Karlin Sloan
Karlin Sloan believes that business leaders have a responsibility not just to make their organizations better, but to contribute to the world in a positive way.  As the founder and CEO of Karlin Sloan & Company, Ms. Sloan provides organization development consulting, training and executive coaching to clients the U.S., South America and Asia. She has helped organizations to develop clearer, more effective communication, enhanced teamwork and powerful leadership in times of growth and change.

Experienced as a keynote speaker, Ms. Sloan is a frequent presenter on the topic of executive leadership development. She has been featured on ABC News Network’s ‘Moneyscope’, Fox Channel Five’s ‘Good Day New York’ and Boston Cable Network’s ‘The Art of Coaching’. Her client list includes Allstate, Leo Burnett, MTV Networks, Interbank, Starcom MediaVest Group, Wrigley, NYU Stern School of Business, Jose Cuervo International and The Universidad Peruana Ciencias Applicadas.  She is author of Smarter, Faster, Better; Strategies for Effective, Enduring, and Fulfilled Leadership (Jossey-Bass, 2006).

As an active member of the executive coaching community, Ms. Sloan is a member of The Executive Coaching Summit, and the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations. She has published articles in OD Practitioner magazine, ASTD’s Leadership and Organization Development Newsletter, Puget Sound Business Journal, Networking Times, and The International Journal of Coaching in Organizations, as well as writing the “Executive Coach” column for Executive Travel Magazine.

Karlin holds a BA from Mills College, an MA in clinical psychology from the Professional School of Psychology in San Francisco, and executive coach certification through the William James Institute Center for Executive Coaching. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and numerous other publications as an expert in workplace behavior. Fortune Small Business Magazine recognized Ms. Sloan for her consulting work with organizations following the terrorist attacks of September 11th. She is on the adjunct faculty of Wharton’s Executive Education program at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a 2007 US delegate to the Prince of Wales Business and the Environment Programme.

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