Susan Leahy

A QUICK PEEK AT SUSAN LEAHY CSP

Susan Leahy MA CSP is a certified speaking professional with more than 15 years of speaking experience. She brings practical real-world knowledge to the stage. She is the co-founder of Group to TEAM Leadership Solutions Inc. a training and consulting organization that supports clients to build a powerful culture of TEAM. She is the owner of America's top-rated Robert's Rules of Order training site (RobertsRulesMadeSimple.com) and has personally spoken to and trained thousands of boards across the US and Canada on how to use Robert's Rules of Order as a TEAM building tool to get more work done. She is able to make this dull subject relevant and even fun and entertaining. She is also the woman behind The Confident Woman Program, an online training that was born out of her desire to support women to give themselves greater permission to lead. Susan is high energy, and her presentation style is interactive, fun yet practical and relevant. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about what Susan Leahy CSP has to offer your audiences. Enjoy her BIO as she shares all she has to offer. Susan looks forward to working with you!

GROUP TO TEAM LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS INC. & SUSAN LEAHY CSP

Are you working in an organization where people have become cynical, frustrated or demotivated? Do your employees and managers need a new and fresh approach to generate more TEAM? Then Susan Leahy MA CSP, founder of Group to TEAM Leadership Solutions Inc. can support you to "build a culture of TEAM."

"Raise Your Hand if you want more TEAM in your life!" invites certified speaking professional Susan Leahy CSP, at a recent executive leadership conference.

The half-day training that followed had members of this professional organization giving high fives, laughing and learning. Susan Leahy artfully wove key leadership distinctions into an engaging program, inviting her audience to share, express and be a part of the experience. Susan is a powerful and passionate female speaker and her company, Group to TEAM Leadership Solutions Inc., has provided speaking, training, and coaching for companies big and small. Some of her larger clients include The FDA, The United States Air Force (Air Education Training Command) and Citi-Banamex (the largest bank in Mexico).

Susan understands that while TEAM will make companies more profitable, it will also make the lives of those that work at the company more fulfilling and rewarding. Susan and her business partner Freeman Michaels have re-engineered leadership training to match a business climate that thrives on collaboration and innovation. Organizations who work with Susan and Freeman discover new ways to generate and create TEAM. Through their interactive training, keynotes, breakout sessions and coaching they provide their audiences a powerful yet simple roadmap to experiencing more TEAM both personally and professionally.

The core premise of Group to TEAM is simple and empowering. We remind managers and employees that there are only two options! GROUP OR TEAM. Group occurs when people are organizing around self-interest, while TEAM occurs when people are organizing around a shared interest or common cause.

"Everything that you do, you think, you say, or you feel is either keeping you stuck in group or elevating you to the experience of TEAM." 

Understanding this simple yet powerful core premise allows personal ownership within an organization. People are inspired to think about how they are showing up in situations both at work and at home. We invite participants to ask themselves these two important questions:

"Am I being GROUP?"

Or

"Am I being TEAM?"

Susan and her Group to TEAM business partner Freeman believe that team-building is a powerful leadership skill and that leadership is NOT a title.  Leadership has nothing to do with managing tasks, time or even people.  Leadership is about managing "context" – it is about managing purpose and intention. And leadership is about managing space – the space wherein people co-create.  When people are put together they are going to co-create something – leadership is about creating a space where "something NEW can emerge."

Each of Susan's programs holds that space and creates a new experience for the audience. 

"Leadership isn't about giving the same speech over and over, it is about trusting yourself and the audience to come together as a team to create something new that feels dynamic, life-changing and memorable. Most of all leadership inspires people to take action and to participate more fully in their life."

ROBERT'S RULES MADE SIMPLE & SUSAN LEAHY CSP

Susan Leahy M.A. is known for her ability to take this relatively dry content and breathe new life into board development and teaching Robert's Rules of Order. Yes, Susan has even provided multiple keynote addresses about Robert's Rules of Order and audiences love her energy and style. Thousands of board members are tasked with using Robert's Rules of Order, but many are lost, intimidated or are left feeling confused. In a time when associations are scrambling to keep members, Susan advises that you use your meetings as a retention and recruitment tool. Susan Leahy CSP brings a unique passion, style, and energy into teaching this dense yet important content. It is her philosophy that Robert's Rules of Order should not be used as a weapon, but used as a powerful TEAM building tool!

Susan understands that GREAT TEAMS RUN GREAT MEETINGS and as one of the nation's leading Robert's Rules of Order training providers she teaches how to utilize Robert's Rules as a powerful TEAM building tool. Robert's Rules Made Simple's online training products, live webinars, in-person training and, keynotes are being used by thousands of boards across the US and Canada.

The average working professional spends 36 hours per month in meetings, and it is reported that over half that time is wasted. Susan Leahy CSP believes she is saving her audiences lives by teaching and motivating them to use and learn the fundamentals of Robert's Rules of Order to get more work done!

THE CONFIDENT WOMAN PROGRAM & SUSAN LEAHY CSP

How would the world shift if women gave themselves greater permission to lead? While we, as women, have made so much progress there is still so much farther we all need to go. Confident women help to generate more confident men. Confidence is when we can give our selves permission to participate in life more fully and more freely. It is when I can stand as an integrated person, who can access both my masculine and my feminine qualities. It is the integration and acceptance of my full self that gives power and empowers. Confidence is your ability to feel the fear but do it anyway. Confidence is the ability for you to write your own story. Confidence is your ability to generate and create healthy relationships that support growth and progress. As a woman, Susan Leahy MA CSP loves to speak directly to women about how to find and allow the full power of their voice, to stand up, speak up and lead!

ON A PERSONAL NOTE ABOUT SUSAN LEAHY CSP

Susan has her undergraduate degree in Food Marketing and Agricultural Business Management from Cal Poly Pomona, as well as a Master's degree from Baster University in Applied Behavioral Science with an emphasis in coaching and consulting.

Susan is the very proud mother of two young, energetic children and is very happily married to her Canadian husband, life partner and best friend, Jared. 

Susan believes that her greatest teachings about how to live and love well came from her parents Jan and Ken Leahy. Susan's parents were married very happily for 42 years before her mother's death from cancer, in late 2006. As a certified speaking professional, business owner, wife and, mother, Susan lives by two main beliefs:

#1. "Life is supposed to feel good!"

#2. "I am the creator and the chooser!"

Susan translates this message to her audiences so that they always leave feeling good and empowered to continue to create greatness both personally and professionally!

Susan and her family are living full-time in Playa Del Carmen Mexico and maintain offices in Los Angeles CA.

FINAL FUN FACT: Susan was raised by a mother who was a professional clown and a father who was a career Marine! Oohrah! Susan creates keynote experiences that are seriouly fun!