Unlock a new approach to team performance
Enlightened Leadership™
is the catalyst for
exponential success
Driving business growth isn’t about data in a spreadsheet, the best market research, or the latest wave of AI.
To succeed in today’s marketplace, you must find new ways to lead and navigate change for yourself and your teams.
Trusted by Executives and Leaders at:
I’m Susan Drumm
CEO Advisor, Executive Coach, Pattern-Recognition Expert, and Leadership Change Agent.
After over twenty years of coaching C-suite leaders, here’s the truth I’ve learned . . . the old models of leadership are no longer effective.
Models such as situational, transactional, and transformational leadership were built for a different time and for needs that no longer exist.
Yet, they are still touted as the “gold standard’ when it comes to developing executive leadership.
I talk with executives day-in and day-out, and they feel pressure to navigate seemingly conflicting goals, such as:
Organizational Whiplash
Required to manage unprecedented change . . . but still maintain momentum toward business goals.
Together Yet Apart
Asked to build an engaged “culture” . . . but still provide increased work/life flexibility.
Confusion on How to “Be” a Good Leader
Required to create a psychologically safe environment but . . . still hold people accountable for results.
Living in Scarcity
Held to driving growth and revenue but . . . asked to ‘do more with less.’
Does that sound familiar?
I’m here to help you uncover the old leadership patterns that limit your success.
“
The solutions to our current problems cannot be found from the level of consciousness that created them.”
– Albert Einstein
The most powerful insights are buried in our own psyches.
Whether you’re a top executive or a rising star, every leader has blind spots that cost them the performance and results they hope to achieve.
The access to enhanced leadership is identifying and disrupting those patterns and creating new ways of thinking.
My job is to help you recognize the negative patterns that inhibit your effectiveness, so you are no longer bound by the old way of leading.
And, we’ll build a personalized development approach that elevates your leadership to meet the challenges of today.
My approach to leadership focuses on personal evolution to create leadership revolution. It’s not about another tactic that creates incremental results.
It’s about creating leaders who empower themselves and others to unleash their full potential and ignite innovation, collaboration and collective impact.
I call this Enlightened Leadership™
You’re here because you know there is a better way to lead.
With me, you get a powerful ally and coach to guide you into your next phase of leadership – using a new leadership approach – Enlightened Leadership™.
Enlightened leaders are:
Purpose-Driven and Mission-led
They are committed to a meaningful mission, rather than protecting their own identity, ego or self-image.
Focused on Elevating the Potential of Others
They understand their role as a leader is to catalyze talent to produce organizational outcomes that matter
Keenly Self-Aware in Their Leadership
They are attuned to their thoughts, emotions and behaviors to transcend biases and limitations.
Actively Reflecting and Growing
They understand that to keep pace with the rate of change, they must continually grow their own leadership.
Mindful of triggers when responding
They mindfully choose their responses free from reaction based on past-conditioning.
Curious and Emotionally Intelligent
They balance leading with strength and warmth while delivering tough messages in a way that builds trust.
Are you ready to unlock your own Enlightened Leadership™️?
Illuminate blind spots and negative patterns and carve a new approach to your leadership effectiveness.
What People Say About Susan and Her Work
“Susan Drumm has a unique ability to engage every member of our senior team on a leadership growth journey that far exceeded our expectations.
Her tools, methodology, and insights have and will continue to drive significant changes in how we run our firm and engage the rest of our staff. What made Susan stand out was the trust she was able to create. This is the gold standard of leadership insights. ”
Divesh Makan
Managing Partner, ICONIQ Capital
“When I inherited a large, new team at Oracle, I brought in Susan and her team to establish the onboarding strategy. I was filling the large shoes of a former GM who was well respected—which can typically be a difficult situation!
Susan drove success in our business by helping us learn our working styles through the Enneagram assessment process and by guiding us to develop strong models for understanding and collaboration. Our engagement with Susan was an essential part of our turnaround strategy for the business. ”
Rob Tarkoff
EVP & GM, Oracle Corporation
“Susan helped me to create strategies for staying focused amidst ever-shifting priorities and challenges.
With her help I was able to get a different perspective on my responsibilities, my team and my goals. Susan really helped me get my leadership and my team to a new level! .”
Nick Rockwell
CTO, Conde Nast
“Susan Drumm is intuitive and a quick study when it comes to reading a team and their dynamics.
She helped take a team I inherited that was full of dysfunction and pull them together into cohesive group. She not only provided me with individual coaching, but combined it with group work that my team found extremely helpful.”
J. Harper
SVP of Global Clinical Affairs & CTO, KCI Inc (now 3M)
“Going public was a really stressful moment that completely altered my professional goals and impacted my personal life. I was skeptical of coaching but working with Susan was a big net positive for me.
She has been immensely helpful in getting me to a much better place both mentally and physically. I would recommend Susan to any entrepreneur or CEO who is in a very stressful situation, feels alone, or is going through career changes. ”
Adam Foroughi
CEO AppLovin
“Susan Drumm has the rare ability to balance absolute candor, supportive encouragement and incredible listening skills to her clients.
Her persistence, and high IQ and EQ approach, provides context to what is a very rewarding process.”
J. Johnson
COO, Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group
“We’ve found our coaching with Susan productive. The curated nature of the process really engaged our executive team and had everyone interested in both their personal assessments and in the team profile.
Enneagram types have now entered our daily language as a team, which is helping us think about what drives each other and what triggers each other in addition to what we need to get done!”
Elliot Noss
CEO, Tucows
No one’s leadership development journey is the same.
Create true change – change that lasts – when you work with Susan in any of the following ways:
Enlightened Leadership™ Coaching
Unleash your own leadership effectiveness and ignite your team’s performance through coaching with Susan.
Team & Organizational Development
Build a culture of collaboration, agility, productivity and performance with a leadership program crafted for your team.
Keynote Speaking
Bring the power of Susan’s two decades of leadership research and expertise to your next event.
The Leaders Playlist Masterclass
Hack your personal leadership development with the power of music and neuroscience.
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