Suzanne Bates is CEO of Bates Communications, a global consulting firm that helps organizations improve performance through communicative leadership. She's the author of All the Leader You Can Be: The Science of Achieving Extraordinary Executive Presence (McGraw Hill 2016) and four other bestselling books. Suzanne launched the firm in 2000 after 20+ years as an award-winning broadcast journalist in Boston and other national markets. She's developed proven leadership development methods to help leaders build presence and influence based on her experience. Suzanne and her team consult with leaders from global organizations such as CVS, TJX, Dow Chemical, State Street, Fidelity, and Raytheon.

Suzanne is an accomplished and popular speaker, having presented globally to business, talent and HR audiences, including ATD, Conference Board, ILA, NEHRA, WPO, Mass Conference for Women, Global Equity Organization. Suzanne is a frequent media contributor to publications and media commentator, appearing on the Today Show, MSNBC’s Your Business, Fox Business Morning, CBS Radio, as well as in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes Magazine, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, and CNNMoney.com.