Suzy Burke is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and organizational psychologist who has built her career at the intersection of business performance and human behavior. A seasoned executive with a PhD in Social and Organizational Psychology from Columbia University, she is co-founder of Accountability Inc., where she helps leaders and organizations unlock accountability, navigate change, and achieve breakthrough performance.
Suzy spent 16 years as an executive at a Fortune 20 technology giant, where she delivered double-digit revenue and profit growth, and went on to found four companies of her own. This rare fusion of corporate rigor and entrepreneurial agility gives her a distinctive, battle-tested perspective on leadership. She has also helped leaders globally see, and seize, opportunities for meaningful growth, guiding them to implement the cultural and organizational changes necessary to meet both systemic challenges and game-changing opportunities.
Known for her sharp intellect, clear communication, and deep understanding of human psychology, Suzy has worked as both an internal and external consultant to:
Lead organization-wide transformation initiatives
Create alignment between goals, strategy, performance systems, and employee behavior at every level
Assess and develop leaders
Strengthen accountability, empowerment, and teamwork across organizations
Her clients span industries and geographies, but what unites them is her ability to quickly diagnose organizational dynamics and uncover opportunities hiding in plain sight. Suzy doesn’t just align people, culture, and strategy, she ignites them.
A sought-after consultant and coach, she draws on training from Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder Centered Coaching process, Penn State, the Disney Institute, the Center for Creative Leadership, and JUSE, the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers. She was also a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) scholar.
Some leaders push for results. Others focus on culture. The best do both. Suzy Burke has spent her career helping leaders become those kinds of leaders.