Suzanne Daigle

Background

Business strategist, communications specialist and organizational leadership coach, Suzanne Daigle spent the first 25 years of her career in manufacturing and telecommunications working in the United States and Canada.

Today, she helps individuals and groups create a culture of community in their organizations leading to high performance and shared mission, using engagement processes like Open Space Technology, World Café and other dialogue modalities.

She is also certified in DiSC assessment tools, which are widely used around the world to help individuals and teams improve self-awareness, work productivity, teamwork, and communication.

Suzanne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. She lives in Sarasota, Florida.

Engagement is the key to High Performance

Suzanne believes that when we invite diverse people, multi-generational, multi-disciplined and multi-hierarchical, to actively participate in the REAL issues of the business, we unleash the personal and collective leadership that ultimately builds a culture of innovation, creativity, high energy and peak performance.

Simply stated, everything starts with a conversation. Too often, people are not invited to the table and as a result, strategies are developed and priorities are set that do not take into account the important perspectives that could invite a much different set of solutions and possibilities.

“Ironically, we often feel we don’t have time to engage others and yet, by operating in silos or consulting the same people all the time, we lose the huge impact of what individuals can contribute,” says Suzanne. “All talk no action is a backward way to think. Smart talk with diverse people, who care about the topic and want to contribute, leads to better action every time.”

Suzanne knows first-hand that by treating each other as equals and valuing our diversity and strengths as unique individuals and teams, we will drive high performance and will achieve significant transformative change in our organizations and communities.

She sees individual and corporate growth progressing simultaneously. She also knows from experience that change can happen fast with results that astound when you trust the power of the people around you. All it takes is an invitation for all who care to come!