ENDURES with Suzanne Rath

Four weeks after finishing Larapinta, I was preparing for the Sydney Marathon. Then our dog Willow was diagnosed with cancer, and our plans changed very quickly. In this clip, I reflect on the ambition–capacity gap: what happens when you still care deeply about your goals, but life changes how much you can hold. How do you stay aligned with your ultimate summit while letting the immediate plan cha...

A friend told me she’d become the chief organiser of everything. It made me think about the Let Them idea: what happens when we stop managing what other people could take ownership of? In this episode, I explore the space that opens up when we let others contribute and give ourselves permission to work in our own genius zone. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-it...

What do the films, books and music you return to say about what you value? I’ve noticed I’m drawn to stories of people pursuing something significant. In this episode, I explore how the stories we consume can reflect our ambitions, and shape what we believe is possible. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-its-regime-women-resistance-and-the-struggle-for-freedom Ir...

Sometimes stepping away gives us the perspective we can’t find while we’re busy doing the work. While I was away, I realised there was a thread running through my book, my work and many of the goals I’ve pursued: significance. In this episode, I explore the difference between achievement and significance, and why accomplishing more isn’t necessarily the same as doing something that matters. UPCOMI...

Caring deeply about a cause doesn’t mean you have to give your whole life to it. How do you choose where your skills, experience and conviction can make the greatest contribution? I explore the overlap between what matters to you, what you do well and what others turn to you for. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-its-regime-women-resistance-and-the-struggle-for-...

AI can generate answers, analyse information and recommend actions, but who takes responsibility when it gets things wrong? In this episode, based on a recent study by IBM, I explore why human judgement, critical thinking and accountability matter more than ever as AI becomes part of our everyday work. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-its-regime-women-resistanc...

Gallup has found that managers account for at least 70% of the variation in employee engagement across teams. But what happens when your team is connecting primarily through a screen? Remote work doesn’t automatically disengage people. It does, however, remove many of the incidental conversations through which trust, belonging and relationships once developed naturally UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS...

How much valuable thinking have you already created- but never turned into anything? While working through years of notes in Notion for my book, I realised just how much information I had accumulated: ideas, frameworks, podcast transcripts, research, stories and half-developed concepts. I wasn’t short of material. I was surrounded by it. But information only becomes knowledge when we make sense of...

What if failure isn’t the opposite of success, but an essential part of achieving it? Inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach to experimentation, I explore why accountability isn’t about guaranteeing results, but owning what happens next. From business leadership to ultrarunning, we need to create environments where people feel safe to try, fail, learn and adapt. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://...

Loss can teach us to pay closer attention, but it can also make us anxious, cynical and slow to trust again. In this episode, I explore the difference between useful vigilance and worry that steals the present, both in life and in leadership. Learn from what happened, strengthen your systems, but don’t make today’s people pay for yesterday’s pain. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humani...

We celebrate grit, perseverance and the determination to keep going. But when is it detrimental? Inspired by Ernest Shackleton, I explore what endurance means when the original goal is no longer the right one. From ultrarunning to business leadership, knowing when to change direction can take as much courage as pushing through. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-...

Are we using AI to unlock human potential, or simply to make organisations cheaper? Workday's Max Wessel argues that AI-driven job cuts reveal a crisis of imagination in leadership. What if the real opportunity isn't removing people, but freeing them to do more meaningful work? In this episode, I explore how leaders can turn efficiency into capacity, develop their people and rethink what's possibl...

AI is creating extraordinary efficiencies, but what happens to the capacity it gives us back? As Oracle cuts roles while investing heavily in AI, and Wipro talks about redeploying thousands of people whose capacity AI has freed up, I explore the leadership decision behind productivity. UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-its-regime-women-resistance-and-the-struggl...

Being back on track doesn’t mean everything is finished, it means knowing what matters next. In this episode, I reflect on catching up, regaining momentum and preparing for my quarterly ENDURES™ Pause & Reset. I explore 3 catalysts: Activate Genius, Fuel Spark and Fortify Strength. Plus, why heading to Mission Beach to recharge is how sustainable momentum is built. Pause & Reset free session onlin...

In this short clip from an interview with Shane Guna, we look at why low leverage tasks feel urgent but stall your business. I share my reflection practices for staying anchored to his real priorities, and how DiSC training reshaped the way I think about behaviour versus personality. The conversation closes with a look at how my team channels personal goals into charitable giving for causes they c...

After winning UTMB 2026, Blandine L'Hirondel described herself as an ordinary woman who happens to do extraordinary things. Today is your reminder that sometimes doing things changes what is possible for you! Pause & Reset free session online: Sept 15, 1pm AEST https://suzannerath.com.au/pause-reset-webinar UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-its-regime-women-resi...

A recent trail race between elite runner Tom Evans and Olympic MTB champion Tom Pidcock showed how quickly an advantage can turn to disadvantage when the terrain changes. Pause & Reset free session online: Sept 15, 1pm AEST https://suzannerath.com.au/pause-reset-webinar UPCOMING ROTARY ECLUB EVENTS https://events.humanitix.com/iran-is-not-its-regime-women-resistance-and-the-struggle-for-freedom Ir...

In a recent appearance on The Tiberius Show, I was asked about mistakes. I don’t believe in carrying many regrets, but there are lessons I refuse to ignore. The first is simple: take the trip, because time and opportunities aren’t guaranteed. The second is to stop making endless allowances for people simply because they’ve been with the business for a long time. Loyalty matters, but longevity cann...

Great leadership begins with the willingness to look within, take ownership and ask, “What could I do better next time?” In this episode- a clip taken from an appearance on The Tiberius Show- I introduce a more holistic model of accountability: internal, behavioural, relational and identity accountability. I also challenge the traditional idea of servant leadership and the expectation that good le...

We're constantly encouraged to make organisations leader, remove layers and eliminate anything that looks like inefficiency- but what happens when we optimise away the capacity that's holding the system together? In this episode, I touch on Meta's move to bring managers back into parts of its already flattened workforces. ENDURES is built on the idea that potential just determines what we can achi...

It's easy to say what your organisation values- the real test is what happens when living those values becomes inconvenient. In this episode, I explore the gap between the culture we declare and the culture people actually experience- through decisions, behaviours and systems. Values are tested when maintaining them costs us something- time, money, control, convenience or even short term performan...

We need to stop calling tools like DISC ‘personality tests’ - they show us behavioural preferences, not the entirety of who we are. In this episode, I explore what DISC can tell us- what it can’t and why our values, vision, experiences, identity and choices matter just as much as behavioural style. I share lessons from a recent workshop I ran for young women in the Navy Cadets Rise Her program- in...

How do you create a culture where volunteers feel connected enough to care, clear enough to contribute and trusted enough to take ownership? I speak and coach a lot on culture and these 3 leadership concerns: alignment, adaptability and accountability. But in this podcast episode, I explore how we can relate common organisational issues to community groups such as Rotary. Pause & Reset free sessio...

When life feels awful, we don’t need to force a silver lining or pretend the hard thing was somehow meant to happen. In this episode, I explore how we can still find, mark and create significance through grief, difficult seasons, business setbacks and the moments that simply don’t go to plan. For me, that has looked like donating to other dogs in Willow’s honour, noticing the impact our business s...

Not every team member needs the same coaching, training or development. In this episode, I introduce my new model for assessing people through three lenses: care, competence and capacity. I explore the purposeful architect, the steady contributor, the willing learner and the capable lone wolf. This simple framework can help you decide who to invest in, who needs support and when misalignment may b...