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Featured Publication: HBR's 10 Must Reads on High Performance

 

Havard Business Review’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance (Updated & Expanded Edition)

I’m excited to share that my article I co-authored with Anne Sugar, “When Your High Standards Derail Your Success,” is featured in HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance.

This updated collection—featuring insights from leaders like Adam Grant, Daniel Goleman, Heidi Grant, and Hitendra Wadhwa, plus many other incredible contributors—offers practical strategies for thriving in today’s fast-changing environment.

Our piece explores the hidden downside of perfectionism in leadership and, more importantly, what to do about it.

👉 Scroll through the key takeaways to the right—and don’t forget to order your copy here!

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Karen is the best in the country at what she does. Karen is essential to our success because she has a rare combination of strong business expertise to complement her organization knowledge. Her “real world” expertise (as an executive at one of the fastest growing companies in American history) and perspective enables her to relate immediately and credibly with my leadership teams, increasing her impact at both a strategic and operational level. Working with her, I’ve created more focused collaborative organizations and, as a result, more quickly achieved our potential and goals.
DAVE KEILCOO Tricentis (Inc 5000, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Deloitte Fast 500, ), fmr. CEO QASymphony (Inc 5000, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Deloitte Fast 500)
"When it comes to running a business, none of us has time for approaches that leave us asking, “So what?” In our decade of working together, Karen demonstrated an unflappable bias for action and an obsession for meaningful results. Her book will enable you to achieve those same kinds of results and all the different types of success that goes with them.​"
ROD CANIONFOUNDER AND FORMER CEO, COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION​
"Karen Walker has had a real business impact . . . We’ve been working with her for a number of years and she is a trusted partner that’s really gotten to understand our business and culture. We’re an execution oriented company. They help us apply an organizational framework to our actions, ensuring alignment and focus at every level.​"
DAVE GOULDVC / GENERAL PARTNER TECHOPERATORS (FORMER CHAIRMAN & CEO WITNESS SYSTEMS)​
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