Faculty: Susan Ennis, MEd

Susan Ennnis

Susan Ennis, MEd

Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching

Email
susan_​ennis@williamjames.edu
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Degree Major/Emphasis Institution Year
MEd Curriculum Design and Instruction Northeastern University 1974
BA Social Psychology/Social Anthropology/Sociology, with honors Harvard University 1973

Courses

  • Executive Coaching Practicum EC 571
  • Field Placement Coordinator for Executive Coaching

Research and Practice Interests

  • Executive Coaching
  • Impact of socioeconomic class on career paths, identity, social and family relationships
  • Influence: leaders use of and resistance to

Publications and Presentations

  • Guidelines for Executive Coaching and Competencies of Executive Coaches @ www.executivecoachingforum.com  6th edition copyright 2001-2015
  • “What Makes a Great Executive Coaching Relationship” Presentation and Panel Discussion, Coaching for Business Results Conference Board January 2003
  • “Initiating Executive Coaching in Your Organization” chapter in Executive Coaching: Perspectives and Practices, Catherine Fitzgerald and Jennifer Garvey Berger editors Davies Black
    Publishers, 2002
  • “Maximizing Executive Coaching Effectiveness” Executive Coaching Conference, Linkage, Boston, April 1999
  • “Executive Coaching – An Overview and Key Concerns” Boston University Executive Development Roundtable, Dec 1998
  • Executive Coaching – Panel of HR Managers” Human Resource Management Group, May 1998
  • “Executive Coaching – An Emerging Practice Boston University CEO Forum, April 1998
  • “Assessing Employee Competencies” chapter in Evaluating Corporate Training: Models and Issues”.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, June 1997
  • “New Directions in Competency-Based Pay and Management”. American Compensation Association Performance and Rewards Forum, October 1996
  • “Competencies for Human Resources Professionals”.  Presentation – New England Human Resource Association, September 1996
  • “Utilizing Competencies to Drive Strategic Change:  Positioning Digital for the Future”, Human Resource Management Group / Human Resource Planning Society, May 1996
  • “Staffing the New Product Management Organization” Competency-Based Selection Tools and Techniques Conference International Quality and Productivity Center Conference January 1996
  • “How to Organize and Manage HRD in Today’s Companies” Lesley College – HRD Course October 1995
  • “Using Competencies to Position Digital for the Future” Royal Bank of Canada August 1995
  • “The Outside-In Model:  Bringing the Best Practices of a Consulting Company into the Human Resources Function”  Written for Publication – 1996

Prior Experience

  • Held multiple roles in Talent Management, Organizational Development, Management and Leadership Development and Executive Coaching during the past 45 years.
  • For the last 25 years, have run an independent Executive Development and Executive Coaching Practice. Worked in over 70 client systems with hundreds of clients.
  • Taught the GCEC Executive Coaching Practicum since 2012.

Professional Affiliations

  • Institute of Coaching

Community Involvement

  • Work closely with the Social Innovation Forum to provide coaching to social justice leaders
  • Pro Bono coach with LedBy, a leadership program for Muslim Indian women leaders
  • Pro Bono coach with the Algebra Project, developing math literacy as a civil right