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Professional Development & Leadership Skills with Karen Fowlie

August 24, 2023 Mark Shriner & Cedomir Pusica
memoQ talks
Professional Development & Leadership Skills with Karen Fowlie
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Karen Fowlie is the VP, Product Services & Operations for Qlik.  She has also held leadership positions at IBM and Cognos. 

Karen talks about how she has transitioned into different roles in her career and explains how some of the pressures placed on localization teams have helped her professional development.  Topics included transitioning into non-loc roles, the importance of demonstrating the value of loc across the enterprise, how to build a culture of continuous improvement, how to empower your team, developing professional relationships, and tips for maintaining a work-life balance. Karen also gives her book and movie recommendations and shares tips on how to survive a tornado.   

Book Recommendation
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. by Dr. Brené Brown



Introductions
Transitioning Into Non-Loc Roles
Demonstrating the Value of Loc Across the Enterprise
The Power of Presentations
Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement
How to Empower Your Team
Balancing Agreeableness with Challenging
Developing Professional Relationships
Work Life Balance
Book Recommendations
How to Survive a Tornado