LIZA BUZYTSKY

EXECUTIVE COACH

Meet Liza

Liza brings an arts background to the executive coaching space. Her coaching methodology includes integrating creative practices as a way to expand understanding, ultimately delivering successful outcomes for individuals and teams. She is committed to enriching the experiences of individuals who are navigating their own identity shifts, aiming to empower and guide them through their professional journeys.

For the past 8 years Liza has been the Founder and CEO of Lightman Advisory Inc., a New York City-based consultancy, conducting market, competitive, and digital analysis for clients across art, design, and technology sectors. In her work, Liza analyzes quantitative and qualitative data to identify opportunities for market optimization across a range of industries. Her clients include corporations, academic institutions, and charitable organizations.

Through coaching, she works with executives to understand their decision framework and underlying motives, keying on patterns throughout the weeks, ultimately driving towards successful deliverables. Liza understands that DEI initiatives must be supported by genuine trust and desire to communicate honestly. In working with a diverse spectrum of individuals, she focuses on the importance of trust, authenticity, and communication to optimize leadership practices.

Focus Areas:

Liza focuses on understanding cross-cultural differences as they pertain to leadership and teaming. Liza’s core values are authenticity, ethics, creativity, and trust.

Why Liza?

  • She is committed to understanding the challenges, risks, opportunities, and possibilities that diversity, equity, and inclusion present to an organization

  • Uses DiSC or StrengthFinder as style assessment tools for her clients, ultimately creating individualized programming

  • Integrates creative process into her coaching methodology as a way to increase productivity and growth

  • Holds an MFA from Temple University, an MA from New York University and is a Fulbright scholar. She is fluent in Russian

Professional Experience:

Clodagh,
NYC

2015

Communications Manager


Crozier Fine Arts,
NYC

2017

Project Manager


Annex Yoga,
NYC

2018

Founder & Principal


Studio EPB,
NYC

2021

Studio Director


Fullbright Scholar

2022


US Dept. of State,
Java

“Whether it is adapting language, cultural attitude or new value system, I’m committed to finding ways to thread the needle between seemingly disparate ideas”.