Leadership development for executives, managers, and teams navigating real business change.
Suzanne L. Maxwell, PhD partners with clients to clarify goals, strengthen communication, align teams, and turn complex business challenges into practical action plans.
20+ yearsof business consulting and project management experience
PhDin sociology with social psychology specialization
Coachingfor executives, senior managers, teams, and professionals
Globalexperience across the United States, Canada, and Europe
Why Maxwell Group
When leadership is complicated, the work needs to be practical.
Leaders are often expected to make decisions, influence people, and move work forward while the goals, roles, and pressures around them are changing. Maxwell Group gives clients a focused space to step back, regain perspective, and design the next practical move.
Suzanne’s work combines executive coaching, organizational consulting, and a deep understanding of human and social behavior with real-world business experience.
Services
Coaching and consulting built around the outcomes clients need to achieve.
Support can focus on individual leaders, teams, strategic priorities, or leadership development through equine assisted coaching.
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Individual Coaching
Suzanne partners with executives, managers, and professionals to help them succeed, grow, and find fulfillment in their professional and personal lives.
Identify and solve pressing business issues
Create action plans for professional goals
Address new performance demands
Improve communication and working relationships
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Team Facilitation and Coaching
Teams get more done when they work together effectively. Facilitation helps teams reduce conflict, improve working relationships, and focus on the work that matters.
Strategic planning
Board retreats
Culture discovery
Team building and conflict resolution
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Strategic Consulting
With extensive consulting and project management experience, Suzanne helps clients make sense of ambiguous business situations and design effective improvement plans.
Leadership development
Organizational change
Change implementation
Project and implementation management
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Equine Assisted Leadership Coaching
Through Stable Leadership, Suzanne also supports leadership development using equine assisted coaching to build awareness, communication, trust, and presence.
Leadership presence
Behavior awareness
Team communication
Learning through direct experience
Approach
A straightforward process for moving from insight to action.
Suzanne is known for a collaborative, authentic style that is grounded in practical business knowledge, clear communication, and strong client relationships.
Clarify
Define the real issue and desired result.
Clients identify the business, career, team, or leadership challenge that needs attention now.
Align
Connect goals, expectations, and behaviors.
The work focuses on what needs to shift so people can collaborate more effectively.
Act
Create a practical plan and follow through.
Clients develop targeted action plans that support progress, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
Repeat
Build the ability to succeed again.
The goal is not only to solve the current issue, but to help clients repeat their success over time.
About Suzanne
Suzanne L. Maxwell, PhD
Leadership Development Coach and Business Consultant at Maxwell Group, LLC. Equine Assisted Coach at Stable Leadership.
As an executive coach and business consultant, Suzanne partners with clients seeking intentional and purposeful change so they can achieve desired outcomes and results. Her work is client-centered, possibility-driven, and focused on helping clients clarify goals, create action plans, and make steady progress toward what matters most.
Her background combines domestic and international business consulting, project management, executive coaching, leadership development, organizational change, strategy development, executive team facilitation, and implementation management.
Education and certifications
Texas A&M UniversityDoctoral Degree - Sociology, Social Psychology
University of MemphisMaster’s Degree - Sociology, Criminology and Mental Health
University of MemphisBachelor’s Degree - Sociology
UT Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of ManagementGraduate Certificate, Executive and Professional Coaching
Southern Methodist UniversityGraduate Certification, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Professional Certified CoachCertified by the International Coach Federation
Experience
A consulting and coaching career across leadership, strategy, change, and team development.
President, Maxwell Group, LLC
Leadership coaching and consulting for executives, new managers, management teams, and organizations facing business challenges.
Leadership Development Equine Assisted Coach, Stable Leadership
Equine assisted coaching focused on leadership development, communication, awareness, and team effectiveness.
Leadership Development Coach, BNSF Railway
Contract leadership development coaching with an emphasis on communication, interpersonal skills, and management development.
Executive Talent Development Coach, Lee Hecht Harrison
Coaching solutions for C-suite and board advisory, accelerated development, integration coaching, and performance support coaching.
Faculty and Executive Coach, UT Dallas
Served in the Executive and Professional Coaching Program and provided coaching for the Executive MBA Program.
Targetbase, PwC, Pritchett, KPMG, Arthur Young
Talent management, organizational change, corporate strategy, HR consulting, customer service management, cultural transformation, and management consulting.
Representative Clientele
Experience with complex organizations and measurable business challenges.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Principal Consultant, Organizational Change and Strategy. Led process change and organization change efforts that improved communication, executive sponsorship, and business development outcomes.
KPMG
Director, Organizational Change Consulting. Supported international headquarters by translating worldwide vision across organizational and cultural boundaries and facilitating cross-cultural teams.
Additional sectors
Technology, oil and gas, finance, manufacturing, construction, transportation, professional services, higher education, healthcare, and telecommunications.
Recommendations
What colleagues and clients have said.
"Suzanne is a very effective business and leadership coach, one that focuses on the uniqueness of the situation, and then assists the client in developing action learning that benefits the organization and the individual in a results oriented manner."
Joe Philipp, Insight Consulting
"I have really enjoyed working with Suzanne. She is personable, has a high degree of integrity and brings creative solutions to the table. She is a great resource in many different areas."
Debra Keitzer Outlaw, Perryman Financial Advisory, Inc.
Contact
Start with a focused conversation about the challenge, the desired outcome, and the support needed.
For inquiries about executive coaching, leadership development, team facilitation, strategic consulting, or equine assisted coaching, contact Maxwell Group.