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Virtual Speaker Series - Managing Stress -- Yours & Others
Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
Category: Virtual Speaker Series

Women Owned Law Virtual Speaker Series

Stress is unavoidable; it is a part of life. In fact, we need a certain degree of stress in our daily lives. Too much stress causes frustration; too little stress results in boredom. In and of itself, stress is neither bad nor good. Our own personal reaction to stress creates either positive or negative results.

Although stress is often exacerbated by major and catastrophic events whether they be personal (death of a family member, loss of income, personal health issues, work-related pressures) or more global (pandemic, war, natural disasters), it is how we respond to those events that determines the impact stress has on our minds and bodies.

In this session, Dr. Karen Lawson will first help you to understand stress and recognize its symptoms. She will also address the major causes (in addition to COVID), and finally she will share with you some specific tips and techniques for handling stress – yours and others – in a more positive and productive manner.

Karen Lawson 
Lawson Consulting Group

 

Dr. Karen Lawson is an international consultant, speaker, and author. As founder and president of Lawson Consulting Group, Inc., she has built a successful consulting firm specializing in organization and management development as well as executive coaching. She has extensive consulting and seminar experience in the areas of team development, communication, leadership, and quality service across a wide range of industries. Clients include a variety of prominent organizations from financial services, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, manufacturing, health care, government, and education. In her consulting work with Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses, she uses her experience and knowledge of human interaction to help leaders at all levels make a difference in their organizations.

 

Karen is the author of 15 books: The Trainer’s Handbook of Leadership Development;The Art of Influencing; Improving On-the-Job Training and Coaching; Improving Performance Through Coaching; The Trainer’s Handbook (4 editions); Train-the-Trainer Facilitator’s Guide; Involving Your Audience – Making It Active; Skill Builders: 50 Communication Activities; New Employee Orientation Training; Real-World Career Tactics for Women; Leadership Development Basics; Training During Tough Times; 101 Ways to Make Training Active (co-author). She has also written chapters for 15 different professional collections in addition to numerous articles in professional journals.

 

She holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Adult and Organization Development from Temple University; a Master of Arts in English from the University of Akron; and a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Union College. She is also a graduate of the National School of Banking in Fairfield, CT. She is one of only 400 people worldwide to have earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the 4,000-member National Speakers Association. She has received numerous awards for her outstanding contribution to the training and speaking professions and was also named one of Pennsylvania’s "Best 50 Women in Business" as well as one of the Philadelphia Business Journal’s “Women of Distinction.”

 

Karen is currently an adjunct professor at DeSales University in its MBA programs and has served on the adjunct faculty for the Arcadia University, University of Delaware, Saint Joseph’s University, Villanova University, Cabrini College, Bucks County Community College, and Rochester Institute of Technology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. In addition, she conducts on-line programs for the United Nations System Staff College. She has presented at several professional conferences in the United States, Asia, and Europe. 

This Virtual Speaker Series is free to members of WOL and their Guests.  Non-Members who are not guests will be charged a $20 registration fee.

Please RSVP by October 26, 2021.

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