Highly respected leadership & people-management specialist, Karen Gately is to speak at the Executive PA Summits in Melbourne on the 21st of August and Sydney on the 30th August, on the role the executive assistant plays in enabling the success of the senior leadership team.
Karen works with leaders and HR teams to drive business results through the talent and energy of people. She is the author of The People Manager’s Toolkit (Wiley) and The Corporate Dojo: Driving extraordinary results through spirited people.
Karen is a regular contributor to AFR, news.com.au and writes extensively for other well-regarded publications such as BRW, Company Director, HRD, Australian newspapers, Inside HR and Daily Telegraph. Karen has a weekly radio segment with Power FMSA and is regularly invited to share her insights for other broadcast media including Today Extra, Sky News Business, ABC Radio, The Luke and Susie Show, 2UE among others.
Our Summits are a free day of professional development for a qualified group. If you are an EA or PA that books events and is interested in professional and personal development click HERE to visit the registration page and send in your submission to attend.
More about Karen Gately
As an Advisor: Karen Gately is a passionate optimist with unwavering belief in the power of the human spirit. An author, speaker, advisor and educator in the fields of human performance and leadership Karen brings a fresh perspective to what it takes to be a successful manager of people. Advocating an approach focused on leveraging both talent and energy Karen shows leaders how to drive performance through inspiring, results based leadership.
As an Author: Karen is the author of two books: The Corporate Dojo: driving extraordinary results through spirited people and The People Manager’s Toolkit (published by Wiley July 2013). In both Karen presents compelling arguments for why focusing on results and people is critical to success. Karen does away with ambiguous concepts and equips leaders with realistic strategies and practical solutions. Her pragmatic, uncomplicated and down to earth approach sets her apart from many other commentators in her field.
Over the span of her corporate career Karen has worked in client service, strategy and planning as well as quality management leadership roles. In 2006, after eight years with The Vanguard Group where she was the head of human resources for the Asia Pacific region, Karen founded Ryan Gately, a HR consultancy company in Melbourne. Together with her team Karen works with organisations large and small across a broad range of industries to support them to build and leverage talented and energized teams. Karen’s approach is deeply rooted in the 25 years she spent training and teaching karate. The youngest person in Shukokai karate awarded a 1st dan black belt at age 14, Karen went on to be graded to 3rd dan after many more years of dedicated training and teaching. A multiple times winner of state, national and international titles, Karen was also a highly accomplished tournament karate competitor.
