About Us
Abney Hall is a niche consultancy and publisher specializing in business transformation and career development. Founder and CEO, Karen Adamedes, draws on her extensive knowledge, skills, network, and experience to help organizations and individuals realize their potential and navigate change.
Practical, Implementable Real Impact.
Whether it’s working directly with organizations or through books, blogs or speaking, CEO and Founder, Karen Adamedes provides thought provoking, considered and practical guidance.
Meet Karen
Karen Adamedes is an author and strategic business adviser who brings a passion for transformation to both the organisations she supports and the individuals she helps navigate their careers. She blends practical insight with a genuine commitment to helping people and workplaces succeed.
Her background spans senior executive roles and consulting work across industries including IT, Telecommunications, Health, Digital Media, and the not‑for‑profit sector. This breadth of experience shapes her clear, accessible approach to demystifying how organisations function and how people can build careers with confidence.
Karen is the author of How to Be a Hybrid Hero, an Amazon Top 10 bestseller in the Career Advancement & Professional Development eBooks category. Her earlier books, Hot Tips for Career Chicks: Unlocking the CODE to Success and Professional in Pajamas, established her as a trusted voice in modern career development. Hot Tips for Career Chicks was a finalist in both the USA Book News Best Books Awards and the Global Ebook Awards, and her long‑running blog, Career Tips to Go, is recognised among the Top 100 Career Blogs by Feedspot and ThriveYard. Her career insights have also been featured in major magazines, newspapers, and international publications.
Her fascination with solving complex puzzles—first sparked by reading Agatha Christie novels with her father—has shaped her lifelong curiosity about how people adapt, grow, and succeed. It now extends into her creative work as she writes her first fiction book, a mystery novel.
At the heart of Karen’s work is a simple goal: to ensure that anyone seeking to improve, enjoy, or regain control of their career has access to practical, encouraging, and actionable guidance. Her writing is designed to offer exactly that—ideas, tools, and inspiration to help people thrive in a changing world of work.
Karen lives in Australia and enjoys coffee, beach walks, music, and time with family and friends. She also admits to having far too many streaming services.
