Ep. 361 -Leveraging a Strong Professional Presence for Success with Katherine Lazaruk

Join host Kim Thompson-Pinder and guest Katherine Lazaruk on Author to Authority as they discuss the importance of having a strong digital presence and creating a professional image beyond just appearance.

Highlights

·         Comfort vs Style: Finding Congruence in Fashion

·         Creating a Strong Professional Presence

·         Keys to Personal Growth and Success

Katherine comes from a performance and education background with Bachelors’ Degrees in Music and Education from the University of British Columbia. Before starting her business in 2007, she divided her time between singing in the opera, teaching music to primary school students and even did a stint in corporate training at one of the Big 5 accounting firms. 
 Katherine holds certificates in Image Consulting and Advanced Image Consulting from the International Image Institute (Ontario, Canada), as well as her second level international designation (Certified Image Professional) with the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and two coaching certifications, Certified Leadership Coach (CLC) with Essential Impact and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. She helps professional women and men learn to walk, talk, act and look like leaders. 
 
 With the creation of customized educational programs, she brings over twenty years of instructional development and corporate training experience to bear when teaching women and champions of women to leverage their professional presence to achieve their goals. With an additional thirty-five years of performance experience, she helps leaders with everything from how they look to how they have tough conversations. She is a sought-after keynote speaker on topics related to leadership and presence, offering engaging and effective presentations for groups.  
 
 In addition to her executive coaching and consulting practice, Katherine has been an instructor with the Image Consulting Programs at Langara College, trained consultants for Dress for Success Vancouver, has served on the Canada Chapter Board of her professional association (AICI), as Vice Chair for the Women’s Leadership Council of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and on the Nominations Committee for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. She currently serves as the Education Sub-Committee Chair with AICI’s Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. 
 
 When she's not working, she can be found singing with her eighteen piece vintage jazz big band, writing and publishing collections of poetry (Love is Not Pie: Variations on a Monogamish Theme and Songs for My Father), enjoying food experiences and jazz as well as walking on the seawall or watching movies with her film editor husband and her wide circle of very good friends in her home city of Vancouver, BC, Canada.