 Lisa Quast is founder and CEO of Career Woman, Inc. During her years of groundbreaking business and career success in traditionally male-dominated companies and industries (former Executive Vice President and General Manager of a $12 billion global company), Lisa’s experiences developed in her a passion for helping other women achieve personal and professional success.
She is the author of the award-winning book “Your Career, Your Way: Personal Strategies to Achieve Your Career Aspirations”, is a sought-after business consultant (strategic planning, marketing, and talent development), professional speaker, trainer, and career coach, and in November 2010 was honored in New York City by the Stevie Awards for Women in Business with the "Blog of the Year" award for her "Career Memos" blog. Lisa was also recognized with Finalist Awards in the "Women Helping Women" and "Mentor of the Year" categories. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the only global, all-encompassing business awards program for women executives and entrepreneurs. In 2007, Lisa earned the "A Woman to Celebrate" award for achievements and involvement in the community from the ACT Theatre, YWCA of Seattle-King and Snohomish Counties, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and in 2005 was named one of the top 40 under 40 business leaders in Seattle by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Background
For the last 20+ years, Lisa has completed projects around the world in areas such as strategic planning, marketing, sales, service, operations, business development, and human resources. She spent the last ~14 years of her career working for Philips Healthcare, a $12 billion division of Royal Philips Electronics. She was the Vice President of Marketing for their Global Services business and most recently, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Strategy Planning, another global position.
Lisa is is widely recognized both as a business consultant who successfully helps companies improve business, processes and people, and as an individual committed to helping women succeed by sharing her experience through career and life coaching, mentoring, training, and professional speaking.
Her work has improved individual and team results at many companies including Philips, Medtronic, Nordstrom, Microsoft, Sleep Country USA, Toshiba America Medical Systems, United States Investigations Services (USIS), Altegrity, ATL Ultrasound, Lifescan, Inc., Concur, Chameleon Technologies, and ZAAZ.
Lisa's career development and leadership speaking engagements and seminars have also helped indivuals at many colleges, organizations, and associations such as: The University of Washington, Everett Community College, North Seattle Community College, Women's Sororities, the Association of Women in Communications, the American Society of Women Accountants, the Association of Women in Computing, the Society of Women Engineers, the International Association of Administrative Professionals, the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women, Women's Business Exchange, Emerald City Business & Professional Women, West Seattle Women's Business Owners, Seattle Women's Summit, Girl Power Hour, Seattle Public Utilities Career Development Fair, eWomenNetwork radio show, Moneywise Women's Forum, The Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and Toastmasters.
Lisa holds an Associate of Applied Science Degree (marketing), a Bachelor’s Degree (business), a Graduate School Executive Certificate (mergers and acquisitions) from Stanford Business School, two Graduate School Executive Certificates from the Wharton School of Business (Strategic Pricing and Leading Organizational Change), is a certified Green Belt in Process Improvement and has also earned her Certified Executive Coach (CCE) designation. In addition, Lisa has completed more than 30 management-training courses focused on three areas: Project Management, Leadership and Business Law.
Coaching
Lisa is a certified Executive Coach (CCE designation) and has over 15 years of coaching experience working with employees in all levels of the workplace, from entry level to the executive level.
Lisa is a graduate of three modeling academies and an advanced acting program, has modeled professionally (runway, print, and television) as a petite model, and has competed in and won academic scholarships and awards in numerous pageants (at the state and national level within the United States). Her extensive background allows Lisa the ability to work in the area of personal image management, focusing on wardrobe, hair and make-up for the workplace and for speaking engagements and meetings around the world.
Lisa develops presentations and coaches speakers for internal company meetings, annual meetings, and various media events such as analyst briefings and television and newspaper interviews. Her coaching and training techniques help speakers achieve confidence and professional and personal recognition.
Her career coaching areas of focus include:
- Leadership Development
- Career Strategic Planning
- Personal Image Management
- Presentation and Speaking Skills
- Re-entering the Workforce
- Meeting Planning
- Career Planning and Placement
Lisa also works as a pageant coach for women both in person and via telephone, depending on where the person being coached is located.
- Teen" pageants (ages 13-17)
- "Miss" pageants (ages 18-26)
- "Mrs." pageants (married and over age 21)
Consulting
Lisa’s background and areas of business expertise for consulting services include:
- Marketing - Products/upgrades, services, and installed base marketing including marketing communications
- Strategic Planning - Products and services planning as well as overall business planning for small and medium-sized companies, divisions within large companies, and large companies
- Talent development - Coaching high potential employees and female executives; implementing women's networks; and implementing talent development programs
- Sales - Field sales and inside sales
- Operations - Sales and service operations management
- Personnel (HR) - Restructuring and organizational changes, change management, as well as day-to-day personnel operations
- Communications - Presentations, speeches, announcements, press releases, annual reports, marketing plans, product plans, and internal employee communications
- Meeting Planning - From small meetings to national or global
- Project Management
Public Speaking
Lisa is an accomplished professional speaker comfortable working with small groups of people to presenting and motivating hundreds. She became “hooked” on professional speaking after she entered her first speech competition at the age of nine. Lisa is available as a professional speaker for customized presentations at:
- Company Meetings
- Association Meetings
- Chamber of Commerce Meetings
- Conventions
- Graduations
- Sorority Meetings and Conventions
Training
Lisa has extensive professional training experience. Her areas of training are customizable for individuals to large groups, and include:
- Career Strategic Planning and Strategic Planning for businesses
- Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Presentation Skills
- Consultative Selling
- Interviewing Skills and Techniques
- Communication Skills
- Leadership Development
Hobbies and Interests
Lisa Quast resides in the Seattle, Washington area with her husband and three daughters. She is creative and artistic, loves to paint, write, read, and participate in sports. She is a former competitive gymnast, body builder, power lifter, and baton twirler (earning 6th place at the 1980 United States National Championships). Lisa is also a former gymnastics coach and a personal trainer. Currently, in her free time she enjoys running, weightlifting (just for fun now), hiking, biking and skiing. She loves traveling, learning about other cultures, and has donated hundreds of hours in community service to mentor women to help them achieve their career aspirations.
Awards and Honors
- November 2010 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Overall Winner for Lisa Quast's blog, "Career Memos", in the "Blog of the Year " category
- November 2010 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Finalist Award in the "Women Helping Women" category
- November 2010 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Finalist Award in the "Mentor of the Year " category
- July 2010 earned the Mrs. Connecticut United States title, and then placed in the Top 15 nationally at the Mrs. United States Pageant
- March 2010 Top 25 Finalist Award in the global 2010 Case Study Competition for the Hot Mommas Project out of George Washington University
- November 2009 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Finalist Award for the "Women Helping Women" category
- May 2009 Mrs. Washington Pageant Third Runner-Up, Woman of Achievement (Judge's Award), Ambassador of Music Education award, and Most Ad Sales award
- June 2008 Mrs. Washington Pageant First Runner-Up, People's Choice award winner, and Outstanding Businesswoman award winner
- May 2008 Foreword Magazine's 2007 Global Book of the Year Finalist Award in the "Career" category
- 2007 "A Woman to Celebrate" Award, from the ACT Theatre, YWCA of Seattle-King County and Snohomish County, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- 2006 Woman of the Year Award, American Biographical Institute
- 2005 Puget Sound Business Journal "Top 40 Under 40" Honoree
- 2004 Philips Medical Systems World Champion, Quality Improvement Competition
- 2004 Philips Medical Systems Pinnacle Board Winner
- 2001 Medtronic Physio-Control "Spark Plug" Award
- 1997, 1996, and 1995 ATL Ultrasound Top Sales Awards
- 1990 Toshiba America Medical Systems President's Award
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