Own Your Image: Building and Elevating Your Personal Brand

Session Summary: This session is designed to guide women in identifying their unique strengths and values, helping them build an authentic personal brand that reflects who they truly are. By exploring personal qualities, passions, and skills, participants will gain clarity on what sets them apart and how to express that through a cohesive brand statement. The focus will be on creating a brand that is not only aligned with their professional goals but also authentic to their true selves, ensuring they feel empowered to show up confidently in any setting.

Through interactive exercises and reflective activities, participants will uncover their authentic selves, exploring the core values and strengths that drive their decisions, relationships, and aspirations. They will then learn how to leverage their personal brand to open doors for new opportunities, strengthen their professional presence, and create meaningful connections, both in their careers and personal lives.

Gretchen Hydo

Gretchen Hydo is a Master Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation and a Certified Team Coach through Brown University. She specializes in helping executives and teams enhance collaboration, communication, and leadership effectiveness. By identifying team dynamics and optimizing strengths, she helps organizations create high-functioning, results-driven teams.

With over 20 years of experience, Gretchen has worked with Fortune 500 companies and high-growth organizations to drive transformation and sustainable success. Before becoming a coach, she founded a successful PR firm, Chatterbox PR Ink, honing her expertise in business strategy and leadership.

Gretchen is the author of Break Free from Your Dirty Little Secrets: A New You in 10 Secret-Breaking Stages and Tell Your Secret. She helps women break free from the secrets that hold them back. Featured in the Chicago Tribune and Fast Company, she is also a sought-after speaker, executive coach, and mentor to coaches through Stairway to Six.