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Karen Schmidt is the re-engagement expert who is on a mission to refresh, re-ignite and re-engage teams for success. An award winning speaker, workshop leader and author, so far she has managed to cram in 5 different careers.
With a background in Human Resource Management, her practical experience comes from hiring, firing, managing, coaching and training thousands of people across Australia in just about every industry. She has experienced the workplace from the point of view of a staff member, manager, recruiter, contractor and consultant. So whether your people arrive at work wearing high heels, a hard hat or carrying a hand gun Karen can help you understand what it takes to engage them. To back up her practical experience, she is degree qualified in Adult Education.
Karen has been recognised as a Certified Speaking Professional, the highest level of accreditation for speaker’s internationally and is also the winner of the National Speakers Association of Australia QLD 2006 "Speaker of the year" award. An engaging speaker who delivers fast paced and entertaining presentations, in her spare time Karen engages with life through her love of ballroom dancing, gardening and spending time with her cat Prince Frederick!
Testimonials
"Alive, entertaining, just the right degree of enthusiasm without going over the top. A keen observer of the human species!!" Carol Wood, Conference Organiser, New Zealand Federation of Disability Information Centres
"To a person, the reaction was the same: WOW!" Bruce Salmon, Sponsor, Pharmacy Guild Assistants Conference
“92% of participants ranked [your presentation] as excellent” Kerry Williams, National Conference for Office Professionals, QUT
"A polished, professional presentation that added something different and new to the program" Donald Scott, CEO, Nursery and Garden Industry Association
“Your presentation style was warm and friendly and at the same time professional, exactly what we were looking for” Wayne Armstrong, Director, Executive Alliance
“Karen was energetic, well planned, fun, enthusiastic, inspiring, humorous and professional” Rebecca Hannan, Conference Organiser, Business Improvement in Government Network
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