Author name: Karen E. Pfeffer

Karen is passionate about sharing powerful programs on communication, empowerment, team building and transformation. With a father from Kansas and a mother from Puerto Rico, Karen has a unique cultural mix that has inspired her to challenge stereotypes and “push the envelope” at every opportunity. She co-founded Fire Power Seminars with Connie Phelan in 2006 to empower individuals, organizations, and companies to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

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The Difference Between Leadership and Management and How Empowerment Works for Both

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There is a distinct difference between leadership and management, both in personality and function. The most successful people are able to balance both and most leaders and managers have crossover traits.  Leadership is about vision, innovation, and the future. There has to be space from the day-to-day activities of the business, so that leaders can […]

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Why Integrity Is Important for Your Business

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Your reputation and integrity are everything. Follow through on what you say you’re going to do. Your credibility can only be built over time, and it is built from the history of your words and actions. ~ Maria Razumich-Zec – Business Leader The definition of integrity is “the quality of being honest and having strong moral

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Step Into Your Power – Success at the Office Depot Foundation Women’s Symposium 2017

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Our participation at the Office Depot Foundation Women’s Symposium this past weekend was simply amazing! Energized. Powerful. Extraordinary. Unforgettable. Exciting. Determined. These are just a few ways attendees described Karen’s “Step into Your Power” presentation. Karen Pfeffer led more than 400 attendees in a “Step Into Your Power” presentation that culminated in a powerful arrow

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Do Something Good for Your Heart

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Happy Valentine’s Day! This is the day that reminds us to embrace the love that surrounds us, to honor those who love and support us, and a chance to indulge in some extra sweetness. Love comes in many shapes and manifestations, and is really about activating and directing our hearts. When was the last time you

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Beehives as a Model for Team Work and Successful Business

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All we have to do is observe a beehive for a few minutes for us to understand where the term “busy as a bee” comes from. The interesting part of a beehive is that what can look like disorganized activity to an outside observer, is actually highly synchronized “hive mind” activity, with the bees working

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Fire Power Seminars Presents Board Breaking at Happy Black Woman Mindset Retreat in Tampa!

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Our New Year had an amazing start with all of the participants at the Happy Black Woman Mindset Retreat in Tampa in mid-January. Fire Power Seminars was honored to present our Board Breaking Empowerment Seminar to faciliate breaking through barriers to step powerfully into 2017! Rosetta Thurman is the Founder of Happy Black Woman and designs

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Three Ways To Improve Your Company Culture (And Why It Matters)

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Company culture matters today. The most successful companies are leveraging their human capital, realizing that happy employees mean productive and loyal employees. Culture works hand in hand with a company’s core values and mission to positively impact productivity and the bottom line. Carefully crafted company culture reinforces the guidelines and expectations of how a company

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5 Things the Clemson Tigers National Championship Win Teaches Us About Performance, Team and Attitude

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Who was with us, on their feet, cheering like maniacs, at one of the most exciting final seconds in a College Football National Championship game, maybe ever? We applaud the staying power of the Crimson Tide who has carried off four championships in the past seven years, but the OMG moments were certainly from the

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New Year Action Items to be Awesome in 2017

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Let 2017 be the year that resolutions become action items to be and feel awesome about yourself and your business! For most of us, the New Year is about assessing the challenges, results and successes of the past year to decide what to implement moving forward. The bottom line is always important; however, how we

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