Susan Schwartz
Susan Schwartz has led a variety of corporate and government teams through organizational change and technology transformation. Her change toolbox combines Emotional Intelligence, Lego Serious Play, and knowledge sharing methods. She equips subject experts transitioning into leadership roles to hone their communications and relationship building skills enabling them to become world class managers. Susan is the author of Creating a Greater Whole: A Project Manager’s Guide to Becoming a Leader and co-author of Turning Ideas Into Impact: Insights From Silicon Valley Consultants.
Creating a Greater Whole
Creating a Greater Whole unlocks the not-so-secret secrets of what aspiring managers need to become strong leaders. This information-rich, easy to understand guide offers readers an immediate clear path to honing their leadership skills using the rigor and discipline of project management principles. Topics include stakeholder management, collaborative communication, multi-criteria decision making, and conflict management. Reflective exercises in each chapter raise key questions for readers to craft their own development path. The process invites emerging leaders to draw from their past experiences, recognize their intrinsic capabilities, and identify specific skills to cultivate.
Turing Ideas Ito Impact
Silicon Valley is recognized globally as a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship. It's the birthplace of world-famous companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook and home to a few legends such as NASA at the Ames Research Center. Our 16 authors have created 16 high-impact chapters that can give you and your business the Silicon Valley advantage.
Why is Silicon Valley such an entrepreneurial place? A major contributor to the phenomenon is our diversity--half of us don't speak English at home. But our diversity goes far beyond ethnicity. A wide variety of perspectives, thinking styles, and work approaches also contributes to the magic of Silicon Valley, creating breakthroughs that have disrupted business models (Airbnb and Lyft) and even shifted our perception of the future of meat (the "Impossible Burger").
Susan Schwartz
Blog Posts:
People: The Essential Component for Digital Transformation Success
Wanted: Engineers with Both Technical and Soft Skills
Contact Susan:
Susan G. Schwartz, PMP
The River Birch Group
703-395-1219
Author, Creating A Greater Whole:
A Project Manager’s Guide to Becoming a Leader
Co-Author, Turning Ideas into Impact, Insights from 16 Silicon Valley Consultants
