About Karen Ostrov Ph.D.
Karen Ostrov, Ph.D. is the founder (est.1994) and principal of Konect Consulting, LLC. She combines over 30 years of professional leadership experience as a licensed psychologist, executive coach, educator, public speaker, group facilitator, author and ad hoc faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Executive Education program and the Clinical Psychology Department.

Dr. Ostrov consults in the following areas to help leaders improve their effectiveness and accomplish their business goals.

• individual leadership assessment
• create and implement succession plans
• career transition planning
• coaching for interpersonal skill improvement in the workplace
• executive team facilitation
• mid-management training
• team building
• family business coaching and consultation
• talent management of high potential key employees
• interpersonal communication
• emotional intelligence
• conflict resolution

Long-term relationships with a number of client companies have brought her stellar endorsements.

Dr. Ostrov serves both for profit and nonprofit sectors. The enterprise size ranges from sole proprietor/entrepreneur to revenues of $250 million. Her client list includes these industry sectors:

• financial services
• professional medical and legal liability insurance
• biotechnology
• state university
• state government,
• computer training
• architecture
• engineering
• construction
• health care
• organic and dairy food
• language translation services
• marketing and audio/video systems

She has been profiled in Corporate Report Wisconsin, InBusiness and the Wisconsin State Journal and is listed in the 2005 Executive Register, InBusiness.

Education:
Dr. Ostrov received her Ph.D. in psychology from Marquette University, a Masters degree in counseling from Washington University at St. Louis, and a B.A. with honors in psychology from the University of Michigan.

Affiliations:
Dr. Ostrov partnered in the design of the executive coaching curriculum for the Leadership Beyond Management program at the Fluno Center and has continuously provided executive coaching services to that program since its inception in 2000.

She serves on the advisory board for the Madison Environmental Group, Inc. and is an advisor with the LEAP program. She is a past committee member of the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award sponsored by the Wisconsin Psychological Association.

She is listed in the National Register of Providers of Health Services in Psychology.

Other professional affiliations include:

•  American Psychological Association
•  Wisconsin Psychological Associations
•  Society of Human Resource Managers
•  TEMPO-Madison
•  Madison Area Business Consultants
•  Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association

Licensed as a psychologist practitioner in Wisconsin since 1981, Dr. Ostrov maintains an impeccable record of upholding the psychologist’s code of ethical standards. Her stock in trade is helping people successfully navigate through the maze of complex human interactions. Dr Ostrov is known as a quick study, an incisive and insightful thinker and a professional with a keen ability to put the other person at ease. She is known to take complex interpersonal problems, get to the heart of the matter, help in selecting strategies and supporting behavioral change efforts, all with patience and grace.