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Create your Roadmap Forward

With career and leadership development coaching
that unlocks your potential and fuels growth.

 
 
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Meet Susan

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If you’re looking to master your brand, message, and strategy for getting that next-level role or to become a more influential leader, I can support you through your journey.

If you’re looking to empower your team so that they can lead more purposefully and powerfully, let’s design the right coaching program to fit your needs.

Find out how my expertise and methodologies provide real results for both businesses and individual clients. Experience how my active listening skills enable me to form a close partnership with clients in every session.

 
 
 
 

Susan named and affirmed the skills and experiences I cultivated throughout my work experience, and offered insight that helped me identify my priorities for not only my next position, but for my body of work.

Adrienne StRicker
Educator & Advisor

 
 
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My Coaching Mission

To open pathways to growth for professionals at every stage in their career.

GrowForward Coaching + Consulting was founded to support job seekers and emerging-to-senior managers understand their strengths and gifts, uncover what holds them back from full engagement, and put learning into action to get sustainable results. 

My experience as a former people manager, HR partner, and management consultant -- combined with my intuition and trust in my clients -- informs my practice. I will help you (or your team) show up and shine your light.  

 
 
 
 

Susan is very motivating.

— CODY F.
Director Human Resources

 
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My journey to serve professionals in their careers led me to become a Certified Professional Coach (CPC). I am also a Master Practitioner in Energy Leadership Index Assessments (ELI-MP), obtaining both certifications from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). 

Additionally, I am a Certified Career Services Provider (CCSP) from the National Career Development Association, hold dual HR certifications as a PHR and SHRM-CP, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. 

 
 
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Find out more

Is coaching
for you?

The ROI of
career coaching

My corporate
background

 
 
 
 
 

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I can't recommend Susan enough. 

Susan asked the right questions in the beginning to know exactly how to work with me, and molded her program to fit my needs. I had been job hunting for over a year, and I was really struggling. After three months of working with her, I was calm and confident in what I had to offer a potential employer, and her guidance helped me land the right job at the right time! 

— Kiersten DeBrower
Director of Learning & Development

 
 
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