Susan Doering Dr. Susan Doering: With a background of cultural studies, an MA in Modern Languages from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Vienna, I was Assistant Professor and tutor at the University of Vienna for 15 years. I have since acquired additional qualifications (BFI and WIFI Vienna) in training and coaching in order to use my teaching skills and passion for personal excellence outside academia. As a trainer and coach my special focus is on intercultural communications, gender awareness, ethics and organizational change. My clients have recently included: an international commercial law firm based in Vienna, focussing on intercultural communication skills; an orchestra and a classical music ensemble with many engagements all over the world, focussing on interpersonal and team-building skills including integrity, the IAEA, for whom I developed a gender sensitivity for managers programme, an energy consortium with member companies working internationally, and UNIDO. In March 2007 I became one of a team of 6 accredited ethics trainers for the UN in Geneva, where I facilitate business ethics trainings. This programme is now extending to UN Vienna, where I am co-training new trainers and will facilitate the workshops for the coming year. I hold group coaching sessions for diplomatic staff at embassies, focussing on stress management and personal development for performance. I also run a group coaching programme for women in management entitled “Smart Woman” to develop personal excellence in performance. My individual coaching clients have included male and female executives from top and middle management in the energy, automotive, banking and print media industries and clients in politics and education. My goal in coaching is to support the client to find his/her own personal path to performance excellence, always appreciating that each person and each situation is different. My method is eclectic, drawing from TCI, NLP and a systemic approach, with the goal of helping each client find his/her best way of being in the world and, ultimately, to make their contribution to the world. I am presently Adjunct Professor of Webster University Vienna, teaching a Cultural Studies course to international business students. Honorary work: I am currently President of the Cosmopolitan Club of Vienna, an International Women’s Association which focuses on cultural relations, planning and organising a programme of 25-30 events per year. I head a committee of 9 women from 7 different countries. I speak fluent English and German, excellent French and some Italian.