Karen Openshaw Consultancy Bolton

About Me

For as long as I can remember my nickname has been Wonder Woman!

I was delighted to be featured in ‘Yours’ magazine in their section ‘Inspirational Wonderwomen’ and later to receive an Inspirational Woman of Bolton award in 2016. My business also sponsored an award in 2017.

Why choose me?

I qualified as a person centred counsellor 20 years ago and and have post graduate qualifications in Mentoring and the support of personal and professional development and also in Chaplaincy. I trained with ILM in Leadership Development and in Coaching.

Throughout my career I have been a pioneer and always delighted in getting new projects off the ground and ensuring their future sustainability. My unique combination of high level qualifications, skills and experience means I understand the unique pressures of leadership and the danger of burnout! I know how to thrive and be resilient under pressure. And how to recover from burnout!! I offer executive coaching for personal and professional success – which is a bespoke service, not just a ‘one size fits all’ coaching package.

In my early career I worked for Greater Manchester Police for the HOLMES (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) on major incidents. This is where my respect for the value of confidentiality was first recognised; I was often seconded to highly sensitive, undercover enquiries. If you want an insight into my history take a look into just some of my more recent career achievements.

Recent years have seen me work across a number of sectors in order to develop and deliver groundbreaking training and spearhead a number of projects including setting up a church and chaplaincy for Oasis UK and the development of the Westhoughton Youth Project for the award winning youth organisation Bolton Lads & Girls club.

I love the title given to me at Bolton at Home; where I operate a listening service for them as part of their commitment to staff wellbeing. They call me their ‘Listening Ear’. Please do take a look at their CEO Jon Lord’s testimonial about the ‘hard edged business benefit’ it brings. While you are there check out the testimonials of other people I have worked with (or for) so you can be sure that if you engage my services you will be glad you have done so.

I am also a connector. If I cannot personally fulfil a particular requirement, in our work together, I will definitely know somebody in my extensive networks who can.

All of this means I not only understand and can identify with all the unique issues associated with leadership in theory, but also as a practitioner.