Lara Bruner

Principal Consultant at Vulcan Consulting

Member since December 2025

Leadership

Education: Rutgers University - NAU
Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Biography

As an APA award-winning instructor and Cialdini Coach, Lara translates behavioral science into practical influence strategies for high-stakes conversations, critical decisions, team engagement, and leadership moments.

Passion

My passion is to help rising leaders level up their influence and impact with evidence-based strategies and support.

Origin Story

I was prepared. My ideas were strong. But when the meeting ended, I walked out wondering, "Why didn't that land?" That question became the heart of my work. Closing the gap between having good ideas and actually moving people with them.

Topics/Keywords

womens leadership persuasion and influence employee engagement retention and inclusion change management leadership female leaders influence maximizing influence team leadership fostering trust and connection connection persuasion and impact motivation career advancement strategies womens advancement career development professional development executive development career progression women in business women and leadership career strategies behavioral science psychology employee engagement women in tech women in the workplace empowering women influencing behavior building influence relationship management stakeholder engagement stakeholder management inclusive leadership inclusive workplace psychological safety high performance teams culture culture change company culture overcoming barriers to success double standard workplace politics relationship building managing change career growth leading in uncertainty cultivating trust cultivating future leaders the future of leadership adaptive leadership leadership pipeline cultivating resilience womens empowerment communication skills soft skills leadership skills for women aligning team and talent retention of women customer retention employee retention and engagement stakeholder engagement and communications emotional intelligence social skills building trust leaders
I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
Everything is negotiable

Origin Story

I was prepared. My ideas were strong. But when the meeting ended, I walked out wondering, "Why didn't that land?" That question became the heart of my work. Closing the gap between having good ideas and actually moving people with them.

I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
Everything is negotiable

Topics/Keywords

womens leadership persuasion and influence employee engagement retention and inclusion change management leadership female leaders influence maximizing influence team leadership fostering trust and connection connection persuasion and impact motivation career advancement strategies womens advancement career development professional development executive development career progression women in business women and leadership career strategies behavioral science psychology employee engagement women in tech women in the workplace empowering women influencing behavior building influence relationship management stakeholder engagement stakeholder management inclusive leadership inclusive workplace psychological safety high performance teams culture culture change company culture overcoming barriers to success double standard workplace politics relationship building managing change career growth leading in uncertainty cultivating trust cultivating future leaders the future of leadership adaptive leadership leadership pipeline cultivating resilience womens empowerment communication skills soft skills leadership skills for women aligning team and talent retention of women customer retention employee retention and engagement stakeholder engagement and communications emotional intelligence social skills building trust leaders