
Karen J. Hardwick
Host of Saving You A Seat - AUTHOR OF The Connected Leader: 7 Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others
Karen is a psychotherapist turned leadership consultant with a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Blending psychology and spirituality with leadership, she transforms the lives of countless Fortune 1000 leaders at work and home. Her book, The Connected Leader, shows us humans how to grow emotionally and spiritually using her 7 Strategies of Connection to become our best selves as parents, spouses, and leaders at work.
In the book, Karen shares that there is a human being crisis and that “connection” is the antidote. And yet, while we are wired to connect, most leaders do not know how to connect in healthy, sustainable, empowering, inspiring ways. Between self-discovery (connecting with ourselves in transformative ways) first and then with others, Karen shares seven key strategies for individuals, teams, and organizations who want to lead in resilient, authentic ways, channel the power of connection, and enhance their business metrics.
“Being a Connected Leader transforms loved ones into soul mates, families into havens, groups into cohesive teams, and workplaces into gateways that usher us and those we serve into possibility.”
—Karen Hardwick
“With courage, vulnerability, and clarity, Karen brings life to the value of being a connected leader. This is a must read for any leader or aspiring leader and my friend Karen lays out a new path for leadership.”
—Molly Fletcher, The “Female Jerry Maguire”, Coveted Speaker, Host of the “Game Changers” podcast and Author of The Energy Clock, Fearless at Work and The Business of Being the Best.
- Executive Coach
- Leadership Consultant
- Speaker
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Karen’s work is recognized by thought-leaders and business-leaders as what is needed now more than ever. Her own journey is an example of true grit and healing; she speaks from the heart and shares the power of her own “real and raw” story to help others lead courageously.
Karen lives with her son, Matthew, who is her most powerful teacher and walked a caregiving journey with her husband who had Alzheimer’s. She believes in the joyful, transformative power of the table and the community that is nourished when we gather to eat and share our stories. She is the major contributor to her family’s swear jar on crazy-tough days (and even good ones!) despite her daily meditation, prayer, and meditation practices.
Join Karen as she and her guests having meaningful conversations about their true selves and discuss how to awaken, heal, and courageously lead on her podcast, Saving You a Seat: Leadership Stories from Around the Table.
Karen is a frequent contributor to Forbes and her first book, The Connected Leader: Seven Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others, will be released November 23rd of 2021 and is available for preorder now.
Endorsements:
“This innovative and inspiring book will change the reader and change the conversation around leadership. Karen has a unique and powerful way of inviting us to put connection at the center of leadership. She urges us to throw out the old leadership models and dive deep into the soul work needed to be fully human at work, and in all of life. This is a rare business book with a heartbeat.”
—Susan Packard, Co-founder of HGTV and Author of Fully Human: 3 Steps to Grow Emotional Fitness in Work, Leadership, and Life.
“When we think about our emotional health, we tend to think about our personal lives and neglect how it coincides with our professional lives. But our emotional health impacts not only how we show up at work but how we show up as leaders. Karen Hardwick’s The Connected Leader is a great resource that helps us think more holistically about our leadership.”
—Miles Adcox, Executive Chairman of Onsite, Emotional Wellness Expert, Speaker.
“The Connected Leader is profoundly important. Karen’s written a guide that is at once both practical and actionable while vividly authentic and real. Using her own broken open heart, she shows how each of us is seeking presence and connection and that the best leaders, leading from a connected soul, create the conditions for a lasting sense of belonging.”
—Jerry Colonna, author, Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.
“Hardwick’s inspiring message is there’s a more fully human way to lead rooted in emotional, spiritual, and relational wholeness. Connected leadership is the way of the future. Highly recommended!”
—Ian Morgan Cron, author, The Road Back to You

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Karen J. Hardwick
Executive Coach, AUTHOR OF The Connected Leader: 7 Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others and Host of Saving You A Seat
- Executive Coach
- Leadership Consultant
- Speaker
Karen is a psychotherapist turned leadership consultant with a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Blending psychology and spirituality with leadership, she transforms the lives of countless Fortune 1000 leaders at work and home. Her book, The Connected Leader, shows us humans how to grow emotionally and spiritually using her 7 Strategies of Connection to become our best selves as parents, spouses, and leaders at work.
In the book, Karen shares that there is a human being crisis and that “connection” is the antidote. And yet, while we are wired to connect, most leaders do not know how to connect in healthy, sustainable, empowering, inspiring ways. Between self-discovery (connecting with ourselves in transformative ways) first and then with others, Karen shares seven key strategies for individuals, teams, and organizations who want to lead in resilient, authentic ways, channel the power of connection, and enhance their business metrics.
“Being a Connected Leader transforms loved ones into soul mates, families into havens, groups into cohesive teams, and workplaces into gateways that usher us and those we serve into possibility.”
—Karen Hardwick
“With courage, vulnerability, and clarity, Karen brings life to the value of being a connected leader. This is a must read for any leader or aspiring leader and my friend Karen lays out a new path for leadership.”
—Molly Fletcher, The “Female Jerry Maguire”, Coveted Speaker, Host of the “Game Changers” podcast and Author of The Energy Clock, Fearless at Work and The Business of Being the Best.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT
- Business / Management
- Health & Fitness / Mental and Emotional Health
- Religion & Spirituality
- Kids & Family / Parenting
- Society & Culture / Relationships
--
Karen’s work is recognized by thought-leaders and business-leaders as what is needed now more than ever. Her own journey is an example of true grit and healing; she speaks from the heart and shares the power of her own “real and raw” story to help others lead courageously.
Karen lives with her son, Matthew, who is her most powerful teacher and walked a caregiving journey with her husband who had Alzheimer’s. She believes in the joyful, transformative power of the table and the community that is nourished when we gather to eat and share our stories. She is the major contributor to her family’s swear jar on crazy-tough days (and even good ones!) despite her daily meditation, prayer, and meditation practices.
Join Karen as she and her guests having meaningful conversations about their true selves and discuss how to awaken, heal, and courageously lead on her podcast, Saving You a Seat: Leadership Stories from Around the Table.
Karen is a frequent contributor to Forbes and her first book, The Connected Leader: Seven Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others, will be released November 23rd of 2021 and is available for preorder now.
Endorsements:
“This innovative and inspiring book will change the reader and change the conversation around leadership. Karen has a unique and powerful way of inviting us to put connection at the center of leadership. She urges us to throw out the old leadership models and dive deep into the soul work needed to be fully human at work, and in all of life. This is a rare business book with a heartbeat.”
—Susan Packard, Co-founder of HGTV and Author of Fully Human: 3 Steps to Grow Emotional Fitness in Work, Leadership, and Life.
“When we think about our emotional health, we tend to think about our personal lives and neglect how it coincides with our professional lives. But our emotional health impacts not only how we show up at work but how we show up as leaders. Karen Hardwick’s The Connected Leader is a great resource that helps us think more holistically about our leadership.”
—Miles Adcox, Executive Chairman of Onsite, Emotional Wellness Expert, Speaker.
“The Connected Leader is profoundly important. Karen’s written a guide that is at once both practical and actionable while vividly authentic and real. Using her own broken open heart, she shows how each of us is seeking presence and connection and that the best leaders, leading from a connected soul, create the conditions for a lasting sense of belonging.”
—Jerry Colonna, author, Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.
“Hardwick’s inspiring message is there’s a more fully human way to lead rooted in emotional, spiritual, and relational wholeness. Connected leadership is the way of the future. Highly recommended!”
—Ian Morgan Cron, author, The Road Back to You
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Karen J. Hardwick
Host of Saving You A Seat - AUTHOR OF The Connected Leader: 7 Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others
- Executive Coach
- Leadership Consultant
- Speaker
Karen is a psychotherapist turned leadership consultant with a Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Blending psychology and spirituality with leadership, she transforms the lives of countless Fortune 1000 leaders at work and home. Her book, The Connected Leader, shows us humans how to grow emotionally and spiritually using her 7 Strategies of Connection to become our best selves as parents, spouses, and leaders at work.
In the book, Karen shares that there is a human being crisis and that “connection” is the antidote. And yet, while we are wired to connect, most leaders do not know how to connect in healthy, sustainable, empowering, inspiring ways. Between self-discovery (connecting with ourselves in transformative ways) first and then with others, Karen shares seven key strategies for individuals, teams, and organizations who want to lead in resilient, authentic ways, channel the power of connection, and enhance their business metrics.
“Being a Connected Leader transforms loved ones into soul mates, families into havens, groups into cohesive teams, and workplaces into gateways that usher us and those we serve into possibility.”
—Karen Hardwick
“With courage, vulnerability, and clarity, Karen brings life to the value of being a connected leader. This is a must read for any leader or aspiring leader and my friend Karen lays out a new path for leadership.”
—Molly Fletcher, The “Female Jerry Maguire”, Coveted Speaker, Host of the “Game Changers” podcast and Author of The Energy Clock, Fearless at Work and The Business of Being the Best.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT
- Business / Management
- Health & Fitness / Mental and Emotional Health
- Religion & Spirituality
- Kids & Family / Parenting
- Society & Culture / Relationships
--
Karen’s work is recognized by thought-leaders and business-leaders as what is needed now more than ever. Her own journey is an example of true grit and healing; she speaks from the heart and shares the power of her own “real and raw” story to help others lead courageously.
Karen lives with her son, Matthew, who is her most powerful teacher and walked a caregiving journey with her husband who had Alzheimer’s. She believes in the joyful, transformative power of the table and the community that is nourished when we gather to eat and share our stories. She is the major contributor to her family’s swear jar on crazy-tough days (and even good ones!) despite her daily meditation, prayer, and meditation practices.
Join Karen as she and her guests having meaningful conversations about their true selves and discuss how to awaken, heal, and courageously lead on her podcast, Saving You a Seat: Leadership Stories from Around the Table.
Karen is a frequent contributor to Forbes and her first book, The Connected Leader: Seven Strategies to Empower Your True Self and Inspire Others, will be released November 23rd of 2021 and is available for preorder now.
Endorsements:
“This innovative and inspiring book will change the reader and change the conversation around leadership. Karen has a unique and powerful way of inviting us to put connection at the center of leadership. She urges us to throw out the old leadership models and dive deep into the soul work needed to be fully human at work, and in all of life. This is a rare business book with a heartbeat.”
—Susan Packard, Co-founder of HGTV and Author of Fully Human: 3 Steps to Grow Emotional Fitness in Work, Leadership, and Life.
“When we think about our emotional health, we tend to think about our personal lives and neglect how it coincides with our professional lives. But our emotional health impacts not only how we show up at work but how we show up as leaders. Karen Hardwick’s The Connected Leader is a great resource that helps us think more holistically about our leadership.”
—Miles Adcox, Executive Chairman of Onsite, Emotional Wellness Expert, Speaker.
“The Connected Leader is profoundly important. Karen’s written a guide that is at once both practical and actionable while vividly authentic and real. Using her own broken open heart, she shows how each of us is seeking presence and connection and that the best leaders, leading from a connected soul, create the conditions for a lasting sense of belonging.”
—Jerry Colonna, author, Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.
“Hardwick’s inspiring message is there’s a more fully human way to lead rooted in emotional, spiritual, and relational wholeness. Connected leadership is the way of the future. Highly recommended!”
—Ian Morgan Cron, author, The Road Back to You
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“Forbes Coaches Council member Karen J Hardwick, MDiv., MSW is President of Karen J Hardwick Inc, a coaching consultancy working with senior-level executives around the globe to drive corporate strategy, innovation and growth, achieving sustainable results that enhance business metrics. Having practiced as a psychotherapist before founding her consultancy in 2000, Hardwick says that today’s executives and burgeoning leaders need clinically trained consultants and coaches to help them navigate workplace complexities.”
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How does Connection help you become a better person, parent, spouse, or leader? |
How does Connection and self-discovery drive spiritual growth? |
Why is Connection the solution for us at home, work, and in society? |
What is a Connected Leader? Why are they the type of leaders we love and follow at work and in life? |
How is Connection the antidote to the rise in addiction & mental health issues? |