Dr. Susan Murphy is a business and organizational consultant whose background includes over 25 years of national and international experience with over 300 organizations including many Fortune 500 companies. Her clients include the U.S. Air Force, the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Stanford University and the American Hospital Association.

Susan has an extensive background, which combines the three worlds of corporate leadership, academia and management consulting. She has been an Executive in two Fortune 500 Corporations, has served on the faculty at the University of San Francisco, Graduate School, and has performed corporate-wide international management consulting for 20 years to a variety of industries.

Susan has written 8 books, including the recently published 4 book series on Maximizing Performance Management. "Aligning the Team with Practice Goals", "Leading, Coaching, and Mentoring the Team", "Building and Rewarding Your Team", "Relationship Management and the New Workforce".

"In the Company of Women" co-authored with Dr. Pat Heim, Conversations on Success, Quantitative Approaches to Management" and "GenR8tns" with Claire Raines Associates.

 She holds a B.S. from Vanderbilt University, M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, M.A. in Organization Development and a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems.

In 2004 Dr. Murphy received a Lifetime Achievement award Vanderbilt University.