Karen Cvitkovich stands out as a specialist in global leadership and workforce development, driven by her commitment to achieving successful business outcomes for international collaborators, leaders, and multicultural teams. With a holistic perspective, she goes beyond cultural barriers to delve into the nuances of international business operations, enabling her to address complex challenges involving people, processes, and global systems.
Throughout the past 20 years, Karen has collaborated with clients and partners on global projects spanning over 40 countries and all continents. She has adeptly developed and led multinational teams across Europe, the USA, and the Asia/Pacific region. Her impressive clientele features well-known companies such as Sanofi, Oracle, Teva, Sunovion, Red Hat, Mozilla Firefox, Apple, Bayer, Biogen Idec, Boston Scientific, Chevron, Comverse, Danfoss, Dell, EMC, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, Fidelity, LEGO, L’Oreal, Marriott, Novartis, Oracle, and Wal-Mart.
Karen’s previous roles include Managing Director for Global Talent Development at Aperian Global and Senior Consultant in intercultural consulting, coaching, and multinational teambuilding for two decades. She has designed and facilitated learning and consulting projects for entire teams, team leaders, and individual contributors on topics like globalization, negotiations, conflict resolution, multinational teambuilding, global leadership, and virtual communications. Additionally, she has held positions such as Director of Training for United Way of Mass Bay and Regional Director for EF Education.
Karen is the author of What is Global Leadership: 10 Key Behaviors that Define Great Global Leaders (2011), co-written with Dr. Ernest Grundling and Terry Hogan, and Leading Across New Borders: How to Succeed as the Center Shifts (2015), which examines how changes in the world economies, demographics, and cultures influence the challenges and strategies of contemporary global leaders. Besides these books, she has penned numerous articles.
As an engaging and seasoned speaker, Karen is often invited to present at various industry conferences, including SHRM, ASTD, and SIIC. She holds a Master’s Degree in Training & Organization Development from Lesley University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business & Human Resources from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Additionally, Karen is proficient with several psychometric tools, certified in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the Hay Group Leadership/Climate Instrument. She also completed a certificate program with the NeuroLeadership Institute and is a Certified CTI Co-Active Coach.
Karen Cvitkovich stands out as a specialist in global leadership and workforce development, driven by her commitment to achieving successful business outcomes for international collaborators, leaders, and multicultural teams. With a holistic perspective, she goes beyond cultural barriers to delve into the nuances of international business operations, enabling her to address complex challenges involving people, processes, and global systems.
Throughout the past 20 years, Karen has collaborated with clients and partners on global projects spanning over 40 countries and all continents. She has adeptly developed and led multinational teams across Europe, the USA, and the Asia/Pacific region. Her impressive clientele features well-known companies such as Sanofi, Oracle, Teva, Sunovion, Red Hat, Mozilla Firefox, Apple, Bayer, Biogen Idec, Boston Scientific, Chevron, Comverse, Danfoss, Dell, EMC, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, Fidelity, LEGO, L’Oreal, Marriott, Novartis, Oracle, and Wal-Mart.
Karen’s previous roles include Managing Director for Global Talent Development at Aperian Global and Senior Consultant in intercultural consulting, coaching, and multinational teambuilding for two decades. She has designed and facilitated learning and consulting projects for entire teams, team leaders, and individual contributors on topics like globalization, negotiations, conflict resolution, multinational teambuilding, global leadership, and virtual communications. Additionally, she has held positions such as Director of Training for United Way of Mass Bay and Regional Director for EF Education.
Karen is the author of What is Global Leadership: 10 Key Behaviors that Define Great Global Leaders (2011), co-written with Dr. Ernest Grundling and Terry Hogan, and Leading Across New Borders: How to Succeed as the Center Shifts (2015), which examines how changes in the world economies, demographics, and cultures influence the challenges and strategies of contemporary global leaders. Besides these books, she has penned numerous articles.
As an engaging and seasoned speaker, Karen is often invited to present at various industry conferences, including SHRM, ASTD, and SIIC. She holds a Master’s Degree in Training & Organization Development from Lesley University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business & Human Resources from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Additionally, Karen is proficient with several psychometric tools, certified in the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the Hay Group Leadership/Climate Instrument. She also completed a certificate program with the NeuroLeadership Institute and is a Certified CTI Co-Active Coach.
