Karen Edwards is a champion and motivator of people, and has a unique talent for helping others succeed and grow. She believes in equity and each person’s right to excel as their authentic self. She is a Certified Transformational Life Coach, and, via her Strong and Skyward program, she coaches people on mindset, career, self-worth, and vision. In addition she offers workshops, retreats, and conferences for groups, companies, and associations looking to engage and motivate their members of all genders.Karen has over ten year’s experience creating and executing educational programs that spur engagement and satisfaction in people’s work and lives. She independently created and ran the world’s only global women’s leadership initiative within the Orthotic and Prosthetic profession, resulting in a more powerful, collaborative space for women in the field. This work was recognized when she was awarded the OPGA Woman of the Year Award in 2018. Karen’s background includes a stellar career in medical sales, winning multiple awards for sales growth and goal attainment. She credits her success to an authentic and genuine passion for helping people (in this case the patient and their practitioner) experience the best possible outcomes. She also created and provided technical product education to new sales hires and to customer service representatives. Karen is available to individuals and organizations for the following:* Sales training and engagement* Corporate training* One-on-one personal coaching* Employee professional coaching* Workshop presentations (custom topics for your organization)* Industry/Association Leadership Cohort programs* Retreat, conference facilitation* Educational women’s program creation and execution