Who we are

When you partner with Karen Stirling, you are in the hands of an experienced, skilled, and intuitive professional. The Stirling Advisors team becomes a valued partner in developing you and your organization by building communication, teamwork, leadership capacity, and efficiency.

Our consulting and advisory approach is based on solutions rather than problems. We work with you to create solutions that are informed by the demands of your industry, input from key staff and stakeholders, your organizational culture, our many years of business experience, customized, in-depth research, and the strategic use of assessments.

Clients report major strides forward individually and organizationally after beginning to work with Stirling Advisors.

Karen Stirling brings over two decades of experience as a leadership coach, consultant, and advisor to senior executives. She’s recognized for her asset-based approach, fundamental understanding of business, exceptional listening skills, adaptability, and genuine vested interest in her client’s success. Karen has provided consulting and coaching services to clients representing multi-billion dollar for-profit and philanthropic organizations, academic institutions, and nonprofit organizations within a broad range of functional areas, including IT, HR, finance, investments, law, R&D, program and product development, License and Acquisitions, sales, marketing, and operations.

Our Clients

The following is a partial list of consulting clients:

In keeping with our commitment to client confidentiality for coaching clients, we do not provide the names of these organizations. However, we will provide references upon request.

We have worked in the following industries:

Our clients are CEOs, Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Directors who work across diverse functional areas such as:

Our Team

Karen Stirling

CEO

Karen Stirling is a long-time business owner and researcher who bring decades of experience and knowledge to her role as a consultant, leadership coach, advisor and sounding board. Read more

Karen Stirling

CEO

Karen Stirling is a long-time business owner and researcher who bring decades of experience and knowledge to her role as a consultant, leadership coach, advisor and sounding board. Read more

Karen Stirling

CEO

Karen Stirling is a long-time business owner and researcher who bring decades of experience and knowledge to her role as a consultant, leadership coach, advisor and sounding board. Read more