Susanne May

Founder & CEO @May & Company

I have always believed that organizational success depends on people success. My passion for bringing out the potential in people led me start a woman-owned consulting company specializing in culture change, leadership development, and programs to show people how to overcome the bottlenecks that arise from lack of communication and failure to agree on goals and methods. May & Company is part of WEconnect International, a network supported by the World Bank Group with a broad client base that includes the United Nations, Fortune 500 companies, leading NGOs, other consulting organizations, and business schools ranked in the top tier by the Financial Times. We offer strategic leadership consulting, customized leadership development programs, cultural assessment, organizational change and renewal guidance, process assessment, and digital learning programs. Delivered leadership programs to global NGOs and top-tier private sector clients that reached over participants and achieved an overall, 10-year average NPS of >80%, with a 90% renewal rate. Reached participants in 96 countries with Performance Culture Change program for a first-rank UN Agency, making a significant difference in culture and process efficiencies. 72% of participants rated us \"Very Good/Good\" for program effectiveness, and 85% rated May & Company performance \"Excellent/Very Good. Selected by a leading international banking organization as sole provider for worldwide female executive coaching, diversity, female leadership, and other programs; have implemented leadership and diversity programs for this organization since 2012. Led a 3-year executive and management Cluster Climate Change Intervention program, as well as an executive/management coaching program, for the same global organization.