Karen McCullough

Whether it’s an audience of 3000, a workshop of 25, or a virtual event with your remote team, Karen McCullough creates the experience to match the moment.

Expert on

  • Change
  • Employees / Workforce
  • Personal Development
  • Generation Issues
  • Branding
  • Wellness

Fee Range

$10,000–$15,000

Travels from

TX, US

Leading a multigenerational team is like being a DJ at a party with guests from different decades – the key is to mix the old classics with the latest hits to get everyone on the dance floor. As a speaker, I can share practical strategies on how to bridge the generation gap and create a high-performing team that rocks!

Researcher, speaker, author, coach, and successful entrepreneur Karen McCullough combines real-world experience and research with inspiring stories that inform, entertain, and motivate. 

 As a former retailer and branding expert, Karen has always had a passion for understanding what drives and motivates employees and customers. To be successful in retail, you must know how to hire, manage, and sell across generational boundaries. When she began professional speaking in 2001, those early years in retail became the foundation of her mission of helping people and organizations embrace generational diversity by providing honest solutions helping bridge the generational gaps, and encouraging better understanding and cooperation in their workplace.

Today Karen creatively blends relevant content, current research, engaging humor, and compelling stories to deliver actionable ideas through my keynote and speaking programs. She promises to make you think, make you laugh, and spark a lasting positive change in your organization!

Some of Karen’s Clients and conferences include Whataburger, McDonald’s, VMware, Procter & Gamble, US Department of Justice, JPMorgan Chase, Symantec, McGraw-Hill, National Homebuilders, Shell Oil, Mercedes Benz, The World Bank, American National Insurance, Humana, United Way, American Heart Association and MD Anderson Cancer Center.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL-IT'S GENERATIONAL. LEADING AND SUCCEEDING IN A MULTIGENERATIONAL WORLD

It’s Not Personal- It’s Generational

Leading and Succeeding in a Multigenerational Workplace and Marketplace

With four generations (Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gan Z) now making up 98% of the workforce, age diversity is on the rise. These differences often cause imbalance, conflicts, and stress points between co-workers. It’s Not Personal-It’s Generational It is time to overcome traditional and generational bias and begin thinking about how your organization can leverage those differences to be more innovative and begin matching the energy of the individual with the energy of the organization. This presentation brings a realistic perspective on workplace trends and employee engagement. With insights, stories, and humor Karen starts the generation conversation by fostering harmony and engagement. She encourages you to challenge your thinking and challenge your response!

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Exploring the attributes and perspectives of Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z.
  • Discussing the three possible areas of conflict and some strategies to help them.
  • Understanding the mindset and strengths of each generation
  • Identifying the 5 intergenerational communication obstacles
  • Exploring steps for every generation to get along better with the others and boost employee engagement
Employees / Workforce Entertainment-based Audience Activity Educational / Informative Inspirational / Life-changing Humorous / Funny

CHANGE IS GOOD-YOU GO FIRST: KEEPING UP WITH THE PACE OF CHANGE.

Change Is Good…YOU Go First: Keeping Up with the Pace of Change

If your world seems a little upside down, you are not alone. There’s no going back to “business as usual,” and no playbook for what’s to come next. If there were ever a time to be inspired by resilience in the face of change and adversity, it’s NOW! In this program Karen shares her 3-step process to shift your mindset, grow your resilience and welcome change into your life.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Learn the 3 critical stages in the change process
• Identify the 5 basic change reactions
• Discover the role that self-awareness plays in leadership-how changing your words can change the outcomes
• Explore behaviors that will help you master the change process

THE ENGAGEMENT GAP: DRIVING EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE GENERATIONS

The Engagement Gap: Driving Employee Engagement Across the Generations

Today Gallop Research shares that employee engagement is at an all-time low. Employee engagement affects employee retention, productivity, and loyalty and is key to customer satisfaction and your bottom line. Your organization can’t afford to lose your top talent.  Not only does engagement have the potential to significantly affect employee turnover, absenteeism, productivity, and growth, but engagement is also a key link to customer satisfaction and your employer brand. Guiding leaders in their efforts to shape elevated employee engagement has never mattered more.

 It’s time to raise employee engagement by building a culture where people feel connected, protected, and respected by people from all generations.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Identifying the four key engagement factors that drive productivity and generational performance.
  • Gaining insights into the diverse generational work perspectives and generational motivators
  • Understanding how trust plays into engagement
  • Adapting to a rapidly changing workforce
  • Discovering tools to build a culture of trust and belonging.
  • Exploring steps for every generation to get along better with the others and boost employee engagement
Employees / Workforce Entertainment-based Audience Activity Educational / Informative

BEYOND THE BRAND-GROWING A CULTURE OF ENGAGEMENT

Going Beyond the Brand – Growing  a Culture of Engagement

Karen McCullough takes you beyond the brand, helping organizations grow a culture that focuses on PEOPLE. This program inspires as it breathes new life into your team by using her CPR Engagement concept, where people feel Connected, Protected, and Respected.

Karen provides innovative ways to connect employees to the organization’s brand as they grow their personal brand. You will learn how your individual brand is critical to your own success within the company and what role your personal brand plays in your company’s success.

You will discover how living the brand translates into outstanding customer service that differentiates you from the competition. Your brand is the core of your company, the heart of your business, the soul of your culture, and the foundation for employee engagement.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Explore the evolution of brands that led to where we are today with “Culture of Engagement.”
  • Understand how your culture fosters performance, reflects purpose, and attracts and retains talent
  • Examine the 3 keys to creating a culture of high engagement
  • Discover  the power of your personal brand and how it impacts your career as well as  the culture of the organization
  • Uncover the five daily activities and discover how those five behaviors relate to your communication and your personal brand.
  •  Implement simple behaviors that will create more engaged, collaborative teams.
Employees / Workforce Entertainment-based Audience Activity Educational / Informative Inspirational / Life-changing Humorous / Funny

TIME TO RECHARGE – MANAGING YOUR ENERGY NOT YOUR TIME

Time to Recharge! Managing Your Energy Not Your Time 

Join Karen and get a shot of energy as she shares practical yet powerful, researched-based strategies to increase your energy and diminish your stress. Learn how to recharge your battery and energize others. In this program, you will discover that managing your energy and not your time is the key to better performance and a more fulfilled life.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Identifying your 4 sources of personal energy
  • Creating positive rituals that renew your energy
  • Gaining more profound insights into self-awareness
  • Learning from Harvard research on how to achieve happiness and increase your productivity
Entertainment-based Audience Activity Educational / Informative Technical / Specific Inspirational / Life-changing Humorous / Funny