The World’s Only Canologist TM
Karren Y. Alexander, a...
Karren Y. Alexander
Karren Young Alexander is the 2025 Remarkable Women Winner for the greater New Orleans area. Remarkable Women is part of a nationwide Nexstar Media initiative to honor the influence that women have had on public policy, social progress, and the quality of life. It celebrates women who inspire, lead, and forge the way for others. This award celebrates not what Karren may have accomplished on one day or one month — but what she does day-in and day-out.
Karren as the world’s only CanologistTM has dedicated decades to empowering people and encouraging them to transform from a mindset of I can’t to a mindset of I can. She teaches people how to lift the limits off their beliefs and have an "I Can" mindset. Also, Karren encourages people to access the power and authority that resides within revolutionizing their verbal speech pattern and aligning their heart, soul, and mind to conceive and believe that they can achieve their goals and dreams.
Karren started her federal government career over 35 years ago as an Accountant and recently retired in a senior leadership position. Over the years, as she progressed through her career, Karren was responsible for leading financial management organizations responsible for various aspects of budget formulation and execution, project management, financial management and policy, and financial statements for billions of dollars. Most notably, for 23 of her 35 years, Karren successfully led numerous major business process re-engineering and modernization projects. As such, Karren had the amazing opportunity to master the ability to motivate and instill a sense of determination with her staff and teams. Because of her success, she began to share with other organizations which launched her speaking career. Revitalizing, reinvigorating, encouraging, motivating, and BUILDING teams is what Karren loves to do. She loves to restore a team’s energy because she believes “THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.”
Karren has been a keynoter, trainer, and motivational speaker for over 30 years for various churches, corporations, professional organizations, schools, state and federal government Agencies, across the United States and Europe. Karren says, “I offer a fun, entertaining, and yet informative presentation that empowers people.” Karren has had more than standing room attendance for her sessions on essential leadership skills for the past nine years for a national training conference.
Let’s think about it…”Is the Impossible possible?”
Yes, as long as we acknowledge that all things are not perfect. Your YET can be better than the situation at hand. Yet meaning regardless of the negative facts, despite the situation (i.e. behind schedule, needing additional resources, etc.), Karren likes to always remind people to be a continuous learner striving for excellence. Otherwise, a staff, organization, group, or person risk the possibility of getting into an “Again Cycle”.
The “Again Cycle” occurs when a bad habit, situation, decision, is allowed to continue day after day, month after month or even year after year, without proper correction. Karren introduces tips and tools that can be used to get out of this cycle.
The Again Cycle
Step 1
And they didn't...
Step 2
And AGAIN they didn't...
Step 3
And AGAIN they didn't...
The strength of a team’s will power is a measure of how successful they can be.
“There are things that we should not do, in order to achieve our CAN do. Thus, there’s no such thing as CAN’T”, says Karren. CAN is Karren’s favorite word used as an acronym to indicate how to progress upwards and move forward to accomplish an organization’s or individual’s mission and/or goals, and dreams.
First, there is an acknowledgement of the capabilities identified based on the knowledge and skills of all individuals. Secondly, there is an acknowledgement of everyone’s abilities based on the strength of the will power to mentally do something well because both are necessary to succeed.
Karren provides tips and tools whether via a keynote, motivational speech, or training how an organization can continuously progress as a team or individual. Karren states in her book titled Invisible Hand: Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges, “Accept a challenge as an opportunity to tap into the inner world of creativity. It’s then that you will succeed.” Karren’s message instructs the audience to let go of the past and embrace the future, by renewing the mind with different thoughts and ideas, dwelling on the good and the perfect, and have the determination to come out and forge forward.
INVISIBLE HAND
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What People Are Saying
I was overwhelmed with her ability to draw the people in the room attention and spell bound them. Wow!
Karren Alexander is a visionary leader with an insightful awareness of what people need to succeed and how she can empower them for success. She has a bold determination to be successful and to help others succeed.
Karren has been a tremendous blessing to my career and me. I have had the pleasure of knowing her on a professional and personal level. My skill, talent, communication ability and confidence have been remarkably refined. She makes you look at things in a different and better way. She has given me more tools for personal growth. She has taught me how to find joy and purpose here on very easy terms.
Karrens' love for life, belief in herself and in God has been a source of admiration and motivation through the years and changed my outlook on dealing with life's challenges. Knowing her has made me see first hand that anything can be achieved with faith and perseverance. The words "you can't" makes her all the more determined to prove that "I can"! As a motivational speaker to the young girls of our community, Karren demonstrates the importance of raising ones self esteem, loving yourself and not settling for less in any circumstance. She is a living testimony, that regardless of the obstacles we all may face ,be it physical, psychological or emotional, there is no limit to what can be achieved.
I wish everyone could have the pleasure of meeting or working with Karren Alexander as I have been able to do. What an inspiration to those who have been blessed by her presence in either a social or business environment! "