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Byline

A leading catalyst for women’s success since 2000, Lisa Martin is a consultant to organizations, an executive coach to high-achieving women and the author of the best-seller Briefcase Moms and the forthcoming Achievement Addicts Anonymous. Her proven principles and powerful strategies empower women + workplaces to thrive. You can find her at www.lisamartininternational.com, on Facebook and on Twitter @LisaMartinInt

Short Bio/Speaking Introduction

Lisa Martin: executive pathfinder, author, certified coach, consultant, talker, thriver, wife to Robert and multi-tasking mama to Adam.

A leading catalyst for women’s success since 2000, Lisa Martin is a consultant to organizations, an executive coach to high-achieving women and the author of the best-seller Briefcase Moms and the forthcoming Achievement Addicts Anonymous. Her proven principles and powerful strategies empower women + workplaces to thrive.

Clients call Lisa Martin “a tremendous return on investment and a retention tool with impact” for a very good reason. She has helped thousands of professional women (and many men) around the globe maximize their return on effort and synergize their competing responsibilities to achieve greater success, significance and enduring harmony. Lisa has also developed unique approaches that allow organizations to harness the power of top female talent and create the right gender mix to optimize corporate performance.

Lisa has been a corporate executive and has founded three highly successful companies. Her consulting and coaching firm, Lisa Martin International, regularly attracts Fortune 500 clients such as Best Buy, HSBC and PwC.

She is a frequent speaker to audiences throughout North America, ranging from university campuses and international companies to prestigious conferences. As a thought leader on women’s success, Lisa is frequently profiled in the media and is a favorite source for editors and writers who seek expert commentary.

She resides in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and teenage son, who inspires and exhausts her daily.

You can find her at www.lisamartininternational.com on Facebook and on Twitter @LisaMartinInt

Long Bio

Lisa Martin: executive pathfinder, author, certified coach, consultant, talker, thriver, wife to Robert and multi-tasking mama to Adam.

A leading catalyst for women’s success since 2000, Lisa Martin is a consultant to organizations, an executive coach to high achieving women and the author of the best-seller Briefcase Moms and the forthcoming Achievement Addicts Anonymous. Her proven principles and powerful strategies empower women + workplaces to thrive.

Clients call Lisa Martin “a tremendous return on investment and a retention tool with impact” for a very good reason. She has helped thousands of professional women (and many men, too) around the globe maximize their return on effort and synergize their competing responsibilities to achieve greater success, significance and enduring harmony. Her proven principles and powerful strategies are helping the world’s best minds re-think how they view and achieve productivity, growth and career/life harmony.

For more than a quarter of a century, Lisa has been a leader in issues related to high-achieving women in the workplace. During this time, Lisa has developed unique approaches for empowering organizations to identify, attract, develop and retain the top female talent and create the right gender mix to optimize corporate performance.

Lisa’s extensive business experience includes working both as a corporate executive and an entrepreneur – founding three highly successful companies. Her consulting and coaching firm, Lisa Martin International, has attracted Fortune 500 clients such as Best Buy, HSBC and PwC.

A frequent speaker to audiences ranging from university campuses and global companies to prestigious conferences, Lisa uses her signature blend of humor, empathy and candor to deliver proven strategies for unlocking the potential of high-achieving women and the organizations that employ them.

Lisa, a favorite source for editors and writers who seek expert commentary on women’s success, has been profiled and quoted frequently in media such as The Globe and Mail, CBC, CTV and Forbes.com. She has also hosted the TV special Maxed Out on Time.

An experienced and in-demand women’s executive coach, Lisa has been a trusted guide and catalyst for many leaders in organizations, including GEICO, IBM and Time Warner Cable.

Lisa is a co-founder of the Progressive Employers of Canada List, a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade Women’s Leadership Circle Advisory Council, a committee member for the YWCA and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, a nominee for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award (2012), a past nominee for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2005) and a past president of the Canadian Public Relations Society – BC Chapter (1993).

She resides in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and teenage son who inspires and exhausts her daily.

You can find her at www.lisamartininternational.com on Facebook and on Twitter @LisaMartinInt

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