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Hello and welcome to nkarten.com!

I specialize in helping organizations improve customer satisfaction, manage change, strengthen teamwork, and improve communication and consulting skills.

Here's a one-page summary of my services and resources.

I'd enjoy being of assistance to you. Please look around, and contact me at 781-986-8148 or by for additional information or just to say hi.



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DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION STRUGGLE WITH CHANGE? If you'd like to implement change with less chaos and turbulence, check out my new book, Changing How You Manage and Communicate Change, published by the UK-based publisher, IT Governance, in both printed and downloadable formats. (If you're outside the US or Canada, click here for pricing in pounds and euros.)

ONE-STOP SLA SHOPPING: IT Governance is also selling all four of my SLA publications as a set. These publications include How to Establish Service Level Agreements, Why SLAs Fail and How to Make Yours Succeed, How to Critique and Strengthen Your SLAs, and An SLA Template and How to Use It. Details

ARTICLES THAT WILL TICKLE YOUR FANCY: Here is a set of articles from my newsletter, Perceptions and Realities. If you like them, take a peek at the numerous issues of the newsletter I've posted for you.

IS YOUR INTROVERSION HOLDING YOU BACK? Would you like ideas and advice for working effectively with extraverts? Are you an extravert who would like to better understand introversion? My ebook, How to Survive, Excel, and Advance as an Introvert, will help you with these challenges.

WEBINARS TO IMPROVE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS: Please join me for my next no-charge webinar: Taming the Turbulence: Changing How You Communicate During Change (Nov. 4) Details Some of my previous webinars, including The Psychology 0f Customer Satisfaction and Introverts and Extraverts in the Workplace, have been archived and are available for your entire team to view. Details: click here, then click on People Management.



Experience & Qualifications
Experience & Qualifications
: I've delivered seminars and presentations to more than 100,000 people internationally.


Books   Books: My books include

    Communication Gaps and How to Close Them
    How to Establish Service Level Agreements
    Managing Expectations: Working With People Who Want
           More, Better, Faster, Sooner, NOW!
Seminars Seminars: Are you satisfied with your ability to achieve a high level of customer satisfaction? If not, perhaps my seminars will help.

Presentations Presentations: I'm known for delivering practical, action-oriented information in a lively, entertaining manner.

Newsletter Newsletters: Readers have described my newsletter, Perceptions & Realities, as lively, informative, and a breath of fresh air. Feel free to print as many copies of each issue as you'd like.

SLA Products and Services: This page consolidates all the info on this site on how to plan, establish, implement, and manage your service level agreements.

Articles: Here are food-for-thought articles on numerous topics such as how to manage customer expectations, strengthen your consulting skills, and improve teamwork.




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Karten Associates
Randolph, Mass., USA
Phone: 781-986-8148
Fax: 781-394-0530


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