Corporate Leadership Consultant | Negotiation Expert | Women's Career Advancement Mentor

Shirley Azar is a corporate leadership consultant, negotiation expert, and women's career advancement advocate with nearly two decades of global leadership experience.

For over 15 years, she held senior leadership roles in multinational organizations, leading global procurement and logistics operations across three continents. Throughout her career, she managed multimillion-dollar budgets, built strategic supplier networks, led international teams, and negotiated complex business agreements in highly competitive and often male-dominated industries.

Drawing on this experience, Shirley transitioned from corporate leadership into consulting, mentoring, and teaching. Today, she helps organizations develop stronger leadership pipelines and supports women professionals in building influence, visibility, confidence, and career momentum.

She is the creator of The Third Element™, a leadership framework that integrates authority, presence, and authenticity to help leaders thrive in today's evolving workplace.

Shirley lectures in academic and professional programs, mentors managers and emerging leaders, and works with organizations across the public and private sectors. Her expertise spans leadership development, workplace influence, organizational dynamics, negotiation, executive presence, and women's advancement in corporate environments.

Over the years, she has mentored hundreds of women professionals—from early-career employees to senior leaders—helping them navigate organizational politics, strengthen their professional brand, communicate with confidence, and position themselves for growth opportunities.

Her teaching style combines real-world corporate experience, practical tools, and immediately applicable strategies. Rather than focusing on theory alone, she equips learners with actionable frameworks they can use in meetings, performance reviews, negotiations, leadership conversations, and career decisions.

Through her courses, Shirley's mission is simple:

To help more women claim their worth, amplify their impact, and lead with confidence.