About Laura H. West
Laura
Howard West is a certified professional coach, writer, speaker and the
President and Chief Creative Officer of The Center for Joyful Business.
She is the creator of The Joyful Business Guide™,
a creative business planing system using law of attraction principles
designed for solo-entrepreneurs and business owners. Laura and the
Joyful Business Guide™ system has been featured in
Choice magazine and in blogs around the internet.
Laura is also a contributing author to the book,
Spirit of Women Entrepreneurs and has been a contributing writer for
Motto magazine,
Inside Gwinnett newspaper, and
Connections, a publication for image consultants. Laura also publishes an award winning blog,
Café Entrepreneur and a bi-monthly ezine,
Joyful Business.
She
has spoken to organizations around the country including presenting
workshops at several international industry conferences such as the
Association of Image Consultants and the International Coach
Federation.
As a former Vice President of Marketing,
Laura survived five buyouts/mergers in six years while creating award
winning and innovative (and sometimes controversial) marketing programs
in the shopping center industry. She has created and managed events
ranging from simple Santa arrival parades to million dollar grand
opening events. She now focuses on supporting lifestyle entrepreneurs
in creating more passion, purpose and prosperity in their personal and
professional lives.
Passionate about people expressing
themselves in their lives and through their work to create meaning and
money, Laura brings a compassionate, warm and delightful style combined
with action-oriented focus.
