WEBSITE

www.corporatedojo.com

 

Experience

Karen Gately is a highly regarded thought leader in the fields of human performance and leadership. Karen is the author of 2 books, The People Manager’s Toolkit: A practical guide to getting the best from people and The Corporate Dojo: driving extraordinary results through spirited people. 

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. In 2018 it became Corporate Dojo. 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.

TESTIMONIALS

“Knowledgeable, fun, high engagement.  Simply excellent.” - CEO Institute

“Love Karen's energy. Hit the mark and really enjoyed the content and listening. Karen is very engaging and easy to connect with 10/10!” - Workshop participant

 

Karen travels from Melbourne, VIC and is available to partner with organisations in Australia and New Zealand.