Bold Steps Define You

Are you ready?

Are you at that point in your career where you seek change?

Have you have reached a standstill and want to elevate your performance?

Do you want to position your team for next-level results?

I have worked as a coach, mentor, and advisor with hundreds of leaders to define their actions for success.

A leader needs to know themselves first.

What’s your story? Let’s identify your strengths, target your skills, and craft your leadership to lead more effectively. Together, we can define your vision for success to set a clear path forward and plan actions for results.

A leader needs a team.

I work closely with teams to understand each other’s strengths, communicate effectively, and strategize how to get the best work done. My work is a combination of research and practice and a whole lot of common sense! We will dig deep to help you create an organization that is future-focused and has a measurable impact.

Around the globe, in both the private and public sector, I’ve worked with emerging and experienced leaders from all walks of life and career stages- from business owners, senior government leaders, non-profit leaders, new managers, diplomats, and entrepreneurs.

I love what I do.

I value the power of connection and a good cup of coffee.

I know that when leaders and teams understand and appreciate each other’s strengths, excellence happens.

I help leaders define success, on their own terms.

Bold steps define you. Are you ready to take yours?

“A good leader is a balance of boldness and humility, a visionary and strategist who defines a culture that is driven by shared values and grounded in trust.”

Life is a series of bold steps.

Dr. Susan Murray is a globally recognized advisor and expert on leadership. After two decades as a senior public education leader, she boldly took a new path. She completed a Doctorate in business focusing on leadership and organizational performance. In 2014, she founded her consulting firm, Clearpath Leadership.

Fortune favours the bold.

As a leader, advisor, professor, mentor, and coach, she has worked with hundreds of global leaders and organizations. She guides leaders to define their clear path from where they are to their vision for success. She works with teams to create a strategy for excellence, focusing on strengths, employee engagement, and business performance. Along with her coaching, she is a professor and a senior consultant on leadership, strategy, and governance for multiple organizations. Susan is a certified Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and an Official Member of the Forbes Coaches Council.

Working with Susan, you will learn, laugh, challenge the status quo and each other, and define your bold steps…..and there will be good coffee!

Let's work together

I help leaders:

Cultivate their strengths
Foster a culture of excellence
Identify challenges that impact performance, culture and engagement
Apply various leadership strategies and models that provide clarity, accountability, and a strong sense of ownership across the organization
Ask the right questions
Keep their team motivated and engaged

Our Work

1-on-1 Coaching

With 1:1 coaching, we focus on self-awareness and a strategy for success with a clear path forward. We focus on strengths and relevant topics to create accountability towards your growth.

Sessions are conducted in-person or virtually and run 60-90 minutes.

Resources include the CliftonStrengths Talent Profile from Gallup. The cost of this assessment is included in your first coaching session.

Senior team coaching is also an option.

Please connect to discuss. Pricing, terms, and resources vary based on client needs.

Workshops and Facilitation

Tailored workshops provide the support and empowerment critical to the success of your team and organization. Outcomes often focus on leadership, team development and collaboration, employee engagement and motivation, and planning for strategic growth.

Current offerings focus on governance, business excellence, strategy, team dynamics and strengths, employee engagement, and leadership.

What’s included:

One preparation call with your team leader to share insights, desired outcomes and how we can make the most of our time together.
Custom workshops (60, 90, half-day, or full-day), available virtually or on-location. The sessions are highly interactive and reflective. Laughter and good stories are usually included!
Offsite retreats are also an option.
Please connect to discuss. Pricing, terms, and resources vary based on client needs.
Keynotes

Susan brings authenticity and knowledge to her work, balancing research, best practices, and a common sense approach. Her highly interactive keynotes empower, enlighten, and engage audiences. She will customize the message to align with your outcomes, grounded in a focus on leadership, risk-taking, and making a difference.

Connect with Susan

Is there someone close to you that is seeking a change or would like to focus on their professional development?

Instead of dinner or a gift card, share a gift with them that can start those #boldsteps forward. Give them the gift of a coach- someone who can objectively help them define that path forward.

An introductory gift package includes a strength assessment, a 90 minute discovery session and a follow up 60 minute session. Additional resources are provided as well s the option to continue with coaching services.

Just reach out and we’ll make it possible.

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