Executive Coaching
Unlock Your Leadership Potential, Elevate Your Impact
Enhance your leadership capability, unlock your true potential, and elevate those you lead. Susan’s Executive Coaching will strengthen your emotional intelligence, expand your influence, and fortify your resilience.
Leadership Challenges
Being a leader is challenging. Can you relate?
Even the most accomplished executives encounter challenges that can hold them back from reaching their full potential. If you face these challenges, executive coaching with Susan can help you break through barriers and level-up your leadership.
Your success isn't about working harder—it's about leading smarter.
Make an Impact
Leadership isn’t just about the results you deliver—it’s about the impact you create.
As a high-impact leader, your underlying (and often unconscious) beliefs and patterns can often stifle your performance and steal your joy, both at work and at home. Susan offers deep expertise in leadership development and organizational performance, combined with her compassionate and tailored approach, to guide you through how to create a bigger impact through your leadership in today’s ever-changing workplace.
Susan’s Coaching Approach
Six Pillars for Real Results
Holistic Leadership
Integrating emotional intelligence, workplace principles, and strategic insight to maximize leadership impact.
Empathetic Guidance
Creating a safe space for open discussion, reflection,
and breakthroughs.
Tailored Strategies
Data-driven, customized coaching designed to fit your specific goals and leadership challenges.
Practical Tools for Growth
Proven methods for improving decision-making, conflict resolution, and leadership effectiveness.
Deep Insight into People
With 36+ years in HR, a Master’s in I/O Psychology, and her book, Susan helps leaders boost self-awareness and performance.
Transformational Impact
Coaching that not only enhances leadership capability but also improves team dynamics and organizational success.
About Susan
Helping Leaders Unlock Their Full Potential—Professionally and Personally
With over three decades of corporate HR and business experience across a variety of industries, including 16 years as Chief HR Officer for a Fortune 150 and a Fortune 500 company, Susan has coached top executives all over the world through high-stakes business decisions, leadership transformations, challenging workplace relationships, and career growth milestones.
As a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources (the highest award that can be awarded a CHRO, recognizing both innovative and substantive work for her employer and to the HR profession broadly), an author, a member of the 100 Coaches Agency, and a trusted advisor to global executives, she brings unmatched expertise and insight to her coaching engagements.
Susan’s coaching is designed to unlock not just professional success but personal fulfillment, ensuring that leaders operate with clarity, confidence, and resilience.
Is Executive Coaching for You?
Strengthen your decision-making, and accelerate your personal and professional growth. This one-on-one coaching is designed for:
Lead with confidence.
Influence with impact.
Thrive with purpose.
What toExpect
How can executive coaching help you?
Here’s what you can expect when you schedule a consultation:
Call
A 60-minute personalized discussion focused on your leadership challenges and goals.
Clarity
Clear insights and next steps to help you gain clarity and direction.
Confidence
No pressure, just value—you’ll walk away with actionable steps, whether or not you decide to move forward.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does an executive coaching engagement include?
Each engagement is customized to fit your needs, but can include:
- Up to three live 45-minute Zoom coaching calls per month
- Access to Susan between sessions via email or text with a 24-hour response time
- Emergency coaching support when needed
- Leadership assessments & 360-degree feedback available to provide insights on strengths and areas for growth
- Stakeholder feedback integration to refine leadership effectiveness
- Custom development plans using Susan’s proprietary frameworks such as the Suitability Model®, Leadership Synchronicity™, and Healing at Work® System
How do assessments and feedback play a role in coaching?
Assessments help provide deep self-awareness and actionable insights. Susan leverages available data, stakeholder feedback, and recommends the Human Synergistics Lifestyles Inventory, which uncovers behavioral motivators and enables deeper transformation. These insights help create custom strategies for improving leadership impact and decision-making.
What kind of results can I expect from coaching?
Leaders experience transformations such as:
- Greater clarity & confidence in decision-making
- Stronger team relationships & improved collaboration
- Managing overwhelm and burnout
- More productive leadership interactions
- Higher resilience in conflict, stressful and high-pressure situations
- Enhanced communication & influence
- Stronger leadership presence and confidence
- Boost the quality of one’s relationship with self
What makes Susan’s coaching different from other executive coaching programs?
Susan combines decades of Fortune 150 & 500 experience with proven leadership methodologies, deep human-behavioral insights, and tailored coaching strategies. She doesn’t just focus on external behaviors—she helps leaders understand their motivators and drivers, leading to long-lasting transformation rather than surface-level adjustments.
How long should I commit to coaching?
Susan offers 3, 6, and 12-month coaching engagements. The longer the engagement, the deeper the coaching integration. Leaders who commit to at least 6 months often see sustained growth and measurable impact in their leadership effectiveness.
What happens between coaching sessions?
Susan’s coaching goes beyond scheduled sessions. She takes time to reflect on each leader’s unique challenges, refine key insights, and craft personalized strategies to accelerate their growth. Between sessions, she often provides tailored exercises and action steps to help leaders deepen their understanding and apply coaching principles in real time. Leaders also have direct access to Susan via email or text for ongoing guidance, ensuring continuous progress and momentum.
What if I don’t have time for coaching?
Coaching is designed to help you work smarter, not harder. Many executives find that gaining clarity and efficiency actually frees up more time and improves performance.
How do I know coaching will work for me?
Susan’s coaching is data-driven, personalized, and results-oriented. With decades of success coaching leaders in Fortune 150 and Fortune 500 companies, her strategies are proven to create real transformation.
Is executive coaching only for struggling leaders?
Not at all. Many of Susan’s clients are already high-achievers looking to reach their next level of success. Whether you’re navigating a transition, optimizing team performance, or preparing for greater leadership opportunities, coaching helps you get there faster and with greater confidence.
What if I don’t have time for coaching?
Susan blends decades of executive experience, working with complex leaders throughout her career with cutting-edge leadership strategies, emotional intelligence insights, and practical tools to help you grow both professionally and personally. Her approach is tailored, hands-on, and designed for long-term success.
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Next Step
Your leadership success doesn’t just impact you—it influences your team, your company, your long-term career trajectory, and your family. Are you ready to unlock your full leadership potential?
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