Susan Mann

• Works globally as an executive coach, facilitator / speaker, and leadership / culture consultant 
• With thirty years as a senior leader in banking, higher education, and philanthropy, Susan brings unique insight because she’s navigated the joys and challenges of organizational life
• Susan worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from 2008 to 2015, serving as the director of the global learning and development team. While there, she received the Prism Award from the International Coach Federation for excellence in leadership development and coaching programs.
• Trains and mentors people in Dr. Brené Brown’s evidenced based work on courage, vulnerability, wholeheartedness, and empathy.  Since 2012, Susan has been a senior faculty member, certified facilitator, and case consultant for Brené’s programs.
• Served as Fulbright Senior Specialist and taught leadership courses in the MBA program at the School of Business and Economics at Universidade de NOVA in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Client list includes Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Microsoft, University of Washington, Seattle Genetics, Girls on the Run, PATH, California State University
• Advocates of the natural world, Susan and her husband Charles Bergman have seen all 18 penguin species in the wild
• Location: Seattle, Washington

Susan Mann (Susan Man)
Dare to Lead: Do What’s Uncomfortable and Discover What’s Possible
How to engage your head and heart, lead bravely, and accomplish great results.

How do you cultivate braver leaders?  Is there space in today’s workplaces for more humanity and love?  Can you show up at work as a whole human being?  These are questions Susan will passionately address in her keynote encouraging people to lead with head and heart engaged.

With thirty years of executive experience, Susan draws on her life stories, wisdom, and the evidence-based work of Dr. Brené Brown to help leaders boost their self-awareness, lean into vulnerability, and gain practical skills they can use for themselves and their teams.

In this interactive and energizing keynote, leaders will learn about:
Vulnerability as the foundation of courage and how to lean into that discomfort.
How tapping into your core values helps you live and lead with integrity and authenticity.
How to trust yourself more and connect with others using the seven elements of BRAVING trust.

Susan shares these actionable tools to challenge everything we think about what it takes to be a daring leader and create a courageous culture at work.

“Susan led several events on our campus, and she is just superb!  Her warm personality, authenticity  and ability to tell compelling stories matched with a strong command of Brené Brown’s research and content were welcomed by our faculty and staff alike.  Her passion for this work is contagious and she helped ignite a strong appetite for more courageous leadership.  Susan is a masterful presenter and has a unique ability to connect to diverse audiences."
Kathleen Scott, Director of Organizational Excellence, California State University – Fresno    

“Susan is a confident and authentic public speaker.  She connects with her audience through relevant examples and models vulnerability by sharing personal stories that are highly relatable.  Susan embodies the balance many of us seek between acting with backbone and heart.  She knows when to gently push and when to support and encourage.  She always masters her subject matter, is kind, approachable, and thorough.  I cannot think of anyone I enjoy learning with and from more than Susan.”
Mikaela Kiner, CEO, Reverb 

“Susan creates a safe and open space for participation, learning, curiosity, and shared commitment.  She leads by example through stories and acknowledges that this is ongoing work—not quick fixes. Her warmth and easy laughter set a good tone.  We loved the images and parallels in the Dare to Lead™ program to her values of love and nature.”
Kelly O’Brien, Vice President of Philanthropy, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center  

“We received numerous communications from attendees raving about Susan’s ‘Live Brave’ topic, her fun delivery of the information (they LOVED the penguins!), and how approachable and thoughtful she was.  Thank you, Susan, for sharing your wisdom and passion with all of us. It made for a very rewarding and inspirational 5th anniversary for our program!”
Liz Nolan, University of Washington Valley Medical Center, Vice President of Marketing, Outreach & Wellness Services 

“Susan Mann is a talented and engaging speaker and facilitator.   She can relate to any audience and is very quick to read a room and pivot, if necessary.  Most valuable to me is Susan’s commitment to the relationship she has built with my organization.”  
Pam MacEwan, CEO, Washington Health Benefit Exchange