Susan Lindquist is the founder and chief executive of Summer Day Consulting LLC.  With over 25 years of experience as a Human Resources leader, change agent and coach, Susan has dedicated her career to helping leaders improve performance and create meaningful change for themselves, as well as their teams, customers, and shareholders.  

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Through a career journey that has crossed many industries including retail, consumer packaged goods, professional and financial services, Susan is passionate about learning and understanding the way leaders can create value in their organizations. Prior to starting Summer Day in 2022, she was the Chief Human Resources Officer of an $800M insurance organization.

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Susan received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She is a Certified Organizational and Leadership Coach from Northwestern University. As a coach, her goal is to make you feel understood, supported and empowered. Her coaching philosophy is rooted in the power of positive psychology, a scientifically based approach to help individuals identify and utilize their strengths, improve performance, and achieve goals by focusing on positive aspects of their psychology.    

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In her coaching, Susan works with individual leaders and cohorts to accelerate their impact. She especially enjoys working with new leaders who want to learn more about their emerging style and supporting leaders who are making changes- starting a different role, joining a new company, or creating something completely new. To support strategic self-awareness for her clients, Susan is certified by Hogan Assessments.

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As a consultant, Susan helps teams and organizations improve employee engagement and create high-performing cultures that are aligned with strategy. Her perspective as both a coach and former CHRO is valuable to organizations who are creating succession planning for seamless organizational transitions.  Her work spans publicly traded, privately held and non-profit organizations. 

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