Before founding The Wunderlin Company Karen Wunderlin was a sales & marketing executive at GE. Her work with the company included serving as marketing manager for a $3 billion product business to managing a process improvement initiative that reduced new product development cycle times by 50%.
During her time at GE Karen also facilitated GE’s WorkOut Process. From that in-house experience Karen was able to gain the unique understanding and skills for facilitating WorkOut that she has been bringing to clients of The Wunderlin Company for over 18 years.
Since leaving GE Karen has worked with organizations to facilitate change, growth and cultural development. From Fortune 500 companies to small nonprofits she has worked with organizations of all sizes and scope. It is this diverse history that provides Karen with unparalleled insight and tools for working with organizations of various sizes and structures.
Karen combines her experience as an operating executive with her knowledge of group processes assist her clients in identifying and implementing change. Karen has worked in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Her consulting experience includes a wide range of services including:
- Executive coaching
- Facilitation
- GE-style WorkOut
- Strategic planning
- Change management
- Leadership development
- Team development
- Targeted Workshop design and facilitation
Karen received her bachelor’s degree and her Masters of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Recent experiences include:
- Coaching CEOs and other leaders in significant positions of responsibility.
- Facilitating strategic planning processes for a large water utility, a regional financial services organization and a liberal arts college.
- Working with a newly formed team to clarify roles, develop new work processes and define communication strategies for the larger organization.
- Designing multi-day leadership development workshops for a food manufacturer and an energy monitoring company.
- Conducting facilitator training for WorkOut at an oil industry products and services company, and a leading credit rating agency and leading the initial WorkOut meetings from design to implementation