Susan Power is the Founder and CEO of PowerUp Leadership, a boutique leadership coaching advisory company in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The company vision is to empower teams to realize their potential through better leadership. Over Susan’s 25+ year career, she has supported many leaders to successfully transition from technical leader to effectively lead and inspire a team towards high performance.

Susan built her consulting skills working at a various firms in Toronto including time at Accenture. She founded Higher Talent, a consulting business in Newfoundland and Labrador, and sold it In 2016, to join JD Irving Ltd. as the Executive HR Director, before returning to entrepreneurship.  

As a coach, clients describe Susan’s authentic style as “approachable and warm. Susan is astute in listening and being able to bring out the best in others, enabling them to learn more instinctively.” Susan is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation, has the ICD.D ( Institute of Corporate Directors Designation), a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL), and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Calgary. Susan can be reached at susan@powerupleadership.ca.