Corporate Leadership
What corporate America can learn from a Broadway rehearsal room — the working culture of feedback, trust, and rapid iteration that ships a show on time.
Speaking & Training
Lessons from Broadway, taken seriously by business.
A working producer's perspective on leadership, creativity, and the practical mechanics of making something real on a deadline.
Signature Program
YPO Broadway: Behind the Curtain.
Sue created YPO Broadway: Behind the Curtain as an immersive executive leadership experience for members of the Young Presidents' Organization — a multi-day program that uses Broadway as a framework for creativity, leadership, and human connection.
The format pairs Tony-winning productions with structured backstage access — conversations with directors, choreographers, stage managers, and performers — and reflective workshops that translate what executives have just watched and heard into their own companies. The point is not theatre tourism. The point is to see leadership operating at the highest possible level in a field most executives have only ever experienced from row J, and to come home with a small number of changes they will actually make on Monday morning.
Past cohorts have left the program with new vocabularies for giving feedback, new rituals for opening a meeting, and a more honest relationship with the creative people who already work for them.
The program at a glance
- Multi-day immersive experience
- Curated Tony-winning productions
- Backstage access & artist conversations
- Facilitated leadership workshops
- Small-group reflection & application
- Bespoke versions for executive teams
Speaking Topics
What Sue talks about.
Innovation & Agility
How a production team absorbs change in the rehearsal room, the tech week, and on opening night — and what executives can borrow from that muscle.
Storytelling & Empathy
Why narrative is the most efficient leadership tool you already own, and what neuroscience says about why a well-told story changes a room.
Creativity & Collaboration
How creative teams sustain quality over a long run — the systems behind the magic, told with examples from shows audiences know by name.
Producing as Leadership
The job of a producer in five words: 'say yes to the right things.' A practical talk on conviction, capital, and choosing what to back.
Formats
How Sue shows up in the room.
- Keynote (45–60 min)
- Fireside chat / on-stage interview
- Executive offsite workshop (half- or full-day)
- Panel moderator
- Closed-door advisory session
Book Sue
For a keynote, offsite, or program.
Tell us about your audience, your format, and your dates. Sue's team will reply with availability and a tailored proposal.