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Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanMastering Change Management: Elevating Employee Engagement Through Respect and Innovative Leadership StrategiesWhat if the secret to unlocking unparalleled employee engagement lies not in metrics, but in the profound simplicity of respect? Join host Sara Sheehan as she dives deep into this transformative idea with author John Guaspari in the latest episode of Transformational Thinkers with Sara Sheehan. In his compelling book, "If Engagement is the What, Then Respect is the How," Guaspari challenges conventional wisdom, urging leaders to rethink their approach to workplace culture.Throughout this enlightening discussion, Guaspari reveals how respect serves as the bedrock of employee engagement and organizational success. Many leaders mistakenly prioritize quantifiable metrics...
2025-11-1145 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanBuilding a Successful Workplace: Leadership Insights with Alykhan Jetha of Daylite.appIn this episode of Transformational Thinkers, Sara Sheehan welcomes Alykhan Jetha (AJ), the CEO of Marketcircle and Daylite, to the show. Daylite is a software that works in the Apple ecosystem, a productivity CRM that Alykhan is expanding to include time tracking and invoicing for a holistic package. He talks with Sara about how he funded Marketcircle, his company’s growth trajectory, and his thoughts on the necessity of adapting to growth and change.Alykhan and Sara discuss why focusing on the employees and staff who are innovative and open to change is so important for company gr...
2025-10-1453 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanUnlocking Gen AI Superpowers: Leadership and Talent Optimization in BusinessIn this episode of Transformational Thinkers, Sara Sheehan welcomes Balki Kodarapu, a fractional CTO, Gen AI advisor, and SaaS scale-up expert. Balki shares how he helps startups grow from $100K to $40M ARR, avoid the “feature factory” trap, and build outcome-driven engineering teams. His specialty is creating clarity out of chaos—turning bottlenecks, missed deadlines, and organizational confusion into scalable systems and high-performing teams. He explains his strategies and insights to Sara. Balki reveals why every startup needs a clear engineering roadmap, how to use OKRs and scorecards effectively, and why focus is the most underappreciated growth lever...
2025-09-3055 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanUnlocking Growth Mindset: Eduardo Briceño's Insights on Performance and LearningIn this episode of Transformational Thinkers, Sara Sheehan welcomes Eduardo Briceño, a keynote speaker, behavior change partner, and co-founder and CEO of Mindset Works, to the show to discuss the performance paradox. Eduardo explains this as being so focused on performance that we lose sight of learning and asking questions about what makes our performance effective. He discusses his book “The Performance Paradox” and the differences between the learning zone and performance zone with Sara.Great performers, according to Eduardo, give the best performance they can on stage, but behind the curtains, they are doing hours of ex...
2025-09-1649 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanUnlocking Explosive Growth: Lessons in Talent Development and Revenue Transformation with Mark GordonSara Sheehan welcomes guest Mark Gordon, Founder and CEO of Integrated Go-To-Market Solutions, to the show for a conversation about blending psychology into scaling companies and how he positively re-energizes relationships with clients. Through his company, IGTMS, Mark helps startups and mid-market companies align scattered sales into one revenue-generating machine. He talks with Sara about his career journey, the challenges of entrepreneurship, and how lessons learned from playing rugby have stayed with him.What motivates people is a foundational interest of Mark’s, and that fascination with people and his college psychology major drove Mark to the ph...
2025-09-0256 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanHow Talent Corner Grew 20X: Lessons in Franchising and Expansion from Rashesh DoshiSara Sheehan welcomes guest Rashesh Doshi, Managing Director of Talent Corner, to the podcast to explore his HR business and the fantastic growth his business has experienced. Rashesh details the growth in numbers and explains how their franchise partners add to the growth and are supported. They also discuss how the Stanford Seed Transformation Program is positively impacting Talent Corner as a team and Rashesh personally. It’s due to this reinvigoration that Rashesh is looking to expand Talent Corner out of India into nine other markets with the assistance of Stanford. Sara finds out part of the scaling pl...
2025-08-1926 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanJim Carlough’s Roadmap to Leadership Excellence and Organizational GrowthSara Sheehan welcomes guest Jim Carlough, a business strategist, author, and speaker with over 30 years of leadership experience, to the podcast for a conversation about how leaders are developed. Jim talks about his career journey and what makes for good leadership, highlighting insights from his book “The Six Pillars of Effective Leadership: A Roadmap to Success”. Sara and Jim focus on specifically discussing the two pillars of integrity and empathy as they relate to powerful leaders. Jim’s philosophy on empathy includes an obligation to lead employees and teams with compassion and camaraderie. Jim shares advice from his cur...
2025-08-0543 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanBuild Organizational Agility with Tailored Change Management Training for Long-Term GrowthIn this solo episode, Sara Sheehan offers a message on unlocking the power of customized change management training, a strategic investment for CEOs. Success hinges on the ability to effectively manage business change, so investing in a private, customized version of a Mastering Change Management course is a key step for leadership teams. Sara breaks down all the ways in which customized training is an essential part of a successful transformation and details exactly how a private course would work.There are six reasons, explained by Sara, on why a change management course is so essential for...
2025-07-2219 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanReviving American Watchmaking with R.T. Custer, CEO of Vortic and Colorado Watch CompanySara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is R.T. Custer, co-founder and CEO of Vortic Watch Company and Colorado Watch Company. R.T. transforms antique American pocket watches into one-of-a-kind wrist watches through Vortic Watch Company, and with Colorado Watch Company, will be building the most American-made watches at scale available today. Sara talks with R.T. about how he identified his calling in converting pocket watches, surviving a crippling lawsuit early in his entrepreneurship, loyal customers, and where he’s headed next. R.T. discusses launching on Kickstarter and shipping watches to customers a year and a...
2025-07-0844 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanThe Future of Healing: KeriCure’s Military-Grade and Professional Wound Care NanotechSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Dr. Kerriann Greenhalgh, CEO and Chief Science Officer of KeriCure Medical. Kerriann shares the story of how she fell in love with chemistry and came to a place where she developed her own wound barrier and infection care skin spray, KeriCure. KeriCure is a revolutionary medical product and contains a nanopolymer technology that Kerriann worked to develop for topical wound care. Sara learns the history of its development and how Kerriann is using her knowledge and KeriCure to change the lives of children, adults, and pets everywhere. When Kerriann dis...
2025-06-2444 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanCircle of Traction: Fast-Tracking Business Growth With AI and Customer FocusSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Laura Patterson, Co-Founder and President of VisionEdge Marketing and author of “Fast-Track Your Business”. Sara and Laura discuss what prompted her to write her latest book and the themes it addresses. Laura delves into what customer-centric means to her and why it’s key to growth strategies. From software that assists companies in finding individualized success measures to what she’s learned from mistakes in business, Laura provides an insightful look into how she built her success. One of the driving themes of Laura’s book, and her career, is the idea o...
2025-06-1041 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanRevolutionizing Personalized Nutrition: Sam Hale of Nurish'd on AI and Healthy LivingSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Samuel Hale, the CEO and Co-Founder of Nurish’d. Sam discusses the evolution of Nurish’d, a digital health and nutrition platform that connects users with registered dietitians and personalized meal planning, assisted by AI. Sam tells Sara about his career journey and how he originally launched as a ready-to-eat meal prep company before transitioning into Nurish’d. Sam shares how his platform now optimizes meal plans that align with users’ health profiles, dietary preferences, and wellness goals. Sam’s entrepreneurial path demonstrates a strategic pivot from food production to healthtech...
2025-05-2729 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanJournaling for Growth with Kim AdesSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is the president and founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and Journal Engine Software, Kim Ades. Kim uses journal-based coaching in her direct coaching style with clients; she tells Sara exactly what that is and how she came to develop it. Following a life-altering divorce, Kim’s focus became helping others build emotional resilience to thrive despite challenges. She and Sara discuss how introspection and writing can reframe experiences, and how that shift can impact client success. Kim founded Frame of Mind Coaching to empower people to focus on their thoug...
2025-05-1332 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanFuture-Proofing Your Business: Actionable AI Insights for LeadersSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is AI Strategist, Digital Transformation Leader, and founder of AIboration, Nicole Hilgenkamp. Nicole discusses AI and how it is more than just an IT function; it is a transformative force in business. The new role of Chief AI Officer reflects the cross-functional nature of AI and Nicole explains why dedicated leadership is required to integrate AI across entire organizations. Ensuring that it is embraced to ensure a future-ready company is essential. Nicole shares strategies for AI integration and recommendations on how to stay updated on AI developments through focused newsletters, by...
2025-04-2935 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanDiscovering New Horizons: Business Expansion Through Nearshore TalentSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Chris Brown, Partner and CTO of Wow Remote Teams, a connection service for companies in need of virtual professional employees. Chris explains the benefits of staffing from Latin America and discusses his company’s vetting and recruitment processes with Sara. Chris believes in the positive impact nearshore staffing creates for businesses and explores how it impacts the local economy for the better.Chris breaks down Wow Remote Teams’ sourcing process for Sara. He details the questions asked of the employers, such as what skill level and type of person they’r...
2025-04-1548 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanRevolutionizing Financial Markets with Noah HealySara Sheehan’s guest this episode is Noah Healy, the founder of Coordisc, who joins Sara to discuss his work in market design and game theory. Noah, who has a background in nuclear engineering and software development, developed a new system called Coordinated Discovery Markets (CDMs). He explains what the technology aims to do in regards to creating efficient marketplaces. His system, inspired by mathematical problem-solving, allows markets to function with much less data processing compared to traditional financial markets, and he illustrates how this makes transactions more efficient and transparent.Noah shares the challenges he faced in...
2025-03-1846 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanFinding Meaning at WorkSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Tamara Myles, a professor, researcher, author, and speaker who specializes in helping people unlock the power of meaningful work. She combines research in Positive Psychology with understanding human organizational challenges to assist companies in creating a workplace full of connection and fulfilment. Tamara shares over two decades of expertise with Sara as they explore themes from her new book, “Meaningful Work”. Tamara explains the positive benefits and importance of having meaningful work in our lives. Not only organizational benefits but personal ones like feeling more fulfilled with a greater sense o...
2025-02-1847 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanThe Power of DifferentiationSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Barry LaBov, a two-time Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winner and the founder of LABOV Marketing Communications and Training. Barry LaBov shares his career journey with Sara, explaining how he learned through the jobs he held before coming to the position he’s in today. Barry’s book, The Power of Differentiation, speaks to the main focus of his company and Sara learns how Barry views every company as having a distinctiveness that sets them apart.Barry began his career journey in music. As a rock musician who ra...
2025-02-0437 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanAspirational GoalsSara Sheehan talks about how success in business is not accidental but the result of clarity, focus, and execution. Central to this journey is the idea of setting aspirational goals. Sara explores aspirational goals through the lens of cutting-edge neuroscience and practical business strategy to uncover how our brains respond to ambitious goals and how those targets stimulate the brain’s reward system. She details the balance of how challenging and feasible the goal should be to properly motivate us.David Rock PhD, a thought leader in neuroscience and author of “Your Brain at Work” has uncovered exactl...
2025-01-2113 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanConquering Your MindsetSara Sheehan discusses the importance of conquering mindset to overcome fear and define success in today’s episode. She splits the conversation into three key parts, touching on How to Stay Driven and Motivated, Overcoming or Minimizing Fear, and Defining Success as a Leader. In each part, Sara examines why mindset is such an important component of success and how to master each step by asking important questions and paying attention to goals. Sara shares the inspiration she drew from a continuing education course by James Garrett, called “Brain By Design” and points out that sometimes teaching can con...
2025-01-0711 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanJeremy Fischbach - How Happy is Disrupting Corporate Mental HealthSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Jeremy Fischbach, CEO of Happy, a mental health company providing frictionless, non-clinical support for people in demanding environments. Happy supports large organizations like hospitals and the Department of Defense and operates by eliminating barriers to accessing emotional support. Jeremy drew on his background in psychology and law, as well as his personal difficulties accessing mental health support, to develop Happy. He tells Sara exactly how his innovative approach prioritizes accessibility and impact.Jeremy’s personal struggles and dissatisfaction with the time-consuming and inaccessible nature of mental health support led him...
2024-12-1049 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanAuthentic LeadershipSara Sheehan talks about the power of authenticity in leadership in today’s episode. Authenticity is about leading in a genuine way, with transparency and in alignment with personal values and the organization’s mission. She breaks down exactly what authentic leadership looks like and how it sets executives apart by making them trusted and effective. Sara shares five core components that define authenticity in leadership: The Core of Authentic Leadership, Why Authentic Leaders Are More Trusted, The Competitive Advantage of Authentic Leadership, How to Cultivate Authentic Leadership, and Authenticity as a Catalyst for Change. She breaks down e...
2024-11-2613 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanDefining Sustainable Non-Profit Success with Kevin WilkinsSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Kevin Wilkins, CEO of Trepwise, a New Orleans-based strategy firm that has worked with over 550 purpose-driven organizations. Kevin talks with Sara about what life events changed his career path and why Trepwise is such an important step for him. They explore what it takes to build a sustainable business in the present day and what leaders need to know. Kevin describes moving his family to New Orleans 4 and ½ years after Hurricane Katrina had hit after his wife got a great job offer. Once in the city, he began to look...
2024-11-1243 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanCreating a Positive Company CultureSara Sheehan examines how to create a positive company culture based on guidance from Daniel Coyle’s book The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. She identifies the three fundamental skills that Coyle singles out as key to sustaining a strong organizational culture - building safety, sharing vulnerability, and establishing purpose - and discusses how each skill improves team performance when implemented. Sara gets in-depth into how each of the three skills affects company culture for the better. Building safety allows teams to perform well because their members feel safe, connected, and supported. Sharing vulnerability may...
2024-10-2917 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanWhy CEOs Should Prioritize Change ManagementSara Sheehan focuses on change management in this episode, stressing that CEOs in today’s fast-paced business world must view change not as an exception but as an expectation. Managing the changes facing an organization, whether it be a digital transformation or a large-scale merger, is the crucial element that makes or breaks the success of the endeavour. Sara outlines why mastering change management is so vital and how to approach prioritizing that management. Research from McKinsey & Company reveals that approximately 70% of large-scale transformation projects fail to achieve their goals and one of the primary reasons is a l...
2024-10-1514 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanHow to Build a Successful Luxury Brand with Elizabeth SolaruSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is CEO of Diversity in Luxury, Luxury Weekly News Podcast and Elizabeth's Cake Emporium, Elizabeth Solaru. Elizabeth is a luxury business consultant, author, and a world-renowned cake artist. Her clientele is high-end and royal now but she didn’t start in luxury, she started as a microbiologist and headhunter. Sara Sheehan learns all about how Elizabeth started her companies, found such wealthy clients, and the advice she offers in her new book, The LUXPreneur.While working as a headhunter, Elizabeth relieved stress by reconnecting with her early love of baking and...
2024-09-1732 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanThe Art of Compassionate BusinessSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Dr. Bruno R. Cignacco, an international business consultant, TEDx speaker, and best-selling author. For over thirty years Dr. Cignacco has advised and trained hundreds of companies on trade activities and social marketing. His latest book, “The Art of Compassionate Business” examines the long-held assumption that employees are and should be treated like commodities and customers perceived as difficult. Bruno instead explores the need for humanity and healthy relationships not just with employees but with customers and shareholders as well. Businesses frequently resort to operating only on the quantitative outputs of a co...
2024-08-2037 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanTerry Tucker: Significance and Creating Deeper ConnectionsSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Terry Tucker, a speaker, international podcast guest on the topic of motivation, and author of “Sustainable Excellence: Ten Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life”. Terry has a storied history including working as a marketing executive, hospital administrator, and SWAT hostage negotiator, in addition to surviving cancer. Sara and Terry talk about his books, his cancer journey, and why communication and connection are vital to living extraordinary lives. Our job doesn’t always have to embody our purpose, which is a lesson Terry learned through living and now widely sh...
2024-08-0633 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanLinda Fisk and the Power of LeadHERship GlobalSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Linda Fisk, the Founder and Chairwoman of LeadHERship Global, a community of unstoppable women enhancing their leadership blueprint and embracing their power. Linda is an award-winning CEO, TEDx speaker, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and university professor. She talks with Sara about the goals and successes of LeadHERship Global, the power of women, and what she sees coming up in her future. Linda found her genius work by being part of leadership organizations that allowed her to meet other inspirational leaders. Leaders coming together who align against a particular challenge or...
2024-07-2336 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanThe Conscious Publicist with Ashley GrahamSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Ashley Graham, CEO and founder of The Conscious Publicist. Ashley advocates for purpose-driven businesses and their potential to create positive change which she talks about in depth with Sara. She discusses her motivation for PR and assisting clients in increasing their reach and impact through the carefully curated services she offers. Ashley’s sense of strategy and leadership shine in this conversation. Through sharing a bit of her personal story, it becomes clear that Ashley has always been drawn to utilizing her extroverted skill set and ability to define thoug...
2024-07-0947 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanModern Finance with Gary SimonSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Gary Simon, CEO of Modern Finance Forum and FSN Talent and highly sought-after lecturer. Gary talks about exactly what the Modern Finance Forum and FSN Talent are about and what they’re accomplishing. He explains what some of the contemporary discussions on finance centre on between the professionals on the forum and how the members research issues that impact the finance function. Membership in the Modern Finance Forum is strictly controlled and members align specifically with finance in career and knowledge. Gary explains that their goal is to expand knowl...
2024-06-2545 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanMindset Mastery: Resilience, Continuous Learning, and Strategic AlignmentSara Sheehan shares an episode containing three messages about mindset approaches. The three approaches collectively yield an attainable vision of transformational leadership. Drawing on her years of experience, Sara’s passion for building long-term relationships and delivering business results gives this episode a timely impact. Transformational leadership has never been as important as it is now. The three mindset approaches Sara lays out involve resilient leadership, the learning leader, and aligning vision with action. Resilient leadership is about transforming challenges into opportunities. Not all leadership navigates smooth waters, storms will be encountered. How does a leader handle sto...
2024-06-1120 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanTransparency, Trust, and Talent: Navigating Organizational Growth in Modern Workplace CultureSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Sri Chellappa, Co-Founder and CEO of Engagedly and host of the People Strategy Leaders Podcast. Sri Chellappa talks about Engagedly and the purpose behind its development while highlighting the importance of employee engagement and the right kind of performance management. Developing and maintaining talent requires a transparent and interactive approach which Sri elaborates on for Sara. In his previous work in IT consulting, Sri discovered that many employees were not feeling appreciated or recognized for the right roles in advancement, and many of them didn’t understand where their organ...
2024-05-2839 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanHarnessing Your Leadership PurposeSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is Robin L. Owens, PhD, a tenured professor in religious studies at Mount Saint Mary’s University in LA and host of the podcast ‘Leadership Purpose with Dr. Robin’. Dr. Robin shares the childhood drive that led her to her third career in religious studies and why she focuses on helping high-achieving women find their leadership purpose through passion, values, and their zone of genius. Dr. Robin can trace her interest in contemplating the meaning of life right back to when she was six years old, but religious studies wouldn’t become he...
2024-05-1437 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanRunning Your Own Race with Gresh HarklessSara Sheehan’s guest in this episode is marketing mastermind Gresh Harkless. Gresham (Gresh) Harkless Jr. is the founder of Blue 16 Media and CB Nation. He works with business owners as their marketing agency, creating websites, handling SEO, and ensuring they understand what their digital marketing is doing for them. Gresh talks about how he found his purpose and the career he has today. Gresh explains why he believes in the idea that if you run your race, you can’t lose. Running your own race involves an inward focus on our gifts and talents and Gresh has d...
2024-04-3037 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanCEO Sales Strategies with Doug C. BrownSara Sheehan welcomes her friend and mentor Doug C. Brown to the show to talk about successful sales strategies. Doug C. Brown is the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and is a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. Doug’s educational and working background is an impressive mix of varied skills, but he always knew he wanted to focus his energies on helping people achieve their best in sales. Doug walks us through his storied career journey from serving in the United States Army to studying nuclear medicine to selling equipment to some of the top musical act...
2024-04-1652 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanAchieving your Business Potential with Jocelyn ChongSara Sheehan welcomes Jocelyn Chong - Business Consultant, Corporate Trainer, and Professional Speaker - to the podcast to talk about Jocelyn’s work in coaching executives and business leaders in the power of money mindset, sales, leadership, and business development. Jocelyn shares her own personal journey through the financial world into a deeper realization of herself. When Jocelyn talks about her career journey, it’s a story filled with milestones and financial success, but well into it she realized that something was missing. She took some time off to rest, reflect, and discover who she was. What she l...
2024-04-0234 min
Transformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanMental Health Training for the Corporate WorkspaceSara Sheehan welcomes Psychological Health and Safety Advisor, and expert in hope, Lindsay Recknell to the show to talk about the vital topic of mental health training for corporate spaces. Mental health is absolutely fundamental to corporate wellness and Lindsay offers several methods of training corporations, employees, and business owners how to speak the language of mental health in their workspace.Lindsay became a certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor after a personal burnout and period of complete overwhelm. She realized that not every leader has the mental health skills necessary to tackle such conversations after the...
2024-03-0532 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanComprehensive Overview of Organizational RedesignSara Sheehan talks about the compelling current topic of organization design. She highlights some statistics about organizations and redesign that are staggering, before exploring what a successful redesign must incorporate. Sara has real expertise in this area and she shares some valuable insights. The first point Sara makes is not to think small. Organizational redesign is not about small structural changes but how a business operates from a strategic level. What are your organization’s strengths and weaknesses and what is your long-term strategy? Sara takes a point-by-point approach on how to think about different factors that wor...
2024-02-2012 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanSelf Awareness: The Key to Leadership DevelopmentSara Sheehan talks about self awareness and how vital it is to developing your leadership effectiveness. She details several foundational aspects of self awareness including active listening, gratitude, and consistent life habits. Sara confirms that mindset, which is part of self awareness, is one of the most powerful tools a leader can possess.Active listening, one of the first foundations of self awareness, is the act of being fully present in conversations. Both engaging with others and identifying areas for improvement within yourself simultaneously. Sara explains the SCARF model, a tool for working on active listening, to...
2024-02-0617 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanPower and Impact of Effective ConversationsSara Sheehan discusses the power of effective conversations and the positive impact careful conversations can have. She presents ideas such as applying appreciative inquiry and positive psychology to our daily interactions. The goal is to create better relationships through useful conversation.‘Conversational Intelligence’ is a book by Judith E Glaser that introduces the idea of just that: conversational intelligence. Sara unpacks Judith Glaser’s ideas and lays out exactly how conversational intelligence works and why it’s of such benefit to organizational culture. There are roadmaps that can be created for conversations to ensure their success. In this...
2024-01-2313 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanPower of Executive CoachingSara Sheehan presents a strong case for the value of executive coaching for your business. The return on investment that can be achieved with coaching has been studied numerous times and Sara goes through revealing statistics about real-life results.More business people than you may think are likely employing the services of an executive coach. They may not reveal it publicly but studies about coaching benefits make a compelling case and many businesses have taken heed. A 2001 study by a Fortune 500 firm and a coaching services group revealed that coaching produced a 529% return on investment. I...
2024-01-2315 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanTalent OptimizationSara Sheehan introduces us to The Predictive Index’s Talent Optimization strategy in this episode. More than just an introduction, however, Sara explains exactly why talent optimization is so critical for businesses right now and unpacks how The Predictive Index and talent optimization assists companies in driving business results.The “people tax” is defined as increased turnover, lower engagement, lower productivity, and more. What Sara presents is the ways in which talent optimization aligns you with your people and your people with your business goals. She details the big four questions that talent optimization seeks to answer about...
2024-01-2318 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanLeading and Adopting ChangeIn this first episode of Transformational Thinkers with Sara Sheehan, Sara introduces us to herself, her career history, and her business. Sara already shares insight and experience through her consulting work, but this podcast gives her another platform in which to address some of the corporate transformational concerns resonating through the business world today.Sara discusses how COVID-19 changed the office culture landscape in ways that can’t be ignored. The shift to remote and hybrid working can’t be dialed back, and Sara advises that companies will additionally need to take a hard look at employee enga...
2024-01-2323 minTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanTransformational Thinkers with Sara SheehanThe business world is brewing up a storm. Let's thrive in these extraordinary times together! This is a clarion call to Transformational Thinkers across the globe who are ready to rise up and successfully lead change in their teams.Every other week, Change Consultant Sara Sheehan talks with leaders and experts to spotlight real-world stories in the change management space. You will walk away with the latest change strategies to empower your employees, enhance your creativity and communication, and establish your legacy as a leader in business.— Contact Sarah Sheehan | Sara Sheehan Consulting:S...
2022-11-0101 min
Leadership Purpose with Dr. RobinPlanning and Purpose with Sara SheehanSara Sheehan, PCC is a consultant and executive coach who works with C-Level executive leaders. Through executive coaching, Sara helps leaders grow in their careers and increase their performance. During Sara's 25+ years in business, she has worked with leaders, teams, and organizations in Fortune 100 companies and individuals. With a servant leadership mindset, she supports her clients in building new skills and customizes frameworks to her client's needs. Sara has been featured both nationally and internationally on podcasts as an expert on topics of change management, talent and leadership development, executive coaching, and more....
2022-08-1717 min