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 Have
your ever wondered what's happening at
work when barriers seem to be getting in
the way? Global Leadership Expert, Dr.
Karen Otazo will help you to overcome
obstacles and roadblocks. With her
frank, no-holds-barred – and sometimes
controversial – approach Dr. Otazo can
help eliminate organizational dilemmas –
in most cultures or countries – with
profound wisdom and simple ways to take
action.
Karen knows what senior-level managers
need to do to prepare themselves for the
executive suite (and what business
styles and skills may hold them back),
and how to artfully and diplomatically
bring their careers to the level where
they each want to be. Global Leadership
Expert, Dr. Otazo, gives executives the
tools they require to help them navigate
business politics and global business
cultures.
Dr. Karen Otazo, Managing Director of
Global Leadership Network, Inc. is a
global executive coach and thinking
partner for multinational companies
worldwide. With more than twenty-five
years of experience working with clients
in the United States, China, Indonesia,
Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Europe,
and Singapore, Otazo is uniquely
equipped to work with executives in
global corporations, national
subsidiaries, joint ventures, and
strategic alliances. Her blue-chip
client list includes BoozAllen Hamilton,
Chase Bank, Colgate-Palmolive, Credit
Suisse First Boston, The Economist
Group, GeneralElectric, Goldman Sachs,
Lehman Brothers, Marks & Spencer,
Motorola, Pepsico, Time International,
and Vodafone. She earned a doctorate in
Human Resources Development from the
University of Northern Colorado, and
holds masters and bachelors degrees in
linguistics from City University of New
York. Otazo is fluent in English,
Spanish, French, Indonesian, and some
Mandarin Chinese.
Dr. Otazo is also the known author of
the "Truth About Managing your
Career...and Nothing But The Truth" and
"The Truth About Being A Leader...And
Nothing But The Truth" along with
numerous articles. She has also done
countless interviews and keynote
speaking engagements worldwide with a
committed involvement in Vital Voices
Global Partnership.
Dr Otazo (Hofmeister) has taken an
active role in non-profit, ngo,
organizations globally and locally. She
has been focusing on empowering women
through leadership work with Vital
Voices and a project to create a simple,
open-source template to start a
business. Women exemplify a majority of
the traits associated with effective
leadership and entrepreneurship yet all
too frequently do not know how to put
their skills to work. Since women and
people of color are a huge source of the
new entrants into small business
development worldwide, Karen is working
Neighborhood Centers in Houston to
create an online publication in Spanish
which can then be used for
Latino-American women. Her hope is that
if the approach proves useful that the
publication can be translated into other
languages with appendices for the
specifics in each locale.
See Dr. Otazo's leadership article on
this site entitled
A Leader Is Always “On”
“There are many smart
professionals and managers who aim for
the top. My role is to maximize each
individual’s
career whether they are in the early
stages or toward the end looking for
ways to continue to have a focused
purpose.”
– Dr. Karen Otazo
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One of the quickest ways to develop
leadership skills is through company sponsored leadership
development programs. These programs are often offered by some
of industry's largest corporations and are designed to take
individuals interested in developing their leadership 
