Episode 3: Cultivating Exceptional Teams & Meaningful Lives

Guest Bio 

Susanne Conrad is the Founder of Lightyear Leadership, the author of GET THERE NOW, and is one of the few global women leaders and entrepreneurs in the personal development and leadership space. She was the co-developer of lululemon’s renowned leadership culture and served as Director of Possibility at lululemon from 2007-2017. Susanne has over 30 years of experience transforming tens of thousands of lives across the globe and revolutionizing culture at hundreds of organizations, including Toms, Kit and Ace, Earls Kitchen + Bar, and imagine1day.

Susanne trains, develops, and certifies leaders around the world. The Lightyear Leadership programs she leads alongside educational leadership programs in Mozambique and Ethiopia create a unified force for positive transformation among students, teachers, government ministers, and community leaders.

Susanne is a storyteller who will restore your peculiarity and empower you to be who you came to be. She demonstrates powerful inner listening and has a deep connection to a higher power. Susanne sees the best in all people and their full potential, no matter their background or walk of life. She has the ability to challenge and gently coach people through hard things, and is an agenda-free champion for people’s goals, vision, and success.

Recap & Takeaways

• Susanne’s background as a mother, in nuclear weapons, and transitioning to communications
• Defining good teamwork and shared goals
• “Remembering the future” and how the metaphor can be used to approach challenges
• Leadership, hierarchy, and choosing a new normal post-pandemic
• Rites of passage with teams
• The relationships we craft with tools and technology
• Extending humanity to all things, and the idea of embracing elements of science fiction in our futures
• Cultivating meaningful careers and understanding people’s stories
• Doing work in a way that we’re left honoring ourselves
• How Lightyear Leadership supports the pursuit of meaningful lives outside the workplace
• The future as a call to action