Agile leadership of complex projects
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>40 permanent staff
€17 mill budget responsibility
15 complex projects led
Leadership of heterogeneous teams and collaboration
large international and transdisciplinary teams. Cooridnation with stakeholders, collaboration across hierarchies, sectors, regions. Mediation of different interests in politicised contexts for . Over 40 permanent staff, intercultural and transdisciplinary teams, shaping collabroation across hierachies, functions, regions and sectors. Appreciative leaderhship stlye - value diversity source for innovation.
Intercultural, interdisciplinarity.
new leadership principles, agile collaboration.
Focus on aspects of neurodiversity (highly gifted colleagues, highly functional autism) - place to grow (individually) and as a team. Hohe Einzelwahrnehmung, selbst durch familiären Hintergrund und eigene Erfahrung Hochgebabung und Neurodiversität - kenne persönlich Herausforderungen und Chancen, Teil meines Leadership-Ansatzes hier genau hinzuschauen, zu fördern und reiche Potenziale entfalten zu können.
Innovationsprozesse und Organisational Change - neue Impulse und Perspektiven, Inspirieren und Mut fördern, Neues zu wagen, Rahmen des Vertrauens und sicheren Handlungsspielraum des Gestaltens für das Team schaffen, in dem Vertrauen und wertschätzendes Miteinander wächst.
Im Ergebnis zu sehen, über sich hinauswachsen sehen, indivuduell und als Team, eine große Freude, die mich immer wieder antreibt.
(nach oben, mit dem Symbol von Startseite) - Management of complex, large-scale projects in fragile context
to implement complex resilience projects, including in volatile contexts. Managing complexity and delivering high impact outcomes - reliably and efficienty. Full project management cycle. Budget responsibility of >15 Mio. EUR. Officer responsible for commission.
fragile and volatile contexts, mutiple components, politically challenging situations, high time pressure.
Leading an innovation lab, Karen built a project portfolio of EUR 2 bill, far exceeding the target value of EUR 500 mill.
Senior Portfolio Manager - KfW Development Bank
Karen achieved the positive turn around of the previously mal-performing project within one year under her leadership.
Cluster Coordinator - GIZ