Susan Stockton

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT SUSAN STOCKTON

Throughout my 30+ years as an advocate for global businesses and women’s organizations, I have utilized my competencies as an effective communicator, team manager and strategic thinker to grow organizations, manage projects, build cross-cultural teams, assess risks, and communicate team objectives. My specialty is to align an organization’s mission with its day-to-day projects and incorporate its values and ethics into purpose-driven leadership teamsTraits Consensus-building, process-focused and decisive team leader Values-based approach to team leadership Proven track record in leading strategic initiatives Dynamic and global perspective on problem solving Motivating communicator Career Progression Lived and worked on three continents as GE lawyer with increasing responsibility as leader of multifunction/multidiscipline teams advancing policy initiatives, business transactions and conflict resolution Advocate and volunteer for women- and children-focused organizations in Japan, United States and Switzerland Selected Accomplishments Spearheaded Kappa Delta’s response to global pandemic and the financial, operational and housing impact, set priorities, allocated resources, and structured teams, resulting in retention of all chapters and facilities, lessened financial impact, and responsive programming Growth-focused champion who created a more transparent process for board approval of extension opportunities, spearheaded the establishment of 11 new chapters, substantiated extension success with metric-driven methodology for each new chapter to determine year-over-year progress in all key categories Challenged to lead major overhaul of values-based member policies and procedures as necessitated by evolving legal, societal and university expectations of this mission-based organization. Partnered with staff and volunteers and drove review from selected staff, collegians, volunteers, university administrators, risk advisers. Oversaw effective communication plan to all constituencies, including training webinars Energized a division-wide team to deliver projects aimed at driving company growth. Focused on creating a business-focused legal department through reforming the legal team\'s education program, revitalizing the communication to team members, and focusing managers on e-Learning tools to improve team members\' business focus. Selected as one of three GE Legal Team Merit recipients which recognized top-performing attorneys from over 800 attorneys company-wide