Susan S. LaMotte

She/Her

Biography

Susan got her first W-2 at age 14 and hasn’t stopped working—or thinking about why people work—ever since. She is the VP of Employer Brand for Shaker after an successful exit as the Founder and CEO of exaqueo (ex-ack-we-o), an employer brand and experience consulting firm and Inc. 5000 company.

Across her almost 30 year career, Susan has helped Fortune 500 and high-growth organizations like Google, CVS Health, CBRE, Walmart, and lululemon Consulting in HR and talent startegyrooted in research.

With more than 25 years at the intersection of business and behavior, Susan’s strategic human resources and business career also spans in-house leadership roles at The Ritz-Carlton, Marriott International, The Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner), and Arthur Andersen. She is known for her work around Whole Self, the Employment Relationship Model, the Employment Relationship Index, and pioneering the concept of Source of Influence in recruiting.

She is the author of two books: The Right Job, Right Now (St. Martins Press) and The Guide to Human Resources Careers (Vault), and she is a contributing writer for Forbes. Her insights have been featured in podcasts and publications including The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Fast Company and more. She was a founding Board member of the Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals and has served on the Boards of the Candidate Experience Awards and RecruitDC.

Susan lives with her husband Peter and two children in Charleston, South Carolina where her work ethic is spurred by café au laits and a bit of Philadelphia-born honesty. When she’s not working, you’ll find her with her family, on the water, at a concert, or in a Pilates studio.

Education

MBA, Human and Organizational Performance, Vanderbilt, 2007

MA, Human Resource Development, The George Washington University, 2000

BA, Communications, Virginia Tech, 1997