Transformational Thinkers with Sara Sheehan

In 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 engagement and customer care. She names the four factors in transformation success and explains how taking them into consideration greatly impacts successful outcomes.

In this episode, Sara details exactly what her consulting company can offer clients. She explains the ROI and life-changing potential within her PInnacle Executive Coaching Program, shares the ways in which her Center for Change Leadership provides supportive community to C-suite changemakers, and lays out the framework of the 12-week Mastering Change Management course. Tune in to learn more about Sara and all the ways in which she can assist in supporting and transforming your business.

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Harvard Business Review: “The Hard Side of Change Management”
• William Bridges
• Harvard Business Review: “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail” by John P Kotter
• Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: EKR Foundation

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Contact Sara Sheehan | Sara Sheehan Consulting:

• SaraWSheehan.com
• Sara Sheehan on LinkedIn
• Meet with Sara

Transcript:

Hi there, I'm Sara Sheehan and welcome to my podcast, Transformational Thinkers with Sara Sheehan. Today I'm talking about my specialty in human capital, in the consulting and executive coaching services that I offer my clients. If you would like to learn more after listening to today's discussion, check out the show notes for a link to book a meeting with me.

Sara Sheehan: Hi there. My name is Sara Sheehan and welcome to Transformational Thinkers with Sara Sheehan. I'd like to share a little bit today about who I am and what I do so that listeners have a little more perspective on how we might work together in the future. I bring almost 30 years of experience working with the world's largest consulting firms and Fortune 100 clients. The kinds of projects that I typically work on are big business transformations like mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing of a global function, technology transformations like implementing SAP, Oracle or Workday, custom application development, or other kinds of digital transformations, just to name a few. I specialize in human capital, and that means that I help clients with human performance challenges through organization change management, training, leadership development, organization design, and executive coaching. My clients like to work with me because I make the hard work of adopting change easy. They know that I am a trusted business advisor that they can count on for years to come. I have truly deep personal relationships with clients and business partners alike. Relationships matter a ton to me and I value them for all that they bring to my life and to my work. In terms of my ideal client, I am looking to work with companies at $100 million in revenue up to a couple billion dollars in revenue. And I am not looking to compete with my former firms at all. I'm interested in working with growing companies that really see the value in investing in people, companies that want to increase employee engagement, that want to develop more leaders at more levels of the organization, and companies that see that investing in people increases shareholder value. That's the kind of client that I would love to work with. So thank you for giving me an opportunity to share a little bit about me and my business.

Sara Sheehan: Now I'd like to transition our conversation to talk a little bit about big challenges affecting business, as well as four key factors for transformation success, and then transition into giving you a definition on what change management is and sharing a little bit about the ways that Sara Sheehan Consulting works with clients. That's my agenda for today and I very much look forward to hearing back from you after getting through the conversation. And so moving forward, let's talk a...