Susan Cucuzza
Susan Cucuzza, Master Certified Coach (MCC), is an international executive coach, wellness coach, and founder of Live Forward LLC. Susan is also part of a select group of executive coaches with Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management Executive Education programs.
Susan helps leaders become their best selves, from the inside out. Those who coach with her want to move toward their personal vision of success in work and in life and are eager to make changes.
Susan’s executive coaching includes style and behaviors, 360-degree and stakeholder feedback, succession planning, performance management and career plans, executive presence, and emotional intelligence. Personal coaching in life and wellness is aligned with her engagements; this might include goals around diet and nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, and relationships.
Susan applies emotional intelligence, appreciative inquiry, the intentional change process, character strengths, and authentic leadership to her coaching engagements.
Susan coaches individuals pursuing new and different career paths. She brings many years of human resources experience hiring, promoting and moving talent across businesses and geographies. She has recruited, interviewed and hired hundreds of individuals at all levels and has trained and coached hiring managers in the selection process. In Susan’s coaching business, she partnered with Lee Hecht Harrison, a national outplacement firm, to provide one-on-one career coaching and to teach classes in resume writing, job search, and interviewing.
Prior to launching Live Forward LLC, Susan led HR programs nationally and internationally in Fortune 500 companies, with special focus on leadership and talent development. She was responsible for succession planning, leadership and organizational development, recruiting, rewards and employee relations, including international HR responsibilities. Companies in which she worked span across global manufacturing, consulting, and financial services industries and include Textron Inc., ArvinMeritor, Deloitte, KPMG, and National City Bank.
Certifications
- Master Certified Coach (MCC)
- Board Certified Coach (BCC)
- National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
- Certified Life Coach
- Weatherhead Coaching for Intentional Development Certificate
- Weatherhead Emotionally Intelligent Leader Certificate
- Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI) 360-degree assessment
- Lominger Voices® 360-degree assessment
- Lominger Leadership Architect®
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI)
- Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Orientation-Behavior® (FIRO-B)
- Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Green Belt
Education
- MBA - Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management
- BA, Business Administration - Baldwin-Wallace College