To inspire and empower others, you must
      first acquire inspiration and empowerment
      yourself ... it’s prime.

Dr. Susan Mayfield, President
Prime Performance Consulting

From where do you draw your inspiration?

And how do you convert inspiration to business results?

Prime is ... illuminating the path and accelerating your journey

About Us

Prime Performance Consulting delivers executive coaching and organizational development services targeted to knowledge industry companies. The scope of our services includes:

  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Team Development
  • Organizational Assessment
  • Consultation on Hiring and Talent Management
  • Individual Assessment of Employment/Promotion Candidates
  • Strategy Process Consultation
  • Custom Training

Our service philosophy…

At Prime Performance Consulting, we believe that every leader and every organization possesses distinctive value that derives from proprietary knowledge and a unique combination of leadership strengths. By helping our clients discover and leverage what is prime for them, our business reaches its prime as well.

We bring passionate engagement to our coaching and consulting work. This energy stems from a desire to help clients to reach the intersection of knowledge and leadership. We strive to serve as living examples of the inspiration and empowerment that leads to personal and business success.

By collaborating with you to identify critical impact points, we identify areas where our services can bring the greatest benefit to your organization. And, we use this knowledge to illuminate the path and accelerate your journey.

Our clients…

Some of the companies that have benefited from our services include:

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Alexian Brothers Medical Center
  • Astellas US Pharmaceuticals
  • The Bank of Commerce
  • Bosch
  • DraftFCB (InterPublic Group)
  • Health Management Systems
  • Kelly, Scott & Madison
  • Mercer Human Resource Consulting
  • Motorola
  • TAP Pharmaceutical Products
  • Weber-Stephen Products
  • Youngs, Walker & Associates

Our Leadership. . .

Susan J. Mayfield, Ph.D. is President of Prime Performance Consulting. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Northern Illinois University. In addition, she is a Registered Corporate Coach.
Susan has over 20 years experience helping leaders identify and leverage their unique strengths. Numerous executives, managers and entrepreneurs seek her guidance as they strive to increase their performance and sharpen their leadership skills.

Prior to starting Prime Performance Consulting, Susan co-founded and developed a large behavioral health practice. Following a merger of her company, she served as Vice President of Operations Development and Training for the largest behavioral health care organization in the Chicago area.

Extensive business experience has provided Susan with first-hand insight into the challenges faced by today’s business executives. Her entrepreneurial experience enables Susan to assist leaders in finding the value that lies at the intersection of knowledge and leadership. She assists leaders to seize new opportunities and to become empowered so that they can inspire and influence talented experts.
Her approach is an integration of skills developed over many years of coaching, consulting and team-building in combination with a business acumen gained from building and managing two companies—a large behavioral health practice and an employee assistance company.

Susan is a member of the Society of Consulting Psychology, American Psychological Association, and the Health Businesswomen’s Association.

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Prime is … gaining a formidable edge on innovation and sustainable results.