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Susan is the founder and principal consultant at Leadership Designs. Her 20 years of experience with technology companies and non-profit organization range from Microsoft and venture startups to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; her work has spanned executive executive coaching, leadership development, organizational alignment and human resources strategy.

Susan works with individuals and groups in a variety of business environments to improve individual or team productivity, facilitate cross-group communication, manage decision processes or handle conflict resolution. Her one-on-one coaching for senior managers and executives is designed to focus leadership skills to achieve particular goals, clarify a company position or structure a change-management strategy. Susan also partners with technology companies to implement scalable leadership workshops for frontline, middle and high-level managers.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management and marketing from University of Oregon. Her masters in Applied Behavioral Science is from the Leadership Institute of Seattle, Bastyr University.

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Susan's certification and advanced training includes:

Blanchard Training: Situational Leadership, Virtual Teams

SYMLOG: Team diagnostic tool and team building

Search Conference: Participative strategic planning

Participative Design: Organization and workflow design

Barry Oshry Organization Lab Simulation

William Bridges Managing Transitions: Change management

Center for Creative Leadership

Benchmarks: 360-degree leadership assessment

Trained in Precision Questioning Technique


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