Karen Souter – MB BS PCC MACM. Seattle, WA

Karen is an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a practicing physician anesthesiologist with an international medical career spanning over 30 years. Her experience as a national leader in academic medicine and education informs her work as a coach. Karen’s areas of coaching expertise are in leadership, professional development, and career advancement.

Karen’s coaching approach is centered on the partnership between coach and coachee; she creates a safe space for her clients to explore and find alignment between their core strengths and values and their goals.  Her coaching focuses on deep listening and using powerful questions to inspire curiosity, and to assist her clients in establishing a strong foundation from which to grow as leaders and achieve their professional goals. 

Karen’s coaching clients are physicians, and academicians at all levels whose goals are to establish themselves as leaders, develop and sustain their careers and make transitions. Examples of her clients’ successes include developing a personal leadership style, leading teams, negotiating, navigating difficult conversations, and using 360-degree evaluations. Karen uses a variety of established tools and techniques tailored to the needs and goals of her clients. 

Karen served for 12 years as the residency program director at a major academic medical center and was awarded the ACGME Parker J Palmer Courage to Teach” award in recognition of her leadership and innovation as a program director. She has a master’s degree in education & academic medicine (MACM) and throughout her career she has taken an active leadership role nationally in professional societies related to anesthesia and education. Her training and certification as a coach was a natural progression in the career of a medical educator founded on caring, creativity, mentoring, and giving back.

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