Suze Shaner-Brodax

Suze blends executive rigor with a regenerative, whole-person perspective to help leaders navigate complexity, clarify direction, and create lasting impact with resilience and wellbeing.

Suze is the Founder and President of Sage Leadership Strategies, LLC, where she serves as an executive coach and leadership and organization development consultant. With more than 30 years of global business experience, she partners with leaders from senior executives to emerging talent across Fortune 50 companies, mid-size organizations, and mission-driven nonprofits. Her clients span industries including healthcare, technology, financial services, media, education, and consumer products.

Her interdisciplinary background brings a distinctive blend of business acumen, organization development, and creative insight to her coaching work. This combination allows her to guide leaders in ways that are both strategically rigorous and personally transformative.

Prior to founding Sage, Suze held leadership roles with Accenture, IBM, GE, HealthNet, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and Data Switch Corporation. Her coaching integrates evidence-based leadership development with a whole-person perspective to support purposeful leadership, strong performance, and positive change across individuals, teams, and the systems they serve.

Education

• M.S., Human Resource Education & Organization Development Consulting, Fordham University
• M.A., Expressive Arts Therapy, Lesley University
• B.A., English Literature (Honors), Boston College
• Executive Education – IBM Strategic Leadership Forum, Harvard University

Coaching Certifications & Assessments

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
• Executive Coaching Certificate, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
• Hogan Leadership Series, Hogan Assessments
• EQ-i Certified Coach, Multi-Health Systems
• Core Certified Coach, Human Edge
• HBDI Practitioner, Herrmann International

Additional Training

• Holistic Health Counseling, Institute for Integrative Nutrition
• Interfaith Ministry, One Spirit Learning Alliance

Coaching Approach

My coaching is grounded in strengths-based development and the belief that lasting leadership change begins with a compelling vision of one’s best self. I partner with leaders to clarify priorities, leverage strengths, and explore new ways of leading that align purpose, performance, and wellbeing.

Through reflective inquiry, practical action, and ongoing feedback, I support leaders in making meaningful and sustainable change.

Coaching Expertise / Focus Areas

• Purpose-driven leadership and aligning vision with action
• Leading through complexity, change, and transformation
• Strengths-based leadership development
• Executive presence and stakeholder influence
• Team effectiveness and systems-aware leadership
• Resilience and wellbeing in leadership

Personal Interest

Outside of work, Suze enjoys gardening, music, visual art, travel, and time outdoors with her husband and their blended family.

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