Make a bigger impact
Are you an aspiring, new, or senior manager looking to elevate your leadership? Whether you want more confidence, influence, or upward mobility – or you’re getting feedback about areas for development – I listen closely and offer objective, confidential support to help you grow into the kind of leader you aspire to become. Working from the inside out, you and I partner to uncover your core strengths – and build on them to move forward. We will also address what’s not working – and leave those things behind.
Tapping my corporate experience as an HR consultant and advisor, I help you navigate your organization’s structure, decipher its culture, and enhance your capacity to lead and feel successful. Using customized tools and assessments to gauge strengths and needs, I’ll provide a personalized plan so you have a clear direction and road map forward.
Susan’s been my cheerleader and my sounding board. She’s been a delightful collaborator during the entire coaching process.
—Alison E.
What are your professional needs or goals?
Becoming a new manager
Even as you celebrate your promotion, it’s possible you’re also feeling unprepared to handle all of your new responsibilities. Coaching support during this transition period can significantly boost your resilience and impact your success. Understanding the value you bring, what’s important to you, and how you want to define your leadership style will help bring the clarity you need to become a more confident manager.
Expanding your leadership capacity
You’ve been given a new challenge or managing a change, and might be feeling self-doubt about handling it. If you’re struggling to believe in your abilities or ideas, you might be overwhelmed and stressed – or possibly experiencing “imposter syndrome.” We can explore what’s preventing you from fully showing up, and find ways to recalibrate your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors so you can believe in the value you bring.
Finding your voice
Perhaps you’re introverted – or just looking for a way to gain more buy-in for your ideas and more influence with your team. We can look at what’s holding you back from being a more confident communicator. Together, we’ll find ways to shift your perspective so that you can more comfortably express your viewpoint.
Empowering your team
If you’re looking to make a bigger impact developing your team, let’s explore how to transform your role from figure of authority to partner in growth. By becoming a trusted collaborator and active listener, you can help each team member uncover and resolve barriers to progress and performance.
Progressing to the next level
Perhaps you’re feeling stuck in a career or role and aren’t sure what you want to do next. Or you know exactly what you want to do, but don’t see how to make it happen. Breaking through the uncertainties or fear can shift your thinking and get you ready to take the first step. Let’s design the roadmap to move you forward.
Wondering if a manager role is right for you
You’ve moved up in your career, and celebrate your successes. Yet something feels off and not aligned with the things you are naturally good at and most enjoy doing. If you have doubts about going in a leadership direction, let’s look at what you’re experiencing to pull up what feels right and true so you can recalibrate your career path.
Or is it something else?
Tell me what’s tripping you up and together we’ll design a focused plan to get you moving again. Want more work/life balance? More inspiration and motivation? Want to let go and delegate? Get beyond “analysis paralysis?” Or maybe you just want to respond to stressors better. We’ll start with where you are today and make small changes to let you go from overwhelm to calm and self-assured.
Let’s co-design a strategy that lays the foundation for you to feel more successful in your role – and career.
Susan was great in helping me see what I was either avoiding or simply not seeing. After working with her, I am much more aware when old tendencies tend to creep up, and find my productivity has gone up tremendously!
—Louis M.
Chief Executive Officer