Peggy klaus biography

Peggy's journey to becoming a renowned coach began with a background in the arts.
Peggy Klaus trains professionals worldwide at leading companies that include Credit Suisse, Disney, UNICEF, and Kaiser Permanente.
With advanced degrees in drama, speech, and theatre from London's Royal Academy of Music and the Drama Studio, Klaus began her career as an actor and classical.

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Peggy Klaus is one of the most celebrated and sought after coaches, speakers and authors in the United States. Renowned for her exceptional insight into communication and leadership, she has spent nearly three decades helping thousands of professionals, from C-suite leaders to first line managers thrive in their careers. Her programs for empowering women of all ages are globally recognized for their life-changing results.

Peggy is the author of two best-selling books: ‘BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It’ and ‘The Hard Truth About Soft Skills: Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They’d Learned Sooner.’ Her ground-breaking work has been published in many prestigious publications such as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Fast Company, and Harvard Business Review. Peggy is an in-demand communication expert, often booked on national news and popular morning shows.

In 2016, Peggy received the prestigious Coach of the Year award, which lauded her unmatched expertise in guiding individuals and companies toward new heights of suc

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Peggy Klaus

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You may have seen Peggy Klaus on Nightline, the Today Show, and 20/20 or read her advice in the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Newsweek, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and O magazine. You may know her as the “brag lady” or—as one newspaper called her—a "bragologist” because of her popular book, BRAG! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It (Hachette Books Group, Hardcover 2003, Paperback 2004). Or you may know Klaus for the soft skills savvy she promotes in her second tome, The Hard Truth About Soft Skills: Workplace Lessons Smart People Wish They’d Learned Sooner (Collins, January 2008). For more than a decade Klaus has provided communication and leadership training programs, keynotes, and executive coaching at leading corporations and organizations worldwide. Her client list reads like a who’s who of Fortune 500 companies, including firms such as JP Morgan Chase, MasterCard, Computer Associates, Chevron Corporation, Deloitte, General Mills, Goldman Sachs, The National Football League, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, American Express, Mattel, Booz Allen Ham