Congratulations to Suzanne Bates, IOC Thought Leader and Chief Executive Officer of Bates Communication, who was named Women’s Summit® New England Businesswoman of the year. This annual award recognizes excellence in leadership by a business or professional woman and was presented to Bates at the Bryant University Women’s Summit® on March 16. 

Bates' new research on executive presence is the basis of her firm's latest leadership offering, the Executive Presence Mastery Program. To learn more on how to coach leaders using the science of executive presence, watch her 2017 CoachX video.