Experience

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  Delco remy

  Jan 1975 - Jan 1985

  Project engineer
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  Butler university

  Jan 1991 - May 2014

  Career mentor and adjunct faculty

  Provide mentorship for Undergraduate Business Students, teach Using Conflict Creatively in the Honors Program occasionally

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  Spiral impact

  Sept 2007 - now

  One of the greatest rewards of what I do is watching resistance melt away — and seeing the “ahhh…yes!” happen. I offer programs, keynotes, and speaking engagements, focused on key concepts and tools from my Spiral Impact® approach to conflict mastery. I get people out of their seats and experiencing how power can be delivered with grace — and get results! My programs are designed flexibly to scale for large events or small internal groups who are seeking ways to work more productively and creatively with conflict.Topics include:Mastering the Art of Conflict from a Black Belt PerspectiveThe Power to Get It Done with Grace The Science of InfluenceMomentum at the Intersection of Conflict, Change, and InnovationConflict to Collaboration – Inclusive Innovation "In a mere 90 minutes, Karen Valencic, entertained, engaged, and taught us how to collaborate and influence. For city planners these are essential skills. The way she demonstrates her skills physically is very impactful and makes her points easy to grasp." Shane B. Indiana City Planners Association“I don’t usually write speaker fan mail, but the high quality of Karen’s presentation content, combined with her platform skills made her presentation one of the high points of a very high quality program.”Indiana State SHRM Conference“There are many presentations on conflict out there but this one was much different — it was outstanding and made the evening meeting a great deal of fun. It was lively with attendee participation… Karen is a presenter with flare and the ability to get the point across.”Central Ohio ATD“Karen worked closely with me to customize a presentation that would be most beneficial to our organization, something very useful that attendees could take home and apply not only in work, but life as well. Karen provided all of that in a top-notch program.” WomenHeart National Conference Show less Over the course of more than 20 years, I’ve guided organizations and their leadership in mastering conflict using a time-tested, highly-effective methodology I call Spiral Impact®. Drawing from the lessons of nature, science, engineering – and my practice in the martial art of aikido – I teach intra- and inter-departmental teams repeatable, sustainable skills and provide them with reusable tools for using conflict creatively. Together, we measurably increase productivity, improve interpersonal relationships, and collaborate to create an environment of trust where innovative thinking can take root and grow.I’ve had the privilege and pleasure of working with many types of organizations, across a variety of industries. Over time, I’ve gleaned – and continue to glean – numerous insights into how teams operate in vastly different contexts and cultures.Using Spiral Impact as a framework, I tailor our engagement to fit the specifics of your situation. I invite you and your team to step courageously into exciting new territory and:-Build bridges between departments with competing agendas-Define a culture of collaboration and cooperation-Create unity in a diverse group of people-Navigate the transitions required to align with changeAs we work together, we’ll explore not only how your team can work more effectively but also how they want to work together to achieve their goals for personal and professional development."Karen's proven experience uncovered within several weeks decades of trust and respect issues that had developed between team members. Karen's special approach to these problems quickly broke down barriers and created new levels of communication and teamwork never before experienced by these teams." William W. Show less The Black Belt Edition of Spiral Impact: The Power to Get it Done with Grace Released March 17, 2020. Available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085DX6HJZ “Eloquently simple tools that remove resistance to the ongoing journey of change, and every leader and team would benefit having these tools in their belt.” Alleshia Hewitt, Senior Director Revenue Cycle Services, Hendricks Regional Health“Karen and Spiral Impact helped us learn to make our conflicts creative and keep things flowing even when differences arise. She is a support for a higher level of operating as a team.” - Puja Dhyan Parsons, CEO, Growing Spaces LLC“Karen has been instrumental in providing coaching/consulting to our leadership and focus to the teams to help them overcome conflict and re-engage in the purpose of their work.” - Diane Iseminger, Director of Leadership Development IU Health Show less

  • Keynote Speaker and Breakout Speaker

    Jan 1992 - now

  • Leadership Development Consultant

    Jan 1992 - now

  • Best Selling Author

    Sept 2007 - now
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  Newsweek expert forum

  Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

  Contributor