Keynotes, Hosting, and Breakouts that Inspire and Engage Your People

We all want to communicate clearly, build connected relationships, and be more adaptable.  So we can get our desired results.

My speaking programs up-level skillsets and inspire, combining engaging stories with actionable techniques that spark audiences to cultivate more meaningful, impact-driven work relationships. Your team will engage, love my energy, and translate my sticky insights into real action and possibility.

Presentations and discussions range from 20 to 120 minutes, guiding every audience through thought-provoking dialogues and insights.

Keynotes

  • Communicate to Connect

    Are your conversations building connection, or simply conveying information?

    Suzanne shows you how adapting your communication techniques results in better collaboration and increased success –  with less effort and time. She shares:

    - The six qualities of great communication

    - How to create alignment rather than agreement

    - A communication toolkit for compelling, productive exchanges 

    - Ways to cultivate braver brain spaces that enhance stakeholder synchronicity 

    You’ll learn how to forge trusted connections and build relationships that energize, unlock new perspectives, and influence results.

  • Complexity Jenga: Finding Confidence in Chaos

    Complexity abounds. How are you navigating it in your organization (and our larger world)? 

    Suzanne helps you forge a future-focused mindset through her agility toolkit, so you’ll innovate in new, smarter ways. She covers:

    - Change as a strategy

    - Complexity management vs. problem-solving

    - Understanding change-averse mindsets

    - Moving from overthinking to creative solutioning

    Suzanne brings her experience as a change practitioner and transformation coach to help you grow confidence and thrive in complex environments. You’ll learn to steer through chaos and catalyze new levels of collaboration to minimize noise and increase productivity.

  • Effectively Engaging in Feedback

    Are you struggling to give and receive feedback effectively? Suzanne invites you to shift your approach to feedback – providing techniques for productive conversations that build trust, move dialogue forward, and ignite creativity. She covers:

    - How to move beyond common feedback triggers

    - Observation vs. evaluation: checking your stories

    - Recognizing unproductive feedback patterns

    - Delivering feedback through a coaching lens

    Cultivating your feedback superpowers fuels next level collaboration and fosters continuous learning for everyone involved. Suzanne’s insights will build your confidence to successfully prepare for (and engage in) an upcoming feedback conversation, and help you build stronger relationships in the process.

  • Influencing: Finding Common Ground and Mutual Benefit

    Open your aperture to see influencing in a new light: as a crucial tool in persuading others to consider varied ideas, beliefs, or behaviors. Imagine your increased ability to sway decisions and outcomes, and surface new ways of working together. Suzanne shows you: 

    - What effective influencing looks like

    - How to persuade with both empathy and authenticity

    - Ways to listen with curiosity while avoiding assumptions

    - Strategies that encourage an exchange of ideas, opinions, and concerns

    Suzanne harnesses her experience as a negotiator, partnership broker, and transformation leader to help you build trust and inspire confidence with diverse stakeholders — showing you how to navigate common obstacles to gain buy-in effectively.

Hosting & Moderating

Suzanne hosts discussions, panels, and town halls to deliver experiences that guide listeners, attendees, and viewers through thought-provoking dialogues that surface impactful insights.

What Audiences Say

  • "Suzanne's presentation landed really well. We had about 300 attendees in 5 different hubs across the country, and everybody was really engaged. I thought it was really impressive to see how many people were participating and even more impressive was how it felt like Suzanne was right there in the room with us."

  • “Would love to have Suzanne come back again next year. She’s like Simon Sinek - I could listen to her all day.”

  • "Suzanne has a voice of expertise. It's really clear that she knows and deeply understands what she's talking about, and she can deliver her wisdom or those insights in a way that's empathetic because she's such a good listener."