Sarah is an experienced Organisation Development Consultant, Executive Coach and Facilitator, with over 25 years’ experience supporting individuals, teams, and organisations to thrive. Her work spans private, public, and non-profit sectors across the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the USA.
She brings a calm, professional, and deeply human approach to her work, underpinned by a commitment to helping people connect, lead effectively, and perform with purpose. Sarah works with senior leaders and their teams to build leadership capability, embed meaningful performance practices, and strengthen collaboration.
Earlier in her career, Sarah held internal roles in Learning and Organisation Development in both Management Consulting and Financial Services. Since then, she has operated independently for 17+ years, partnering with clients across sectors on programmes ranging from leadership and management development, to executive coaching, team development and culture change.
Qualifications
Sarah holds a BA in English and Journalism, an MA in Human Resources Management, and an MSc in Organisational Consulting/Change. She is an EMCC accredited coach, a certified practitioner in systemic coaching and is certified in a wide range of psychometric tools. Sarah has also studied mindfulness with Michael Chaskalson, one of the UK’s leading trainer of mindfulness-based approaches to work and has written a dissertation on the role mindfulness can play in supporting organisations and leaders in dealing with increasing change and uncertainty.
Facilitation approach
Sarah’s facilitation is grounded, flexible, and highly participative. She meets groups where they are, designing and delivering sessions that feel relevant and real – combining structure with space to explore. Her use of coaching principles and psychometrics supports deeper self-awareness, enabling individuals and teams to shift perspectives and grow in confidence and connection.
Sarah brings warmth, clarity, and precision. She reads the room with ease, adjusting her approach in real-time while keeping the outcomes in sharp focus.
Examples of recent work:
- C-Suite team development for a start-up businesses to support its scaling up phase
- C-Suite team integration and development to support the merging of two businesses
- Coaching across 3 NHS Trusts to support the transition to a Group model, supported by larger system-wide events
- Coaching leaders/emerging leaders on a range of leadership/management challenges
- Various leadership and manager development programmes – across a range of industries
- Developing managers as coaches