Jince 1997, Lew Bayer has been internationally recognized as Canada's leading expert on Civility at Work" with a focus on social intelligence and culturally-competent communication. She is founder of The Center for Cultural Competence, CEO of multinational civility training group Civility Experts Worldwide and President of the International Civility Trainers' Consortium.
With the release of The Power of Civilit,, Lew is an eight-time published author. She is a proud mentor for The Etiquette House, a member of the Advisory Board for A Civil Tongue, a national columnist, and a frequent expert commentary contributor to over sixty online, print, and television publications. Lew is a faculty member at Georgetown University Center for Cultural Competence, has trained for the American Management Center in New York and is a long-term facilitator at the Canadian Management Center in Toronto, Canada. Lew is a Master trainer for the Canadian School of Service, and a certified Culture Coach" who also holds credentials in inter-cultural communications and occupational language assessment.
In 2009, Lew was chosen as the Manitoba Woman Entrepreneur in International Business and she was the first Canadian to receive the prestigious AICI International Civility Star Award in 2010.