Coaching Philosophy
You have the answers you need within you already.
But you may need help accessing them and using them to create a plan of forward-action.
As your executive coach, it’s my goal to help you create the self-awareness you need to find those answers using assessments and questions that dig deep.
Clear communication is the most powerful tool you have available and the communication skills necessary to succeed in leadership can be learned. You have the capacity to inspire your career through the power of communication and the power of selling your message and your self.
Take the first step to inspire your career and start the conversation, today.
Credentials
Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP)
Susan received her ACTP Certification in Executive Professional Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas – Naveen Jindal School of Business
International Coach Federation (ICF)
The ICF is the gold standard of coaching for the executive coaching industry. It is also one of the only academically-based coaching programs available. When you hire an ICF-certified coach, you know you are receiving coaching from one of the highest-rated coach training programs in the world.
Awards and Recognitions
2018 – Broadcaster of the Year from the Texas Association of Broadcasters
2008 – Broadcasting & Cable Magazine’s General Manager of the Year.
Other awards and recognition include:
- The Media Alliance of Houston “Silver Star Award” in 2018
- The Media Alliance of Houston “Star Award for TV Station Manager Of The Year” in 2010 and again in 2012
- Houston Women’s Chamber “Breakthrough Woman 2009”
- Houston Women’s Chamber “Hall of Fame” Inductee 2010
- Houston Woman Magazine “50 Most Influential Women” in 2012
- Denver Advertising Federation”Advertising Professional of the Year”
- American Advertising Federation’s Ad Club of the Year award in the large club division (1,000+ members)
Leadership at KHOU-TV
KHOU-TV is one of the most decorated TV stations in the country. While under Susan’s leadership the station has been recognized with numerous local, regional and national journalistic awards including two of the industry’s top honors… the prestigious Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Station Excellence and Breaking News.
Education
Susan holds a BA in Communications from the University of Missouri/Kansas City and an MBA from The Ohio State University. She completed the National Association of Broadcasters’ Management Development Program for Television Executives at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 2007, and she is a Spring 2010 graduate of the Center for Houston’s Future Business/Civic Leadership Forum. She also earned her ACTP certification in Executive Professional Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Business.