Susan Eisenhower

Acclaimed Author & Expert on Strategic Leadership

Susan Eisenhower

Acclaimed Author & Expert on Strategic Leadership

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Biography

Susan Eisenhower is an expert in strategic leadership, a consultant and award-winning speaker and writer. Through The Eisenhower Group, Inc, a company she founded more than thirty years ago, Ms. Eisenhower has used her extensive domestic and geopolitical experience to help Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies untangle the issues they face in meeting the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

She spent eight years as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Standing Committee on International Security and Arms Control and NASA's Advisory Council. In addition, she was a member of three nuclear energy related blue ribbon commissions for the Department of Energy. DOE awarded her the Distinguished Service Award for her work after her two-term stint as co-chairman of the Secretary of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Advisory Council.

She continues to hold positions on several advisory boards including the Army War College in Carlisle and the MIT Energy Initiative Advisory Board. She has received many awards, including France’s highest award for civilian merit, the Legion of Honor. Over the years she has provided analysis for major network television news shows on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and PBS—including The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Special Report with Brett Baier and The Story with Martha McCallum. Her op-ed articles and essays have been featured in newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The London Spectator and USA Today, among others. She is a recipient of the prestigious Washington Speakers Award and in the last fifteen years two of her speeches were singled out by the American Speechwriter’s Association in Vital Speeches of the Day, “a monthly collection of the best speeches in the world,” according to ProPublica’s website.

Her most recent of five books, How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions, has received acclaim nationally and internationally. According to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, How Ike Led “brings one of America’s most remarkable public figures into lasting focus,” and in the words of former US Secretary of State Robert Gates, “Susan Eisenhower’s How Ike Led distills from her grandfather’s life the enduring qualities of successful leadership.

Speaker Videos

"They Gave Us Another Chance" Keynote Speech

Lessons from World War 2 & the Leaders of the Allied Invasion i

Lessons from World War 2 & the Leaders of the Allied Invasion ii

Cause for Celebration

The Journey of a Leader: Honorary Degree Presentation

The Journey of a Leader: Commencement Speech

Susan Eisenhower, President of Eisenhower Group Inc.

NTI Seminar - Susan Eisenhower on Presidential Leadership

An Evening With Susan Eisenhower

Imagination Towards Tackling Challenges

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Contemporary Ike: The Art of Strategic Leadership

What would Dwight Eisenhower say about the world today? Susan Eisenhower, author of the nationally and internationally acclaimed book How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions, looks at key examples of lessons in leadership and strategy from Eisenhower’s military and presidential period. In this speech, she examines the skills in strategic thinking required to address questions of short-term urgency with the vision to perceive long-term consequences. She underscores the need for leadership with a blend of head and heart—two qualities that were the hallmark of Eisenhower’s style both in professional and personal relationships.

The Great Equation: A Vision for America's Revival

Developed during the Eisenhower administration, the Great Equation defines three essential pillars to guide all decision-making around long-term strategic questions: economic prosperity, military strength and moral standing internationally. Susan Eisenhower takes a close look at the these three guideposts in her analysis of America and the challenges we are facing as a nation. Are we off course in our strategic approach and, if so, how can we get back on track?

The Energy Conundrum: Meeting the Challenges of Rising Demand & Climate Change

One of the greatest strategic challenges facing the United States today is insufficient infrastructure to meet a growing demand for energy. Of even greater concern are the climate change impacts generated by our current energy consumption. Scientists estimate that at current rates, if significant measure are not taken, America risks periods of extensive disruption in the availability of electricity and fuels needed for transport and manufacturing. What solutions need to be on the table for discussion and why?

80th Anniversary of the End of World War 2

2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of the greatest international conflict in world history. Three significant events from the last six months of World War 2 stand out, reminding us of their repercussions until today: the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany and the use of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and Nagasaki forcing an end to the war in the Pacific. Susan Eisenhower brings her unique perspective to this historic period through her extensive work in the fields of national security and international relations as well as her study of the strategic challenges of her grandfather Dwight Eisenhower as both military leader and two-term US President.