A corporate attorney and leading authority on leadership development and organizational performance management, Karima Mariama-Arthur brings more than 25 years of comprehensive, blue-chip experience in law, business, and academia to every client engagement. A shrewd advisor to distinguished organizations from DC to Dubai, her expert insights help clients navigate today’s ever-changing and competitive global business environment successfully. Karima is the author of the internationally acclaimed and 2019 NAACP Image Award-nominated leadership guidebook, Poised For Excellence: Fundamental Principles of Effective Leadership in the Boardroom and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan), which launched at the United States Military Academy at West Point. As an extension of her work, she speaks regularly, both nationally and internationally, on her areas of expertise and serves in an advisory capacity on select corporate boards.