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Diane Craig President of Corporate Class Inc.
is a leading image and etiquette consultant. For
over 20 years she has helped hundreds of men and women realize their
professional and personal goals. She is a sought after speaker
at national business meetings, regularly gives comprehensive workshops
to corporate groups, and offers private consultations on business
etiquette, dress and dining.
Diane Craig has extensive personal experience with financial institutions
and the pharmaceutical industry. She has traveled widely, is fluently bilingual,
and is always poised and elegant. Her enduring expertise, however,
derives from her training in Haute Couture at the Richard Robinson Academy of
Fashion Design from 1981-1984, her certificate program at the Protocol
School of Washington in 1995 and, more recently, her
certificates in Intercultural studies from UBC and the University of
the Pacific in Oregon.
Business Communication Etiquette. For more than 10 years, Diane
Craig has been developing corporate materials to train emerging and
seasoned leaders. She focuses on interpersonal business skills for working a room,
hosting clients, performing effectively at meetings and handling techno communications. Successful
organizations call upon her to enhance the image of their staff,
thereby raising their level of confidence and increasing client loyalty.
Dining and Hosting: Diane Craig produced,
wrote and directed a comprehensive Executive Dining Etiquette CD which
was launched in 2003 and shows, with real mealtime participants, the do’s and
dont’s of dining and hosting. Her practical hands-on
dining workshops, both entertaining and interactive, have also been
highly rated by corporate groups.
Dress and Wardrobe: Although Corporate Class
Inc. currently focuses on corporate seminars, individuals still seek
Diane Craig’s personal
consultation. Her expert approach to dress and style derived
from her extensive experience as a couturier and instructor. At
haute couture venues in Toronto or Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, there
is little a tailor or seamstress can add to Diane’s insight
into her client’s needs. Indeed,
she routinely marks and pins the alterations herself.
Diane Craig’s clients include politicians,
senior executives, graduating students in law and MBA, and professionals
at every level across all industries. Some of her satisfied
clients are Canada Post, Deloitte, Hoffmann-La Roche, KPMG, HSBC,
RCMP, TD Waterhouse,... more
Media appearances. Diane Craig is frequently asked
to contribute to magazines, the daily press, radio and television broadcasts. She appears
on newscasts for comment on business conduct, dress codes or politicians’ attire. Her
views are often quoted in The Globe and Mail and The National Post. She
appears on programs such as ET Canada, The National on CBC and Canada
AM on CTV to share her image analysis of Canadian public figures. more
Awards: Canadian Living Magazine and Avon Canada gave Diane
Craig the Women of Inspiration Award, and she is also a recipient
of the Business Person of the Year Bronze Award by
the Ottawa Greater Chamber of Commerce and the Toastmaster’s
International Communication and Leadership Award
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Corporate Class Inc. is committed to community service. For
several years Diane Craig has served on The Premier’s Advisory
Board for Organ Donation and Transplantation, the Canadian Council
on Donation and Transplantation and the Board of Trillium Gift of
Life Network. She chaired her own not-for-profit
organization Sandrine’s Gift of Life and sat on several special
event committees such as the Yonge Street Mission and St. Joe’s
Women Shelter. The
Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson, presented
her with the Meritorious Service Medal in 2003. |
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