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Karen Lawson, Ph.D., international consultant, speaker, and author, is president of Lawson Consulting Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in organization and management development. She has extensive consulting and workshop experience in the areas of team development, communication, management, and quality service. Clients include a variety of prominent organizations from industry, financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, government, and education. Karen has taught at numerous universities. She is currently on the adjunct faculty of the University of Delaware. Dr. Lawson holds a doctorate in Adult and Organizational Development from Temple University. She earned her MA from the University of Akron and BA from Mount Union College. She is also a graduate of the National School of Banking in Fairfield, Connecticut. She is the author of six books: Improving On-the-Job Training and Coaching, Improving Workplace Performance Through Coaching, The Art of Influencing, The Trainer's Handbook, Train-the Trainer Facilitator's Guide and Involving Your Audience: Making It Active. She is also co-author of 101 Ways to Make Training Active and has published dozens of articles in professional journals. She has presented at several professional conferences in the United States and Europe.