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Negotiation: Get What You Want! Open class on October 20, 2011. August 2
It’s a proven fact: most people don’t know how to negotiate. So what are we losing? Better options, better positions and thousands of dollars over the course of our careers. It’s time to change that! Enjoy a course that won accolades from the Columbus Bar Association for its ”effectiveness and interactivity” now being offered to anyone. Click here to read [...]
NAWMBA Louisville July 28
The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) Louisville Professional Chapter in partnership with Yum! Brands, proudly presents: Karen Hough in The Improvisation Edge – Secrets to Building Trust and Executive Presence, Thursday, August 11, 2011, 5:30 to 8:00 pm at Yum! Brands Corporate Office, 1900 Colonel Sanders Lane, Louisville, KY 40213 (Tech Center A-E). “We [...]
NAWMBA National Conference 2011 July 28
Join Karen Hough, Founder & CEO of ImprovEdge, and Amazon bestselling author of “The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work” for a high-energy session on how the techniques of improvisation can benefit women in the workplace.
“The Improvisation Edge” hits Business Book Bestseller List July 25
The Improvisation Edge ranks 17th on 800ceoreads and Inc. Magazine’s Business Book Bestseller List. Click here to learn more and order your copy today. Congratulations Karen!
How one reader put the “The ImprovEdge Edge” to work for her July 13
Hi Karen, I met you at the Professional Business Women’s Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA in May. I attended your seminar and bought your book “Improvisation Edge”. As I was reading the first few pages, my first thoughts were I had a long way to go to catch up to where you [...]
The Improvisation Edge by Karen Hough – Book review by Wayne Hurlbert June 3
“The key to creating trust and success in the workplace is probably the last thing you would ever imagine. It’s improvisation”, writes founder and CEO of ImprovEdge, Karen Hough, in her groundbreaking and practical book The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work. The author introduces the principles and techniques of [...]
Catch Karen’s Live Radio Interview June 2
Join Karen for a live radio interview this evening, Thursday, June 2 at 8:00 pm ET. She will be interviewed by Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk Radio regarding her new bestselling book, The Improvisation Edge: Secrets to Building Trust and Radical Collaboration at Work, published by Berrett Koehler. Link to the program here and you can add a reminder [...]
See Karen Hough at the WBENC National Conference in Las Vegas May 23
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien to Headline Women’s Business Enterprise National Council 12th Annual National Conference & Business Fair Las Vegas June 21-23 WASHINGTON, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Soledad O’Brien, Anchor and Special Correspondent for CNN, will headline the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s (WBENC) 12th Annual National Conference and Business Fair – The Opportunity Connection [...]
Examining Executive Presence – an article by Karen Hough on Trainingmag.com May 9
What the heck is it, why is it important, and how do you get it? Posted on Training magazine at trainingmag.com By Karen Hough Organizations are concerned. Executives are worried. And HR representatives are freaking out. All because of executive presence. I’ve been working with C-level executives for well over a decade, but in the last [...]
Improvisation: A Radical New Way to Train – an article by Karen Hough in T+D magazine April 25
As seen in Training+Development magazine April 2011 By Karen Hough The economic downturn. Increased competition. Twitter. There has never been a more important time for you to be able to manage risk, deal iwth change, and think on your feet. Read the full article. Check out Training+Development magazine through ASTD at www.astd.org/td.