To be honored for leadership, entrepreneurship achievements, and community impact on March 15 award dinner at the Omni William Penn Downtown Pittsburgh

Dr. Barbara Schwarck, CEO of an innovative executive coaching firm, Clear Intentions International, is among a select group of inspiring women to receive the prestigious 2012 Women in Business Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times.

The Women in Business Awards honor women in for-profit and non-profit enterprises across the 10- county metro region who demonstrate outstanding leadership, organizational success, and efforts beyond their organization to make a difference in the community. Selected from among 75 nominees, Schwarck and the other awardees will be honored at the Women in Business Award dinner and pre- reception at the Omni William Penn Hotel on March 15, 2012, followed by a special Pittsburgh Business Times supplement published on March 16, 2012.

The author of the results-focused book, From Intuition to Entrepreneurship: A Women’s Guide to Following Her Dream, Schwarck founded the global executive coaching firm Clear Intentions International, which specializes in helping professionals, executives, and global leaders reach their maximum potential in life and at work.

Her secret is her innovative technique called Neuro Emotional Coaching®. Combining neuroscience with executive coaching, the process helps clients break through barriers and align their intentions at every level—physical, emotional, mental and spiritual—in support of their aspirations.

“My clients and I work together to define their personal and professional ambitions, and through Neuro Emotional Coaching®, identify what conscious or not-so-conscious barriers have been holding them back and bring their full mind, body, and soul into alignment in support of those goals. Doing so spurs breakthroughs in the ways that they think, feel, and behave – thus opening up the space and opportunity for rapid and sustainable change, leadership development, and goal attainment. I am honored to have this opportunity to share my work with the readers of the Pittsburgh Business Times, and am humbled to be among such an impressive and inspiring group of winners and role models,” said Schwarck.

Clients that have benefited from Barbara’s one-on-one executive coaching, action-based group leadership trainings, and impactful keynote speaking engagements include Heinz USA, Bayer, Lanxess, EQT, Office Depot, Citizens National Bank, Ardex, The Washington Post, Carnegie Mellon University, the United States Postal Service, the YWCA and numerous corporate and community leaders across the globe.

A coach certified by the Coaches Training Institute and the International Coach Federation, Schwarck is a founding member of the International Association of Coaches and past president of the Pittsburgh Coaches Association. In addition to her doctoral degree in Spiritual Science from the Peace Theological Seminary and College of Philosophy, she holds a master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, and is a graduate of Sandler Sales Training.

She serves on the boards of the Executive Women’s Council of Pittsburgh, Bethany Hospice, Classrooms Without Borders and Women-Drivers, LLC, and has served as a mentor for both the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence and Chatham University’s Center for Women Entrepreneurs.

Find out more about Dr. Schwarck, Clear Intentions International, and From Intuition to Entrepreneurship at www.clearintentions.net.