About Suzy Burke, PhD
Organizational psychologist. Fortune 20 exec turned 4x founder.
Co-founder of Accountability Inc. and lead author of Headamentals.
Helping leaders rewire how they think, speak, and ignite what’s possible.
Dr. Suzy Burke
Co-Founder • Strategic Advisor • Author • Speaker
Suzy Burke, PhD, has built her career helping executives and organizations navigate disruption, spark bold thinking, and deliver breakthrough results. As a strategist and co-founder of Accountability Inc., she applies evidence-based precision to the messy art of fueling world-class performance and scaling businesses.
After earning her PhD in organizational psychology from Columbia University, Suzy spent 15 years as a senior executive at a Fortune 20 tech giant, where she led teams to double-digit revenue and profit growth. A 4X founder with a rare fusion of corporate grit and entrepreneurial instinct, she brings a distinctive, battle-tested lens to business transformation. Suzy doesn’t just align people, culture, and strategy—she ignites them.
An esteemed member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches community, Suzy is the lead author of Headamentals, a practical playbook that fuses behavioral science and performance psychology to help ambitious professionals rewire how they think, speak, and show up—from the inside out. Her mission: to turn internal clarity into external impact at every level of business.
Of all the people in our group, Suzy really understands people, and she’s very real. She has a no-nonsense approach – coaches don’t help anybody by beating around the bush. Aside from being a great friend, she has given me one of the greatest gifts you can give anyone - the gift of meaning in life.
Marshall Goldsmith, World’s #1 Executive Coach and Leadership Thinker
What Suzy does best
Leaders call Suzy when they need…
Presence
Strengthen their confidence and boost their executive presence
Alignment
Align strategy, culture, and performance so teams execute at the highest level
Navigation
Navigate complex organizational changes without losing momentum
Accountability
Strengthen leadership accountability and team empowerment
Prioritization
Effectively managing the urgent vs. important dilemma
Engagement
Creating an environment where people are fully engaged
Credentials
That
Matter.
Suzy earned her Ph.D. in Social and Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and was a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) scholar.
She’s trained in Marshall Goldsmith’s Stakeholder Centered Coaching and studied leadership at Penn State, the Disney Institute, the Center for Creative Leadership, and JUSE (the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers).
Affiliations
Education
Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches
American Psychological Association
Institute of Coaching
New York City Academy of Women Achievers
Certifications
Center for Creative Leadership’s 360 assessment
EQI 2.0 (Multi-Health Systems’ Emotional Intelligence Assessment)
Smart Topgrading - Corporate Interviewing and Hiring Methodology
Pinsight’s Leadership Assessment and Development Simulation