Susanne Biro — Having Your Own Back, Deep Fear, and the Real Life of Leadership & Entrepreneurship

Executive coach Susanne Biro (Vancouver, BC) gets radically honest about leadership, self-doubt, and what entrepreneurship really looks like—sometimes 11 p.m., laptop open, tears flowing… and doing it anyway. We dig into “having your own back,” doing scary things before you feel ready, building a reputation that earns investment, and why the inside-out game (how you feel daily) drives sustainable success.In this episode:From dancing duck and barbershop lessons to coaching CEOs of billion-dollar companiesHow to build confidence through action (not waiting to “feel” confident)Asking for investment: crafting the business case + earning it with your reputationLeading high-stakes rooms with candor and EQThe truth of entrepreneurship: resilience, risk, and that 11 p.m. momentInside-out success: joy, health, and habits that compoundSusanne’s upcoming book “This Could Be Everything” and her Deep Fear podcast/appTimestamps (quick guide): 00:00 Meet Susanne Biro & early career 04:50 Marketing yourself (and negotiating for you) 13:45 Coaching, credibility, and getting a “yes” 21:50 Two years of tears: the messy middle of building a business 30:30 Doing it terrified + the TEDx story 36:30 Facilitating tough executive rooms with EQ 40:40 Where work is going: focus in an overloaded world 46:20 Inside-out success & health as a lifelong advantage 52:00 Who Susanne works with + accessible ways to learn from herGet to know Susanne:Susanne Biro has spent over two decades as a confidant to CEOs and C-suite executives, helping them confront what she calls 'Deep Fear' – the anxious thoughts that secretly limit even the most accomplished leaders. A TEDx speaker and author of This Could Be Everything, she transforms these hidden anxieties into a catalyst for authentic leadership through her signature Inner Life Leadership approach.With 24+ years of global experience coaching over 200 CEOs and thousands of senior leaders, Susanne specializes in emotional intelligence, leadership effectiveness, and whole-life success. She understands that leadership at the highest levels is demanding, exhausting, and often lonely. Through her signature approach, Inner Life Leadership, she helps leaders harness the power of self-awareness, because what happens inside always shapes what happens out there.Connect with Susanne:https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-biro-executivecoach/Keywords: executive coach, CEO coaching, leadership development, entrepreneurship journey, imposter syndrome, confidence, self-belief, emotional intelligence, facilitation, high-stakes teams, Vancouver, TEDx, Susanne Biro, Deep Fear podcast, This Could Be Everything bookMeet your host, Candice MitchellCandice Mitchell is a Talent Development Strategist, CEO of Talent Collective, and USA Today bestselling author of Choose You: For the People Who Refuse to Disappear. With nearly two decades of experience building and leading capability functions inside global and Fortune 500 organizations, she founded Talent Collective, a premium capability-building firm for L&D, HR, Change, and People leaders in high-growth companies.Your host, Candice Mitchell, can be found online at:Website: https://talentcollective.org/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicemitchelltc/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candice_mitchell_msc/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@candice_mitchell_mscTalent Development Academy: https://courses.talentcollective.org/bundles/talent-development-academyChoose You book: https://chooseyoubook.com/Original music composed by: Paul DeHavenpauldehavenmusic.com