Speaking & Webinars
Retain & Develop Your Technical Talent—Before They Leave
THE CHALLENGE
I get it. It's a tough market for everyone but women in technology with 10-20 years of experience leave at twice the rate of men.
Not because they lack competence, but because workplaces fail to recognize and reward it effectively.
The cost?
Loss of institutional knowledge, decreased team diversity of thought, and the expense of replacing senior technical talent in an already competitive market.
THE SOLUTION
Research-backed, practical strategies delivered with humor and insight.
My talks engage mixed-gender audiences and create real behavior change—not just inspiration that fades by Monday morning.
What Corporate Clients Say
"I never knew someone with a PhD could be so funny!"
"Practical, humorous, and thought-provoking."
"The best virtual event one employee said she'd ever attended."
Four Core Speaking Topics
01
The Competence Paradox: Getting Ahead in a World Obsessed with Confidence
Based on my book "The Con Job," this talk explores why workplaces promote those who speak with the most confidence—often those who know the least.
This event is ideal for highly competent professionals who sometimes feel overlooked.
This session offers strategies to leverage your skills and experience for recognition and career advancement.
Discover how great professionals can get ahead without oversimplifying their expertise in a world obsessed with confidence.
Key themes:
✦ Why deep expertise gets overlooked while superficial certainty gets rewarded
✦ The Dunning-Kruger effect in promotion decisions
✦ Evidence-based strategies that work for technical professionals
✦ How to value competence over confidence in organizational culture
02
Bounce Forward: Unlocking Resilience Through Uncertainty
We are living through turbulent times that require people to navigate AI disruption, organizational restructuring, and sustained ambiguity.
While headlines often feel dim, there are positive ways forward as we make sense of this complexity for ourselves and others.
It will require more than resilience on it's own.
This isn't about bouncing back to the status quo.
It's about 'bouncing forward' and emerging enhanced through challenge. This mindset shift requires creativity and new ways of framing challenges.
Key themes:
✦ Silence inner critics with evidence-based questions
✦ Embrace hard truths and recall resilience tactics
✦ Share resilience stories for adaptive mindset shifts
✦ Build teams that thrive through sustained change
03
Inspire Inclusion:
Improving Your Ripple Effects
Our actions and words travel far wider – often further than we even expect.
They create ripple effects for ourselves and contribute to organisational cultures.
This event is based on her multi-year projects consulting for 20 years for large organisations on culture change.
This helps attendees learn how to recognise and handle difficult colleagues better, and create a stronger, more inclusive culture.
Key themes:
✦ Mitigate unintended consequences of poor decisions
✦ Stand up to toxic behavior effectively
✦ Reward top performers based on values and behaviours, beyond bottom line outcomes
✦ Create stronger, more inclusive cultures
04
Beyond the Boys' Club: Raising Your Profile Authentically
Based on my book "Beyond the Boys' Club," this talk helps accomplished professionals own their achievements with integrity and delegate for growth.
This event focuses on elevating your professional profile with integrity.
This offers practical strategies for self-promotion while maintaining authenticity and credibility.
Key themes:
✦ Own your achievements without feeling inauthentic
✦ Embrace 80% perfection - identifying and acting on when 'good enough' is more than expected
✦ Model authentic self-promotion for you and your team
✦ Delegate strategically to create capacity for leadership
FORMAT
Standard Presentation:
- 40-minute presentation with interactive questions
- 20-minute Q&A or facilitated panel discussion
Optional Enhancement:
- Books sent directly to attendees' homes to embed learning
✦ All logistics arranged by Suzanne — easy for you to run
Jane Moran, Global CIO, Unilever
"Her message was very powerful and simple: 'No one cares as much about your career as you do!' It was a terrific session and we are already looking forward to having Suzanne come back!"
Berenice Mann, Senior Marketing Manager, Arm
"Two different events and the feedback couldn't have been stronger: very high attendance, fantastic panel facilitation, phenomenal engagement via the chat boxes and question tool, that Suzanne creatively encouraged and no one left the virtual room—all huge wins! One commented that it was the best virtual event she had attended."
Emily French, Head of Employee as a Customer, HSBC Bank Plc.
"380 chose to attend from all across Asia and Europe, and even more requested the recording, which highlights the impact we wanted the event to have! Would thoroughly recommend to other audiences who value insightful and thought-provoking events."
Tasnim Tudor, Director, Global Talent Programmes at CyberArk
"Suzanne spoke to our global audience prior to the release of 'The Con Job.' Her humour and incisive observations were a huge hit with our mixed gender audience and I'd thoroughly recommend buying books for attendees!"
Sharon Moore OBE, British Computing Society
"The feedback we received from our BCS Women event with Suzanne was outstanding and we'd have Suzanne back in a heartbeat. I love her no-holds barred approach and I'm sure you will too."
Morna Simpson, Girl Geeks Scotland
"Suzanne is simply amazing! Her line of questioning was seamless, immaculately researched and perfectly pitched for the audience we attract, with rave reviews including: 'The best event I have ever been to' to 'Amazing! World Class!'"
Get in touch to discuss speaking at your organization.
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