Sue Harvey: Courage is Contagious - be a super spreader!

My guest today is Sue Harvey.

Sue established Riverwise Leadership, previously New Direction Strategy, to help leaders and organizations do change better.  Working at the intersection of leadership coaching, team effectiveness, and change management, Sue guest leaders and teams to unlock their creativity and innate wisdom to deliver meaningful, lasting change.

Sue serves emerging leaders and C-suite executives across a range of industries including life sciences, technology, health care, and professional services. She is a highly-rated faculty member for leadership development programs at a leading global professional services firm, and is also the founder and lead coach for “Creating What’s Next,” a peer-coaching program for women in career transition.

Before launching her own company, Sue was involved in organizational change from every angle – as a leader, as a team member, and as a C-suite advisor.  Previous positions include Chief of Staff to the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Deputy Communications Director for the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, and executive-on-loan to the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

A Williams College graduate, Sue holds certificates in Leadership Coaching from Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership and in Change Management from Prosci.  She completed the Center for Creative Leadership’s Leadership Development Program and UMass Boston’s Emerging Leaders Program.  She is a recipient of the Wonder Woman Award from the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus.  Sue lives outside Boston with her husband, two children, and a rotating menagerie of pets.

Sue and I met last summer and sensed an immediately connection.  It’s truly a delight to share this conversation with you today.  Sue shares pieces of her journey and transition out of the corporate world where she was extremely successful and yet came to a place where she knew she wanted and needed a change.  

We talk about the courage that it takes to make such a change, Sue shares how she was inspired to action through watching someone else’s courageous act, and the power and contagion of courage.

Sue, thank you so much for sharing these glimpses into your story, the wisdom you have cultivated, and your humble courage and transparency.  You are an inspiration!  And you embody the courage and I hope many catch the contagion of courage from you as your story is shared through this platform.

Connect with Sue:

Make Life Less Difficult