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Karen Fugle
Top Architecture Leadership Tips and Insight from an Ex-Industry Expert, ft. Karen Fugle
Karen Fugle, leadership coach and founder of SleepingGiant Consulting, on leadership skills for architects. Hear her Architecture Social podcast episode.

- Current role
- Coach
- Practice
- SleepingGiant Consulting
- Location
- London, UK
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0201 · Architecture Social
Top Architecture Leadership Tips and Insight from an Ex-Industry Expert, ft. Karen Fugle
Karen, an ex-industry expert with years of experience under her belt, is here to dish out some real talk on leadership within the architecture realm.

Explore episode moments
Use the timestamps below to find each moment in the full episode.
- 05:00 · Taking responsibility for your own development · Audio only
- 10:00 · Reflection, resilience and better self-awareness · Audio only
- 15:00 · Difficult questions and the process of reflection · Audio only
- 20:00 · Goal setting and defining what you want from the year · Audio only
- 25:00 · Values, career decisions and knowing when something feels wrong · Audio only
- 30:00 · Conflict debt, avoidance and having better conversations · Audio only
More conversations with Karen
- Episode 0090 · Architecture SocialKaren Fugle, SleepingGiant Consulting ↗
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Karen Fugle is a leadership and executive coach for architects, designers and construction professionals, and the founder of SleepingGiant Consulting. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, she works one to one and with small groups, in person in London and online worldwide.
Karen spent more than two decades in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, in roles spanning architectural technician, CAD and BIM management, training and technical writing, before moving into coaching. She is a RIBA Future Leaders coach, a member of the Women in Architecture UK committee and a certified LEGO Serious Play facilitator, and the author of the Architect's Leadership Journal, a structured tool for self-reflection and leadership development. On the Architecture Social podcast she shared practical leadership tips for architects, from self-reflection and knowing your values to delegation, feedback and difficult conversations.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Leadership Skills for Architects, with Karen Fugle.
The practice
SleepingGiant Consulting
SleepingGiant Consulting: leadership and executive coaching for architects and construction professionals, founded by coach Karen Fugle.
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Coach
- Practice
- SleepingGiant Consulting
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 2 episodes · 2024 and 2021
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