Sandra is an experienced professional
She has a broad work experience. She has worked in corporations, government, large non-profits and small businesses. This multi-faceted background supports Sandra as she works with business owners to identify what is next, helps individuals function at their best, and helps teams implement business plans that invigorate all employees throughout the company.
With leadership experience in academic institutions, government agencies, non-profits, organization boards and corporate environments, she can connect with executives in many work environments.
Everything she has done in the business arena compliments her work and contributes to her successful engagements.
Business Coaching and Positive Change
Sandra is known for coaching CEOs and small business owners committed to improving their bottom line. A Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, Sandra has a reputation as a tough, bold coach, who understands that taking business risks requires courage, vision, and tenacity. She is sought after as a coach by business people who are successful but want some change in their work lives and professionals who feel the need to have advice from someone with a more objective view of their work world.
Transition Management and Forward Action
Individual professionals and business owners can request help in designing their personal progress toward clear goals. Sometimes these transition conversations begin prior to goals being clear. Sandra has a persistent way of asking questions and uncovering statements from clients that are very helpful as they create the plan for their future. Sandra’s assistance can continue as the professional pursues and obtains their next position.
Business Planning and Clear Focus
Sandra comes to business planning from banking where she was a bank president for 7 years, running the fastest growing bank in a large Midwest bank holding company, now US Bancorp. There she advised business owners, reviewed and granted business loans, and conducted classes on writing business plans. She managed the acquisition of a bank and its merger with a neighborhood bank. Her assistance on strategic planning for businesses was sought after and continues to be the foundation of her work with business leaders in many industries.
Sandra has assisted businesses large and small to create plans that move the company forward and incorporate new strategies and products. In her planning conversations, Sandra uncovers new directions to consider and helps business owners design realistic development plans.
Team Facilitation and Increased Effectiveness
As a business owner herself, Sandra knows first-hand how working the business can get in the way of planning the business. She also knows how important it is to bring the team together, get consensus about what the goals are and how they are going to be accomplished. She has extensive experience leading meetings of argumentative teams and groups that want to be more efficient in how they get tasks done. She is seen as a professional who makes change easier and helps people work together for the benefit of all.
Prior to serving as a bank president Sandra managed a USDA-funded child feeding program for the New Jersey Department of Education, and was Associate Director of Admissions at Utica College of Syracuse University These positions inform her about how teams function, how interventions work, and what can be expected when change is initiated.
Sandra is goal oriented, accomplished, smart, dynamic, enthusiastic, has high energy and welcomes change while being skeptical of whether it will be beneficial or another hurdle to overcome.
If you are looking for a partner to help you get started and move forward, contact Sandra to learn more about how  Sandra can help you.
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