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Karen Morley

Karen Morley is a leadership author, executive coach, and registered psychologist whose work focuses on coaching, inclusive leadership, gender equity, and burnout. Her notable books include Lead Like a Coach, Gender Balanced Leadership, Beat Gender Bias, and FlexAbility, which was a finalist in the 2022 Australian Business Book Awards’ Management and HR category. ((https://nawo.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/KarenMorley-Easy-Conversation-Tactics-to-Beat-Bias.pdf))

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Public biographical material says little about Karen Morley’s early personal life, but it presents a distinctly interdisciplinary professional formation. She trained in psychology, business, and leadership, earning a Master of Psychology, an MBA, and a PhD in leadership, and became a registered psychologist. Before becoming widely known as an author, she built a career in leadership development and executive education, including senior roles in government and higher education. Those roles included responsibility for senior executive employment and development in South Australia and, later, leadership program design and delivery at Mt Eliza Executive Education. ((https://extraordinarybusinessbooks.com/episode-141-lead-like-a-coach-with-karen-morley/))

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Coaching Circles help leaders to learn coaching skills while building collaboration capability
-Leadership Development Programs
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If the system isn’t going to reset, you need to reset yourself
-FlexAbility
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This is just bad for business
-Generative Leadership
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In coaching it’s about developing the expertise whereas in mentoring it’s about transferring the expertise
-Episode 141 – Lead Like a Coach with Karen Morley
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Perfectionism, how we think about it and respond to it, is one part of the problem
-Two hidden costs of expecting perfection - stress and burnout
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True power requires two important values - modesty and empathy
-How power damages the two values we most admire in leaders
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Gendered bias – unconscious or not – impacts decisions
-How to reverse gendered patterns and get more talent
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Leadership Amplified inspires leaders to get more impact with their teams, to promote inclusion, and to make leadership more satisfying
-Podcast – Leadership Amplified
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Like relationships, psychological flexibility, compassion and coaching, learning is a fundamental for leading
-How to embrace your confusion to expand your thinking and deepen your learning

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"Phil Turnbull said Karen Morley offers powerful, evidence-based advice to help leaders lift their game"

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"Erica Wilson said Karen Morley is an "invaluable guide" for leaders, drawing on deep experience as a scholar and mentor"

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"Andrea Durrant said Karen Morley's Beat Gender Bias is data-rich, informative, and full of clear suggestions for change"

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"Jovaline Lee called Karen Morley's Lead Like a Coach a delightful, practical guide and a must-read for leaders"

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"The CEO Magazine called Karen Morley an authority on leadership coaching and a thought leader on gender and inclusion"

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"Paul Axup said Karen Morley gives leaders the tools to encourage inclusion, listen better, and leverage diversity"

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"Michael Schneider said Karen Morley brings practical insights and examples that help leaders unlock teams' true potential"

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"ANZSOG described Karen Morley as an executive coach and leadership developer with expertise in collaborative learning and diversity"

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