Meet Susan
Strategic Partner | Talent & Strategy Consultant | Speaker | Coach
Susan is a respected Executive Coach, Talent Strategist, Speaker, and Organizational Development expert dedicated to helping leaders and organizations ignite their highest potential. With over two decades of experience spanning banking, healthcare, consulting, and publishing, she brings deep empathy and keen insight into the rewards, risks, and realities of leadership—what it means to struggle, succeed, and earn “a seat at the table.” Grounded in her own executive journey, Susan’s coaching style is candid, compassionate, humorous, inspiring, bold, and authentic.
She has designed and implemented talent and performance management strategies for more than 16,000 employees, facilitated national action planning, delivered compelling insights from the stage to thousands, and led the Talent Planning & Development division of a 21-location national firm.
Susan is highly experienced in strengths-based coaching and a range of behavioral assessments, including The Harrison Assessment, Myers-Briggs, and DiSC, as well as 360 tools such as the Leadership Circle™. She skillfully integrates these methodologies into her coaching and talent strategies to unlock potential and drive transformation.
Believing that leadership is a mindset and a way of being—not just a title—Susan excels at coaching individuals at all levels to gain clarity, develop practical action plans, and remove barriers to meaningful, lasting change. She is deeply committed to ongoing learning, leadership research, and personal growth, ensuring she remains an informed, resourceful, and empathetic partner to her clients. Whether in one-on-one coaching, in a planning session with a team, or on stage, she delivers insights with humor and authenticity, reminding us that even our greatest lessons can come with a smile.
What Clients Say
I began working with Susan on my Executive Leadership Coaching journey a year ago. At that time in my career I had received a fair amount of formal leadership training but was never entirely confident in my skill set. With Susan’s coaching, I was not only able to identify areas for improvement but, I was also able to identify hidden strengths that Susan endearingly describes as “super powers.” Over the last year, I have developed a stronger executive presence, become more strategic in my approach and am able to navigate conflict with more success because of the tools Susan has helped me develop. Susan’s style is supportive and encouraging. She has extremely high emotional intelligence and helped me see things from a variety of perspectives. She is effective at creating a safe environment when looking at feedback and data that can often feel very vulnerable. I highly recommend working with Susan if you want to push yourself past perceived, self-imposed and actual boundaries.
Julia, Senior Director Healthcare System