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Authentic Leadership: Suzanne Sitrin on Emotional Intelligence, Engagement, and Coaching Trends

S3 E34 • Jul 2, 2026 • 35 mins

In this episode, Suzanne Sitrin joins to discuss her journey and insights on authentic leadership. She delves into the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness in leadership, addressing challenges like stress management and balancing accountability with inspiration. Suzanne emphasizes the leader's role in influencing employee engagement and explores data-driven coaching approaches to address leadership misalignment. The conversation touches on coaching senior leadership teams and current trends in coaching requests. An upcoming leadership program is announced, along with a new ROR course and life coaching program. The episode concludes with key takeaways and a listener call to action.

Key Points

  • Understanding and aligning with one's core values is essential for authentic leadership.
  • Emotional intelligence, particularly self-awareness and social awareness, is critical for effective leadership.
  • Leaders must balance accountability with inspiration to foster engagement and productivity in their teams.

Suzanne Sitrin Founder and Principal IMG_0575.jpeg Suzanne Sitrin is a Leadership and Talent Optimization expert with 30 years of experience working with leaders across all industries in private and public companies in Chicago and across the U.S. With a broad background as a leader within organizations, as well as a consultant to organizations, Suzanne understands the dynamics of individual leaders, teams and organizations and the inherent challenges and opportunities that arise. She works closely with leadership teams to ensure their talent strategies are aligned with their business/performance objectives to set the organization up for success.

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