The feedback on this page is organized along typical topics from my work — along the Career & Clarity Cycle for Professionals and the People & Change Cycle for HR and Organizations. You can also filter by specific themes to find voices that match your situation.
“Karen supported me during a period of professional transition and important career decisions. Her approach is structured, thoughtful and very practical, while always meeting me where I was and supporting me at my own pace. Our conversations helped me gain clarity and move forward with more confidence. I would highly recommend her to professionals and leaders navigating change in their careers.
Senior Product Manager · CRM software company
Phase 2
“Karen provided me with intensive support for a year during the initial phase of my self-employment, guiding me through outplacement strategies, preparation for AI training, business planning, and structuring my business. Her expert advice at each stage of the self-employment process motivated and focused me. She is a perfect sparring partner, working as an equal, who challenged my ideas and decisions to optimize paths and solutions together. Dear Karen, thank you so much!
Self-employed founder · business building
Phase 3
“Working with Ms. Korfmacher during my outplacement coaching has been an absolute enrichment. She impresses not only with her high level of professional expertise, but above all with her exceptionally empathetic and respectful approach. Ms. Korfmacher has a keen sense of when exactly the right kind of support is needed. She finds the perfect balance between patient listening, valuable advice, and the necessary gentle nudge to move forward. Her consistently positive demeanor and patience make her a reliable support throughout this process. I always feel respected and in excellent hands. I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone seeking a professional and personally outstanding coach.
Head of Travel Management · Automotive Industry
People & Change Cycle
Phase 1
“Karen supported our change project with a high level of client orientation and a strong understanding of our organizational situation. She was able to quickly grasp our challenges and derive suitable impulses from them. Through her clear, appreciative communication and structured way of working, we quickly experienced her as a sparring partner at eye level. Karen works very reliably, proactively moves topics forward, and has a strong eye for quality. We particularly valued her ability to convey concepts clearly, respond to our needs, and quickly build trust even in remote collaboration.
HR Development Specialist · major German state bank
Phase 2
“The mediation was very effective. There was a lot of sand in the gears within the team; something repeatedly got stuck in our processes. After some initial hesitation, the conflict topics were brought into the open and gradually resolved. This noticeably reduced tensions in the team. We were able to focus again on what mattered most: productive collaboration. I was very surprised by how quickly and sustainably the working atmosphere improved.
Team Lead Operations · international technology company
Phase 3
“Karen supports our clients in newplacement processes with a great deal of clarity, structure, and heart. Her open and refreshing manner is very well received by people, and at the same time she manages to open up new perspectives and encourage them even in difficult phases. She thinks along, offers targeted impulses, and helps clients focus on realistic steps. Especially for leaders who are now facing the challenge of rethinking their own professional path, Karen is an extremely effective sparring partner. She not only brings structure into complex situations, but also helps make personal resources visible again, especially when self-doubt and disorientation are dominant. In our collaboration, we experience how she opens a space with great empathy and at the same time a clear stance, in which reflection, reorientation, and genuine development become possible. Many clients report that through Karen they have not only regained clarity about their further path, but also emerged strengthened in their own responsibility and inner attitude. For us, she is a true enrichment to the team. We recommend her without reservation.
CEO · digital outplacement company
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“With strong emotional intelligence, she enables clients to navigate complex challenges, initiate meaningful change, and move forward with confidence. Especially in high-stakes career decisions and phases of professional transition, we experience her as an exceptionally effective sparring partner – including for clients in leadership roles.
Mireen Lintl · JuraMIND® Founder & CEO
“Dear Karen, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your wonderful support during a professional transition from employment into self-employment. I always look forward to our sessions, feel very comfortable with you, and leave each time with new perspectives and feeling strengthened. You have a very special way of meeting people and a keen sense of what is needed in each moment. You know how to ask the right questions and thereby open up new viewpoints and perspectives that I would not have seen otherwise. I particularly appreciate your warm and honest manner. You can immediately sense that your interest in the people you work with is sincere and truly genuine. This combination of empathy, clarity, and professionalism makes working with you truly valuable to me. Thank you for your support, your trust, and the space you create for development to become possible. I feel very well accompanied by you on my path into self-employment, and even when I have doubts from time to time, after our sessions I always feel a little more reassured that I am on the right path.
Founder · transition into self-employment
“I finally understood how I really work and what I need for my job to fit me. And the best part: I no longer have a stomachache on Sundays before Monday.
HR Specialist – International Manufacturing Company
“Karen supported me in a very special way in my professional development. She helped me strengthen my decision for my further path and develop the courage to keep moving forward step by step, even when it was not always easy. What makes her unique to me is her combination of genuine listening, a deeply appreciative attitude, and the ability to create new clarity through targeted changes of perspective. Through her, I gained not only more confidence in my decisions, but above all in myself. I wholeheartedly recommend coaching with Karen.
Team Lead Corporate Communication & PR – Consumer Goods and Trade
“Karen Julia is a fantastic coach. She has been coaching in my coaching company JuraMIND® for some time, and I consistently receive very positive feedback on her work. With outstanding competence and her positive, non-judgmental, yet very clear manner, she succeeds in initiating and accompanying sustainable change processes with her clients. She listens attentively, asks the right questions, and creates a space in which genuine development becomes possible. What is particularly impressive is her ability to quickly grasp complex topics while responding to each person individually and sensitively. With her, you feel seen, taken seriously, and motivated to truly address your own topics at all times. I can recommend Karen Julia with full conviction—both professionally and personally, she is an absolute enrichment. Thank you for your wonderful work at JuraMIND® and for the warm, uncomplicated collaboration!
JuraMIND® founder & CEO · mental health in law
“In our exchange, I experienced Karen as someone who combines warmth, clarity, and genuine presence in a very special way. She manages to address even difficult topics with empathetic directness, in a way that makes you feel seen, met where you are, and safe at the same time. From my perspective, this is exactly what makes her work so unique. What I particularly appreciate about her is that she does not stop at insights, but always directs attention toward concrete next steps and genuine development. She meets people as equals, with great sensitivity, an appreciative attitude — and often with a liberating laugh at just the right moment. I am deeply convinced by her work and her attitude as a coach, which is why I have already recommended her several times within my personal network. Anyone looking for support that is clear, human, and lasting is in the very best hands with Karen.
Professional reference · strategy, transformation & people
“Karen supported our transformation with a rare combination of structure, reliability and genuine attentiveness to people. She is extremely organized and dependable when it comes to deliverables, while at the same time staying highly attuned to the dynamics within our organization. She observed team sentiment and stakeholder dynamics very carefully and regularly shared thoughtful updates and reflections that helped guide the process. Her communication is open, clear and direct, which helped build strong trust with everyone involved. At the same time, she brings a high level of curiosity, allowing her to quickly understand complex organizational contexts. Karen was a trusted partner throughout the transformation, and her structured and thoughtful approach added real value to the project.
Head of Transformation · global tech company
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