Susan Wright

• An executive coach with a purpose-driven planning process designed to achieve client goals
• A senior Human Resource strategist with the energy and focus to drive individual and organizational change
• A skilled facilitator in empowering diverse interest groups to reach common goals
• A dynamic leader and educator who sees complexity and depth through an integral lens
• An author and leading conceptual thinker in the field of adult learning and development.

Dr. Susan Wright is President of The Coaching Project Inc., a Canadian firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development and coach education.

Susan works with a wide variety of corporate and nonprofit organizations on projects from coaching a single executive to designing and implementing a new leadership culture for a entire company. She is an expert on organizational change. She often works with senior teams on issues of succession, talent management, strategic planning and leadership development. Some of her clients include Johnson & Johnson, MDS, AEGON, Franklin Templeton, Citigroup, CBC, Nationwide Enterprise, New York Life, West Group Publishing, Dial, Husky, Minto.

Susan is also very active in adult education, directing the Leader Coach and Internal Coach certification programs offered by The Coaching Project. She leads personal development workshops using the power of story to confront our immunity to change. She was a part-time Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York for eight years. For five years, she was a Program Director for the Professional Coach Certification Program at the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara. For the past ten years, she has been on the faculty of the Executive MBA program with Athabasca University.

She is the former Corporate Vice President of Human Resources at Ontario Hydro where she played a central role in business change strategy and leadership development. Susan has written and spoken extensively in her field and is the author of two books, Learning Works and Leadership Alchemy as well as a number of book chapters and published articles. She has worked internationally in Malaysia, Africa, the Caribbean, Peru and Australia. She is a volunteer for several international organizations and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sawa World.

Susan has a Doctorate in Education from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University. She is a certified professional coach of the Hudson Institute and holds a Certificate in Integral Theory from John F. Kennedy University.

The hallmarks of Susan’s style are energy, focus, imagination and strong leadership.