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President & Founder

Diane Craig

Diane Craig is the President and Founder of Corporate Class Inc. For over 30 years, she has been providing leadership development training to multi-national businesses, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies to optimize performance and potential across every organizational level.

Recognized internationally for her Executive and Leadership Presence Training System, Diane facilitates customized coaching, workshops and seminars to organizations around the world: from Europe to the Gulf Region and across the Americas – North, Central and South.

Diane has witnessed firsthand the global corporate acknowledgement that leadership skills coaching and development encourages talent retention. It enhances capabilities and opportunities – and increases performance to stimulate development of the next generation of leaders.

From C-Suite and senior executives to new professionals, CCI’s strategic coaching, mentoring and training provide a stimulus for advancement. Every program integrates organizational goals with individual competencies to accelerate advancement at each stage of corporate life. The nucleus of CCI’s training aligns academic and technical expertise with professional potential.

Diane holds a Certificate in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership from the NeuroLeadership Institute. Her facilitation methods utilize its scientific, brain-based coaching techniques that combine the science of the brain, neuroscience, with leadership. This impacts team dynamics and interactions to drive individual performance.

“Today, the expressions ‘executive presence’ and ‘leadership presence’ are used interchangeably. The foundation of our training combines academic credentials, technical proficiency and professional expertise – to elevate ambitious leaders and fine-tune their leadership skills.

By facilitating our goal to define and refine personal strengths in combination with neuroleadership techniques, we prepare individuals to develop authentic presence.”

—Diane Craig

An acclaimed speaker, in March 2019, Diane was the guest of the Embassy of Canada in Kuwait, in collaboration with Canada’ s Business Women in International Trade (BWIT) during a special Women’s Empowerment event in Kuwait City that marked International Women’s Day. Diane delivered the keynote address, “Advancing a global key initiative to prosper politically, economically and socially,” where she spoke about how leaders can advance this key initiative to ensure all citizens prosper politically, economically and socially.

CCI provides private coaching to many leaders in the public domain. Private, confidential presentation coaching prepares international executives to: deliver speeches at high-profile global conferences; address large-scale audiences; and train for demanding media interviews. Sessions are conducted in Toronto with dedicated coaching specialists, including instruction to master the nuances of communicating in English.

In addition to international corporate workshops and presentations, CCI facilitates leadership training at university business schools: Richard Ivey School of Business, McMaster University; Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto; and Schulich School of Business, York University.

Diane is a member of Women Presidents’ Organization. She is a regular speaker at national business meetings including the HRPA conference, Canada’s largest convention for human resources professionals. Since 2007, Diane has been on Life Speak Inc.’s roster where she provides expertise to aspiring business professionals.

Her perspectives on executive and leadership presence are frequently sought after by media. She is often quoted in The Globe and Mail and National Post, and appears regularly on CBC and CTV.

Diane studied haute couture at Ottawa’s prestigious Richard Robinson Academy of Fashion Design. She continued her education at the Protocol School of Washington and at UBC and the University of the Pacific (Oregon), where she received her certificates in Intercultural Studies. Diane is dedicated to community service. In 2010, she completed the NFP Program for Corporate Directors: governance of not-for profit boards. This intensive program, jointly developed by University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and the Institute of Corporate Directors, focuses on key accountabilities and responsibilities for NFP leaders.

For 12 years, until December 2016, Diane served as a Board Member for the Trillium Gift of Life Network, the province of Ontario’s organization responsible for organ and tissue donation and transplantation. In 2006, she became a member of the Intriciti Board of Directors.

Frequently heralded for her inspirational role in leadership, Diane is the recipient of many awards including: Governor General of Canada Meritorious Service Medal; Canadian Living Magazine and Avon Canada’s Women of Inspiration Award; and Toastmaster International’s Communication and Leadership Award. Diane may be contacted at dcraig@corporateclassinc.com

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