By Jodi Spinola Colosimo
Linnea Miller is passionate about all things Suwanee. In fact, you can’t get to know Suwanee without getting to know Linnea! Her service in the community has helped to shape the culture of the city for over two decades. In addition to raising her four children here, she’s volunteered in local schools, served local nonprofits, contributed to the city’s public arts and is an active member at her church. Most recently, she founded the award-winning Long Table Leadership, a business development firm helping business executives and their teams reach their full potential. She also hosts the “Human Together Podcast,” where she explores themes of leadership lessons and personal development.
What sparked your interest to help businesses do better?
Linnea Miller: Before creating Long Table, I worked with an organization that prioritized leadership development. One year, we were introduced to a tool called the Five Voices, which was transformative. Through it, we learned not only how to better understand ourselves, but also our other team members as well. It gave us insights into why they did what they did, and the motivation behind those choices. We had great training before, but this time something clicked. The tool really worked, and our team began to gel in a new way. I realized that I wanted to be a part of helping other teams in the same way.
What advice will you share from the successes you’ve seen?
LM: We tend to think that simply learning new information will somehow change behavior, so we pay for these programs and bring in the experts, hoping that they will be the inspiration that leads us to transformation. But outcomes only change when behavior changes. When our mindset begins to shift from passively consuming information to putting it into action, and if we can inspire our team to do the same, that is when real change begins to happen.
Of all the ways you are serving the community, what has you the most excited?
LM: What I love the most is helping people thrive. Whether through Long Table, partnering with businesses, nonprofits or serving on various boards, it’s all about reminding people they have purpose, value and potential. I get to help unlock that potential in many different ways—through policies, community projects or leadership development. As a connector, I love that I’m not stuck in one role. Each outlet gives me a different opportunity to help others deeply flourish, which is something I really love.
Where can people most often find you when you are out and about in Suwanee?
LM: My go-to coffee shop is Warm Waves. For dinner you can find me at Seaside Oyster Bar, Bottles and Bones, Raik and Tequila Mama’s.
