Karen A. Fuqua, is Founder and President of Fuqua Consulting Group, a firm specializing in helping both individuals and organizations, improve performance and profitability by creating measurable and sustainable results. Areas of expertise include workforce and career development, organizational communication and navigating through mental health issues in the workplace. She works with medium and large organizations in a variety of industries including telecommunications, manufacturing, oil and gas, hospitality, health care and behavioral health care, education, consumer goods, banking/finance, aerospace and professional services.
Karen is in demand as a national keynote and conference speaker and has been quoted or featured in a variety of on-line and print publications including: The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, CareerBuilder.com, The Orange County Register, Inc. Magazine, The Orange County Business Journal, Monster.com, Society for Human Resource Management, The American Staffing Association, The Sun Herald and the Mississippi Press.
Her professional credentials solidify the results she is able to provide her clients. These include an undergraduate and graduate education in Business Administration and professional certifications as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) and a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). Professional memberships include the Society of Human Resource Management and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). Additionally, she serves on Board of Directors for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance – the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Our mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most current and comprehensive resources, and to advance the profession by promoting HR’s essential, strategic role. Founded in 1948, SHRM represents more than 225,000 individual members in more than 125 countries, and has a network of more than 575 affiliated chapters in the U.S., as well as offices in China and India.
The International Coach Federation (ICF) is the largest worldwide resource for business and personal coaches, and the source for those who are seeking a coach. The ICF is a nonprofit, individual membership organization formed by professionals worldwide who practice business and personal coaching. The ICF exists to Build, Support and Preserve the integrity of the coaching profession through programs and standards supported by the individual membership.
Fuqua Consulting Group, LLC, is registered with the U.S. Small Business Administration under the following certifications: Small Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SDBE) and Woman Owned Small Business.