Hi, I’m Shawna Suckow, CVP, CMP, CSP. I started my career as a corporate planner, and after 15 years of putting out fires (that people never even knew existed) and juggling chainsaws on a unicycle while juggling (as planners do), everything changed. I wrote my first book which thrust me into speaking...very much against my will! After about a year of dreading it, I began to love it. Today, I can't imagine doing anything else.

I’ve dedicated my speaking career to empowering individuals, teams, and entire organizations to transform their work and life by helping them to get crystal clear on their goals, commit to bold action, and conquer the fear, doubt, and “good enough” mindset keeping them locked inside their ‘Fence of Familiarity.’ My keynotes focus on TAKING BOLD ACTION and helping audiences to stop saying "someday" and start saying "TODAY's the day!"

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My favorite t-shirt says, "Not Bossy, Just Aggressively Helpful." It served me well as a planner, and now it helps me inspire audiences and not allow them to use their usual excuses on themselves!​ Think of me as the friend who holds you accountable and won't let you settle, while making you laugh along the way.

My style is relatable, fun, and refreshingly real—no one-size-fits-all content here. I also aim to be the easiest speaker you'll ever work with, AND to make sure the audience understands how much work your team did (because the harder you work behind the scenes, the more it seems as if everything happened so easily!).