives in Deer Isle, Maine and St. Augustine, Florida. She has a long history of community involvement around the education, development, and health of young people through Rotary International and Jump Up Leadership Youth.