Executive and Strategic Advisory
For consequential decisions, relationships, rooms, and systems.
Confidential coaching and advisory for CEOs, board leaders, and senior executives.
Bring the situation. You don’t need to have it figured out first.
We work with senior executives, corporations, and institutions to navigate complex decisions, geopolitical dynamics, and emerging opportunities. Drawing on experience in global diplomacy, government, and international business, we provide strategic counsel, executive coaching, leadership development, and relationship-building support to help leaders strengthen their influence, navigate uncertainty, and achieve their objectives.
How Sara works
See the room. Read the system. Move what matters.
Read the room.
Understand the people, interests, power, relationships, history, and what isn’t being said.
Read the system.
Understand how things really work, especially when you’re entering unfamiliar territory.
Move the system.
Sometimes you understand the system. You need to change it.
Own the moment.
A speech. Media interview. Board meeting. Presentation. Negotiation. Difficult conversation.
Why Sara
Sara has spent her career in consequential rooms.
A former Ambassador-level U.S. diplomat, global strategist, board director, and advisor to senior executives, boards, and government leaders.
- 70+countries
- G7 · NATO · UNASEAN and APEC too
- Boarddirector
“She can’t rely on reading a script or scanning faces around a table. So she learned to lead differently. Know the substance rather than memorize the words. Listen closely. Understand the architecture of the room.”
Sara’s approach is shaped by her experience as a blind leader.
Ways to work with Sara
Four ways to work together.
01
Bring the Thought
One question. One 90-minute session.
Best for: One important issue you need to think through.
You leave with: A sharper read of the situation and a concrete next move.
02
Prepare for the Moment
When one room matters.
Best for: A consequential moment ahead.
You leave with: A clear objective, stronger approach, authentic message, and plan for before, during, and after.
03
Gain a Thinking Partner
For the questions that need somewhere to live.
Best for: Leaders who want an independent, experienced mind alongside them.
You leave with: Context, continuity, pattern recognition, candid challenge, and a thinking partnership that becomes more valuable over time.
04
Move the Organization
When the issue is bigger than one person.
Best for: Leadership teams, executive groups, cross-sector partnerships, and high-stakes organizational situations.
You leave with: A clearer path to movement across people, interests, and systems.
Who Sara works with
Experienced leaders facing questions that don’t come with a formula.
- Who
- CEOs, founders, C-suite executives, board leaders, and senior government and institutional leaders.
- When
- The stakes are high, the answer isn’t obvious, and the people immediately around them aren’t always the people they can think with.
- Why Sara
- They aren’t buying a leadership formula. They’re investing in better judgment when it matters.
Start a conversation
Bring the thing you’re thinking about.
The decision. The opportunity. The relationship. The room. The uncomfortable question. It doesn’t need to be polished.
Figuring out what the real question is may be the first thing we do.
