About Bruna Martinuzzi
Bruna Martinuzzi is the founder of Clarion Enterprises Ltd., where she spent more than three decades helping individuals and organizations strengthen their presentation skills, leadership communication, and effectiveness as communicators.
Over the course of her career, she worked with thousands of professionals and delivered presentation and leadership programs to internatinal audiences. She spoke at events including the MICROSOFT ExPo Leadership Conferences in the U.S., China and Europe, The TELUS Leadership Forums, and annual conferences in a variety of sectors such as insurance, finance, real estate, technology and human resources. Her speaking and facilitation style was often described as warm, intellectually stimulating, and dynamic.
Bruna also lectured at universities including the Simon Fraser University MBA Program and the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business.
She is the author of Presenting with Credibility: Practical Tools and Techniques for Effective Presentations (2012) and The Leader as a Mensch: Become the Kind of Person Others Want to Follow (2009.)
Her earlier career included 30 years of experience in management and executive leadership positions. She held a B.A. and a M.A. from the University of British Columbia and received several awards, including the Izaak W. Killam Memorial Pre-doctoral Fellowship for three years in a row, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada Award and the B.C. Workplace Excellence Award For Unusual Innovation.
From 2010 to 2024, Bruna contributed hundreds of articles to American Express Business Trends and Insights on leadership, communication, management and workplace issues. She also contributed articles to Mindtools, a global leadership and managment development provider on leadership, communication, and professional development.
On Being a Mensch
Some things I came to believe about leadership, relationships, and living well:
- Consistently act with integrity-even in small things.
- When someone has wronged you, continue to treat them with civility. It's an EQ thing to do.
- Consider all your promises as an unpaid debt.
- Know that no one else can identify our paths for us. Listen to your inner voice and follow its guidance.
- Improve your presentation skills. It will pay dividends for your career.
- Allow people their moment. Don't interrupt them; don't dismiss their concerns offhand; don't change the subject; don't rush to give advice.
- Do no harm in anything you undertake.
- Put energy and care into all of your communications.
- Bring grace into all of your relationships.
- Become a philanthropist of know-how. Generously share your knowledge and expertise to help others.
- After making a mistake, analyze what happened so you don't repeat it. "People are a victim the first time. After that, they are a volunteer."
- Give way more than you take.
- Hire people who are as smart as you, or smarter and help them grow.
This is an excerpt from my book, The Leader as a Mensch: Become the Kind of Person Others Want to Follow.
Selected Writing
American Express Business Trends and Insights:
The Advantages and Disandvantages of a Business Partnership [read article]
Mindtools:
The Power of Trust: A Steel Cable [read article]
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