KAREN STENT
GMS Founder, Principal Consultant, & Coach
Karen comes from a solid business and management background with over 20 years’ experience within the Service Industry, Recruitment & Human Resources, and Management Consulting. Based in Auckland New Zealand, Karen also has an extensive background in the hospitality and tourism arena having owned a successful national luxury transport company for over 12 years.
She is professional in her approach and sets a high standard in her service delivery to her clients. Her passion for learning and development plays a key factor to the success she has in engaging others and creating an environment where people become curious enough to implement new changes and positive outcomes.
Her strengths include working in a Greenfield environment, driving new initiatives and identifying opportunities for improvement, streamlining systems and processes, boosting employee confidence and motivation as well as empowering others to achieve positive life changes.
Karen’s previous experience includes contracting to a NZ wide logistics company as HR & Organisational Development Manager and played a key role in them winning four Awards, including becoming an “Employer of Choice” from the L & D initiatives she implemented. Karen lead a number of initiatives with a focus on organisational learning, development and wellbeing to help them transform the business into a positive engaged workplace.
Since then, Karen has been working with Leaders as a Talent Management Partner to inspire and transform them to become role models for their staff. She believes that the key motivating factor to assisting people tap into their full potential is: "You get the best efforts from others, not by lighting a fire beneath them.... but by lighting a fire within them”.
Karen’s passion for learning and development plays a key factor in the success she has in engaging others, bringing the best out of people and creating an environment where people become curious enough to implement new changes and positive outcomes.
Karen is a true “people manager” and has a natural gift of helping individuals uncover their strengths in order to reach their full potential.
Contact info:
Phone: +64 27 479 6368
Email: karen@gmsgroup.co.nz
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