About

With more than 20 years of progressively complex Human Resources experience, Karen Elkins Cohen recently left the world of in-house leadership to become an independent Human Resources and Organization Development consultant helping managers design exit strategies for poor performers. Karen has a master’s degree in Organization Development, the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certificate, and taught “Introduction to Human Capital Analytics” for the University of California-Berkeley Extension’s Human Resources Certification.

Specialties include:

• Succession planning

• “Addition by subtraction,” strengthening teams by selective offboarding

• Developing equitable human resources policies and procedures for organizations focused on diversity and inclusion

• Organization structure alignment to mission and vision

• Affirmative Action and EEO compliance