Suzanne Bates
Executive coach and communication author
Suzanne Bates is an American executive coach and former TV journalist. She founded Bates Communications and wrote Speak Like a CEO.
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Born 1956
About Suzanne Bates
Suzanne Bates spent about 20 years as a television anchor and reporter, working for stations in Boston, Philadelphia and Tampa-St. Petersburg. She interviewed thousands of political leaders, business people and celebrities. Her recognition from that career includes an AP News Award, and she belonged to a team that received a Columbia DuPont award. In 2000 she founded Bates Communications, a firm near Boston that coaches executives on communication and executive presence. Her first book, Speak Like a CEO, came out in 2005 and led to a leadership program called Speak Like a CEO Boot Camp.