Susan Strauss
RN Ed.D
Dr. Susan Strauss RN Ed.D is a national and international speaker, trainer, and consultant on workplace and healthcare violence and a recognized expert on workplace and school harassment and bullying. She is an RN and been the Director of Quality Improvement. She recently conducted a 3-day conference on violence in healthcare in Beirut Lebanon. She has assisted organizations in planning workplace violence programming. She conducts harassment and bullying (considered forms of violence) investigations and functions as an expert witness in harassment and bullying lawsuits. Her clients are from business, education, healthcare, law, and government organizations from both the public and private sector.
Dr. Strauss has conducted research examining physician misconduct in the OR, written over 30 books, book chapters, and journal articles on harassment, bullying, and related topics. She has been featured on 20/20, CBS Evening News and other national and international television and radio programs as well as interviewed for newspaper and journal articles such as Harvard Education Newsletter, Lawyers Weekly and Times of London.
Susan has a doctorate in organizational leadership. In addition to her doctorate she is a registered nurse, has a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences, a master’s degree in community health, and professional certificate in training and development.
Products by this Speaker
Appraising Credibility, Reaching Conclusions & Writing the Investigative Report: Steps to Minimize Liability
Writing the investigative report actually begins from the very beginning of your investigation and c...
Are You Staying Up to Date on The Ever Evolving Landscape of Discrimination and Harassment?
You have been in Human Resources or management for years. Your plate is full—too much to do and know...
Beyond Handbooks, Benefits, and Photo IDs: The Role of HR and Management in New Employee Onboarding
Whether you call it Onboarding, Induction, Enculturation, or New Employee Orientation (NEO), the pro...
Bullying & Incivility: The New Epidemic in the Workplace
Disparaging remarks made at a conference table, sarcasm, a back-stabbing co-worker, nasty e-mail mes...
Care of the LGBTQI + Patient and their Families: Policies, Procedures, & Practices
Whether your employer is a clinic, a hospital, home health, or long term care; whether you are an MD...
Communicating in Challenging Situations
What do you think of when you think of communication? How adept are you at communicating with others...
Decision Making and Problem Solving
Everyone makes decisions, but of course, some decisions are more important and complex than others. ...
Diversity & Inclusion Strategy: A Necessary Workplace Survival Tactic
What do we mean when we think about – Diversity? Inclusion? Is it referring only to race, disability...
Effective Decision Making: A Critical Skill for Managers
Everyone makes decisions, but of course some decisions are more important and complex than others. W...
Engaging Your Team in Critical Thinking
It is our nature to think—we all do it, obviously. However, a good share of our thinking is biased, ...
Exploring the Bermuda triangle of FMLA, WC (Worker’s Comp), and the ADAAA (Including COVID within the Three Laws) To Help Clear the Confusion
Challenges - It’s confusing isn’t it? It was made more confusing with the addition of COVID. How are...
Female to Female Bullying: Myth or Reality?
Are women really each other’s worse enemy or is it just a myth and a stereotype? What does the resea...
Harassment & Bullying: A Sepsis in Healthcare
Healthcare organizations are said to be at more risk for bullying and harassment than other types of...
Harassment & Bullying: Rhetoric v. Reality
It’s not just about sexual harassment anymore, but rather about harassment of all protected classes ...
How to Conduct a Harassment/Bullying Investigation
The EEOC requires that employers receiving a complaint, or otherwise learning of alleged harassment ...
Leading the Virtual Team: New Challenges for Managers
Accomplishing work in the new millennium has become synonymous with Virtual Leadership. The current ...
Legal and Contractual Perspectives of Managing Remote/virtual Workers
More and more organizations are “going virtual,” whether it is an employee who telecommutes, a team ...
Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace to Ensure ADA Compliance
Employers are seeing more mental health issues in their workforce than ever before. COVID enhanced m...
Nurse to Nurse Bullying: A Sepsis in Healthcare
Nurse to nurse bullying threatens the safety and well-being of patients and nurses. The misconduct i...
Succession Planning & Leadership Development: Critical Business Strategies
Harvard Business Review stated that the CEO succession process is broken in the U. S. and around the...
