
Meet Kareen, a transformative keynote speaker for entrepreneurial leaders and growth-minded executives ready to lead with clarity, adapt with agility, and build high-impact businesses from the inside out.
Preparing to Pivot is more than a keynote—it's a catalyst for entrepreneurially-minded leaders who want more than momentum. It’s designed for visionaries navigating fast growth, evolving teams, and high-pressure decisions.
Whether you're building your own company or leading within one, this experience gives you the clarity, confidence, and adaptability to lead effectively and evolve with purpose.

Revenue, reach, and results are byproducts of aligned leadership. Kareen's keynote reframes growth as an inside-out journey: scaling begins with clarity, sustained through adaptability, and driven by presence. When leaders evolve, they unlock faster decision-making, clearer communication, and strategic focus—all required for today's pace of business.
"Your business is 100% a reflection of how you lead it. If you don't grow, it won't."
— Kareen Zahr
Kareen's keynote brings strategy, mindset, and real-world insight into one cohesive experience. Attendees will:
Reconnect their personal purpose with business outcomes
Break free from the operator mindset to lead with vision
Build systems and structures that evolve with them, not restrict them
Through story, interaction, and sharp strategic prompts, Kareen activates the kind of breakthroughs that spark immediate next steps.
Own Your Role – Step beyond the grind and define your highest-value leadership focus
Lead with Clarity – Move through uncertainty with frameworks that drive confident, strategic decisions
Scale from Within – Align systems with your strengths so the business grows with you, not against you
Practical Playbooks – Take immediate action that will shift your business for growth
Sustain Your Energy – Protect your time, sharpen your focus, and build performance rituals that last

Entrepreneurs scaling businesses and navigating change
Founders ready to evolve into vision-led leadership
Executive leaders balancing high-growth with aligned culture
Women in leadership stepping into greater visibility and influence
Corporate teams shifting from execution to long-term strategy

Tailored for Impact – Kareen customizes each talk to match the energy, stage, and goals of your audience
Insight into Action – This isn’t motivational fluff. Attendees leave with clarity, tools, and immediate next steps
Agility Meets Depth – A rare blend of entrepreneurial grit and strategic polish, delivered with authenticity
Credibility You Can Trust – Backed by 20+ years of advising startups and scaling enterprises
Rooted in the Real – Kareen shares lessons from inside the business trenches—not just theory, but what actually works

"Meaningful Impact!"
When we invited Kareen to speak to our community, we anticipated a meaningful impact—and she over delivered! Her session was packed with practical tools, sharp insights, and real-time coaching that felt both empowering and approachable. She brought a thoughtful blend of grace, humor, and actionable value that left our members inspired and equipped to take action.
-Jen Gottleib, Co-Founder, Super Connector Media

"Strategic Confidence"
"I only bring top-tier speakers to the EVOLVE conference. People who deliver both strategy and soul, and Kareen exceeded my expectations. She brought so much heart, brilliance, and actionable insight to the stage, helping our attendees think bigger, build smarter, and walk away with clarity and confidence in their own path to profitability. I can’t recommend her enough!"
- Crystal Vilkaitis, Founder, The Independent Retailers Association

"PRACTICAL ACTIONS!"
"I have heard Kareen speak a few times, and my favorite lesson learned from her talks are her practical tools that help me stay in action!"
- Greg Tomchick CEO Vallor

Kareen Zahr isn’t just a strategist — she’s the woman founders and executives call when they’re ready to play bigger, scale smarter, and stop burning out on the way to their exit. As the business coach for the Tory Burch Foundation Entrepreneurial Fellows, Kareen brings the same frameworks she’s used to guide startups and trillion-dollar enterprises alike: The Owner Method and the Hey Kareen® on-demand AI coaching platform.
Her genius is blending hard business strategy — capital readiness, go-to-market strategies, systems — with conscious leadership so founders don’t just grow, they evolve. She makes scaling sustainable, exits attainable, and leadership human again.
On stage, Kareen delivers practical, repeatable playbooks that busy leaders can apply immediately. She doesn’t do theory; she gives audiences tools they can run with the moment they leave the room. If you’re looking for a speaker who can shift perspective, spark action, and make growth feel inevitable — Kareen is it.
Whether your audience is filled with entrepreneurs, founders, or leaders inside growing organizations, Kareen delivers the clarity, adaptability, and strategy that helps them lead the next level.
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