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Signature Leadership Program

Getting Good Things Done

Navigating Organizational Politics with Integrity

Every organization has a formal structure and an informal one. Leaders who understand both can move good work forward faster, with less friction and without trading away their integrity.

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“I would highly recommend GGTD to leaders who want to strengthen their ability to influence, navigate organizational politics, and get important work done while maintaining strong relationships and a respectful workplace culture. The program provides practical tools that can be applied immediately while also encouraging meaningful reflection on your own leadership approach.”
AvaCEO, George Derby Care Society

About the course

In complex, fast-moving organizations, great ideas and intentions aren't always enough. To make meaningful progress, leaders need more than strategy—they need the ability to navigate relationships, power dynamics, and competing priorities with clarity and integrity. Getting Good Things Done is a powerful, insight-driven course designed to help leaders cut through complexity and move work forward—without losing themselves in the process.

This program explores the unspoken rules of organizational life and offers practical tools to lead with influence, courage, and confidence. Participants will learn how to read the room, manage up, work across silos, and advocate for what matters—while staying grounded in their values.

Whether you're trying to shift culture, implement change, or simply get traction in your role, this course offers a fresh, empowering take on how to lead in the real world.

Who it’s for

  • Leaders and professionals who want to increase their impact and get meaningful things done with greater ease and integrity
  • Leaders whose good ideas keep stalling between decision tables
  • New executives learning an unfamiliar political landscape
  • Teams working across departments, agencies or partner organizations

What participants take away

  • Understand the role of power, influence and perception in organizational life
  • Recognize the informal dynamics that shape decision-making and progress
  • Learn how to manage up and across with clarity, confidence and purpose
  • Build political savvy without compromising your integrity
  • Create a personalized action plan to move the work—and your leadership—forward

Delivery formats

Open enrollment

Clients sign up, complete course work and attend sessions as individuals.

“Getting Good Things Done” opened up a whole new way of thinking for me. I was able to see my patterns in relationships and identify how I could strengthen my approach with the use of practical and structured tools. I loved having a learning partner and the size of the cohort allowed for open, insightful and honest dialogue as Suzanne created a very safe space for participants to share and learn. As someone who has built skills in political savviness quite intentionally over the past few years, there continued to be significant value in each lesson. I feel more prepared and confident now that I have an improved understanding of power, influence, networking and their connected and shared role in the path to “getting good things done”.

Brynn FHealthcare Leader

Corporate cohort

A business signs up a group of employees to go through the course together as a cohort.

Suzanne has demonstrated an exceptional ability to work with teams in complex, fast-moving environments, and I can say without reservation that our engagement together has been one of the most impactful investments our team has made.

Team cohesion is not something that happens by accident, and Suzanne understands this deeply. Her experience and approach is grounded, direct, and warm and she is never afraid to name what others might avoid. That combination of honesty and care is rare, and it is exactly what our team needed. The transformation in how we communicate, collaborate, and show up for one another has been both meaningful and lasting.

Lori BoothbyExecutive Director, Long Term Care, Island Health

What participants say

Suzanne is a master facilitator, coach, and leader. Her practical tips on building genuine connections, advocating for your ideas, and becoming a strategic communicator are transforming how I operate.

S. McClureHealthcare Leader

The Getting Good Things Done program has been invaluable in shaping my perspective on influence and political savviness. Suzanne's approach is thoughtful, insightful, and backed by real-world examples that resonate. The tools I've learned aren't just theoretical—they're practical, actionable strategies that I can apply to strengthen my relationships and communication. I especially appreciated the safe, collaborative environment she created for us to learn, reflect, and grow together. This course has equipped me to approach influence with both intention and confidence.

S. DhallaCEO, SafeCareBC

The course is a game-changer for me. I viewed political savvy with skepticism, believing it is more about manipulation than positive leadership. However, Suzanne's approach is completely shifting my perspective. She is breaking down the core principles of political savvy in a way that makes sense and she is doing it with rigor, wit, and experience. It is about mastering relationships, being informed, and navigating the unspoken rules of your organization with integrity.

Suzanne is a master facilitator, coach, and leader. Her practical tips on building genuine connections, advocating for your ideas, and becoming a strategic communicator is transforming how I operate.

If you're looking to elevate your career and sharpen your political savvy, I highly encourage you to enrol in this course. It is not a cliche, Suzanne is one in a million and the course is exceptional.

Shelley M2024 Program Participant
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