Susan Ujifusa Diamond
Susan Ujifusa Diamond is a highly experienced Executive Coach and Career Consultant. She has a solid reputation for helping clients in Fortune 500s develop "executive presence," particularly in high potentials or individual contributors and technical professionals whose next promotions require managerial finesse and leadership skills. Susan has been retained by The Conference Board to be program director for seminars and conferences on Executive Coaching. She selects the faculty for the “Learning from Legends” series held twice a year. She has also been a presenter on Executive Coaching for The Conference Board to the HR Council of India and at the Conference on Strategic e-HR. Mrs. Diamond has had extensive experience in original creation, design, delivery and management of career services, including for Mobil Corporation’s R & D facility. Because of the groundbreaking nature of this Center, Susan was selected to be a presenter at a Department of Defense Symposium on Best Civilian Outplacement Practices at the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, with proceedings published by the National Academy Press. She created content for the online Talent Alliance, a consortium of 15 major corporations. Susan recently designed a unique virtual and live Career and Executive Coaching service for the 80,000 member and 100,000 candidate Chartered Financial Analysts Institute (formerly AIMR). Susan is an affiliate of Prism LLC and The Alexcel Group. She holds multiple certifications in psychological instruments, and is an instructor for granting certification to independent coaches and internal HR staff in behavioral coaching. She also teaches line managers coaching skills, and assists senior leaders to develop positive work team cultures. She sharpens oral and written presentation skills. Her approach identifies behaviors that align with corporate goals and leads individuals to greater personal satisfaction. Known for warmth, humor and enthusiasm, Susan encourages clients to clarify personal values and to realistically assess work-life balance or diversity issues. Susan won a Westchester County Volunteer of the Year award for producing “Welcome to School in America,” to explain the unwritten nuances of school life for foreign-born children and parents, published by Hitachi America. During a successful 10-year career as an editor in a multimedia publishing company, and she was also President of the Junior League of Westchester-on-Hudson, a pioneer community service organization for young women. Born and raised in Wyoming, Susan holds an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and a Master’s in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University.
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