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Where insight

meets action.

Testimonials

I had been in therapy for years, but I still felt stuck.  That’s when I found Susan, and it was a game-changer.  With her guidance, I now not only better understand how my unique challenges were impacting my life, but more importantly how to actively overcome them. I finally feel empowered, motivated, and more satisfied with the progress in my personal and professional lives.  I can’t thank her enough for the support and insights she provided!
- Scott B.
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Susan helped me realize that by supportively empowering those around me, I can break through my own workplace fears and have greater confidence in my own abilities. She helped me turn my leadership insecurities into strengths.  Not only has my status and relationships improved at work, I’ve honestly become a better partner at home also. I could not be more proud of my progress under Susan’s guidance
– Andrew O.
Working with Susan I am finally overcoming the challenges that have been repeatedly standing in the way of my achieving my goals.  I feel encouraged even when I know she is really holding me accountable.  Susan takes the time to really understand and support me in a manner that is finally enabling me to make meaningful progress.  Thank you for investing in me!
– Kyla K.
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Susan

McCutchan

Discovery Session


My segue into coaching began in 2021 after over a decade working in corporate HR.  As the depth of professional relationships grew, I was often entrusted with personal information and encouraged to take a more holistic approach to tackling the hurdles that were repeatedly holding colleagues back from maximizing their professional potential.

My segue into coaching began in 2021 after over a decade working in corporate HR.  As the depth of professional relationships grew, I was often entrusted with personal information and encouraged to take a more holistic approach to tackling the hurdles that were repeatedly holding colleagues back from maximizing their professional potential.

Not only did my clients become more successful in their professional lives but so too in their personal lives.  After all, just as we may bring our personal biases or frustrations to work, at least as often we bring our work frustrations home to our personal relationships.

Soon I was being sought out by and began informally coaching many on a broad spectrum of personal and professional goals, sharing in the satisfaction that comes from bringing about transformative change.  It was at this point that it became clear that I had to formalize my coaching career, leading me to establish SMC.  

Aware of the reputation of the coaching industry as a highly unregulated one, it was important to me that I complete my training with the Co-Active Training Institute, widely regarded as the “gold standard” of coach training programs.

Approach and

Areas of Focus:

Coaching to Complement Therapy

Coaching is a powerful tool to complement and enhance therapeutic outcomes.  I love working with my clients to bridge insight into action.  In many cases, clients have been in therapy for years and haven’t been able to integrate therapeutic insights into their daily lives.  They are aware of their problems and tired of going deeper without having opportunity for practical application.  My clients want change.  Through action-oriented coaching with strategy focussed accountability, they find themselves able to unlock their full potential.

Professional Development

Often our success in the professional arena turns as much on our ability to navigate interpersonal relationships as on our technical abilities.  Through a holistic approach, having regard to your unique professional circumstances and personal experience, we will design actionable strategies that will facilitate your professional development and success - professionally and, in most cases, personally.

Looking forward, not forgetting

The past is a vast place.  It is easy to get lost in it.  We will take a forward-focused approach, aiming to unlock your full potential.  Often, however, we are burdened by the self-limiting beliefs internalized from our past that leave us stuck from fully enjoying our future.  The good news is that by understanding and contextualizing these self-limiting beliefs, we can learn to leave them in the past where they belong, to develop healthier habits and to take greater control of our future.

Talent 

Management

Consulting:


My segue into coaching began in 2021 after over a decade working in corporate HR.  As the depth of professional relationships grew, I was often entrusted with personal information and encouraged to take a more holistic approach to tackling the hurdles that were repeatedly holding colleagues back from maximizing their professional potential.

Full-Cycle Recruitment:

Development and implementation of recruitment strategies, including processes, templates, tools and manager guides and workshops to facilitate the hiring of staff.

Advisory:

Creation and implementation of comprehensive policies and procedures manuals. Development and delivery of employee onboarding, training and performance management and evaluation programs.

Termination and Transition Services:

Preparation for and attendance at termination meetings, transition coaching, and business continuity and communication plans for companies looking to restructure or exit employees.

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