Speaker one-sheetSusan Motkaluk — Executive Coach and Bestselling Author
See the invisible. Do the impossible.
Executive coach, bestselling author and Vistage Worldwide Master Chair. Twenty five years helping leaders build success without losing themselves in the process.

Signature topics
Seasons of Soul
Why organizations, like people, move through seasons — and how leaders stop forcing summer results in a winter season. A practical language for change, growth and renewal.
See the Invisible. Do the Impossible.
From a Manitoba farm to running cities and companies. How leaders spot the constraints nobody names and build what others have written off.
First Principles Leadership
Strip a problem back to what is actually true, then rebuild. A working method for complex organizations, stalled strategies and decisions that matter.
Formats: keynote (45–60 min) · conference breakout · half-day or full-day workshop.
Credentials
- #1 Amazon Bestseller, Organizational Leadership
- Vistage Worldwide Master Chair · 2023 Chair Excellence Award
- Completed engineering at the University of Waterloo · Professional Engineering License
- Former CAO, City of Swift Current · Deputy CAO, Wood Buffalo
- Former CEO, Southbridge Development Corporation
- Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching certified
- United Nations Award Winning Work · Dubai International Award
Past engagements
- Vistage Worldwide CEO peer groups
- Vistage member events
- AI Whisperer for Business, with BDO, FoxNet and Vistage
- Founder Institute — judge and mentor
- Value Connect — Chairman of the Board

Seasons of Soul
Leadership, reconnecting work, families and communities. #1 Amazon bestseller.
Book Susan
Ashley, Office of Susan Motkaluk
ashley@sdminc.ca
susanmotkaluk.com/speaking