HUDDLE Opening Keynote Speaker - Day 1   

The Heart of the Matter

 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST

Reflecting upon and visualizing the evolution of our purpose, role, and goals in supporting groups during a dynamic and volatile time.

Audience

➙ Coaches new to group coaching

➙ Coaches with some experience group coaching

➙ Coaches with advanced group coaching skills

➙ Coaches internal to an organization

 

Key Takeaways

✔️ Examine the impact of past events and cultural shifts that affect the need for (and growth in) coaching now

✔️ Explore what makes group coaching such a vital, promising practice in this particular moment

✔️ Concretize the ways in which your contribution can help spur transformation on a larger scale than you imagined before

 

Karen Palmer, ACC

Founder/Principal, Karen Palmer Coaching

Karen Palmer is an executive coach who helps leaders get unstuck, reinvent their careers, and learn to speak powerfully to thrive in a rapidly changing world. She partners with clients to support them in developing their professional vision, increasing their capacity to motivate their teams, and navigating transitions with resilience.

Karen worked for over 20 years as an assignment editor, producer, and senior producer at CBS News, CNN, and MSNBC. She has also collaborated with organizations including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Human Rights Watch, and the New York Women’s Foundation as a coach, media trainer, event producer, and public speaking consultant.

Karen’s unique background in corporate, nonprofit, and advocacy work led to her recruitment as the founding director of operations for a public charter school in New York City, and then into private practice, coaching and training school leaders and teams across the city and in New York State.

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HUDDLE is the online festival bringing together thought leaders, movers and shakers, and researchers in the coaching space to expand the field of group coaching. 

This year’s theme, ‘Rise’, is about lifting ourselves, each other, and the entire field of group coaching to new heights. 

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