The Lucy Gernon Show

Success Without Sacrifice for Female Executives with Suzanne Sheridan

Lucy Gernon Season 2 Episode 8

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What if the career you’ve worked so hard to build didn’t have to cost you the life you actually want to live?

For so many ambitious women, reaching senior leadership can feel like a trade-off.

You work longer hours. You become permanently available. You say yes because you want to be seen as committed. You take on more because you know you can handle it.

And before you know it, you're successful on paper… but exhausted behind the scenes.

If you're a woman in senior leadership and want to accelerate your career while creating more space for the life outside work, join our waitlist here.

Podcast Details:

In this episode of The Lucy Gernon Show, I’m joined by the brilliant Suzanne Sheridan, Vice President of Commercial Operations for Thermo Fisher Scientific's distribution business, where she leads 500 people across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Suzanne is also a mum of two, a wife, and one of the most inspiring women leaders I know.

And our conversation is proof that success and work-life balance don’t have to be opposites.

Sometimes, the answer isn’t working harder. It’s becoming more strategic about where you put your time, energy and attention.

If you’re a woman in leadership who wants to lead with more impact and confidence without sacrificing the life you’ve worked so hard to create, this episode is for you.


🎧 Tune in to Discover:

  • From “Superwoman” to burnout
  • The tools that changed everything
  • The powerful shift from measuring success by how much you do to measuring it by the results you achieve
  • Setting boundaries without compromising your career
  • Why “work-life blend” beats work-life balance


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