Sally Thornton (She/Her)

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CEO & Founder of Forshay, Keynote Speaker, Teamwork Strategist, and Advisor to Companies Who Make Work Better @ Forshay
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Sonoma, California, United States, United States
About Sally Thornton (She/Her)

Connecting your people strategy (and execution that can be metabolized within your culture) to your business strategy is my jam. Here is how others have described my work: Sally is the CEO & Founder of Forshay, a firm that takes a holistic lens on how hard work can accomplished more easily, as it’s essential to have both the right players on the team, and the culture and organizational structure that enables people to do their best work. Forshay does this in two ways – with a modern approach to executive recruiting, and by supporting overworked teams with interim experts in the People/HR and Marketing domains -- all grounded with inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging.Forshay was awarded #290 on the Inc. 5000 "Fastest-Growing Private Companies" list for 2015. Prior to founding Forshay, Sally co-founded and was CEO of Flexperience. Under her leadership, Flexperience grew into a nationally acclaimed firm, and was awarded “Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies” in 2010 by the San Francisco Business Times.A speaker in two TEDx talks, Sally is a frequent keynote speaker on the future of work, women in leadership, diversity & inclusion, the science of work/life blend, applying design thinking to make work better, harnessing the value of a multi-generational workforce, and talent recruitment and engagement strategies. Sally has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, BBC, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, YahooFinance, Huffington Post, KQED radio, NBC11 News, ABC7 News, among numerous other media publications.Sally launched WorkLab in 2015, a design thinking community of action committed to making work better, based on her work with Stanford's "Redesigning and Redefining Work" project. She is committed to prototyping new workplace strategies and systems that align with the lives of today's workforce so companies can better harness talent for mutual success. WorkLab uses design thinking, lean start up, and storytelling skills to design, test, and scale experiments to #MakeWorkBetter.Sally lectures regularly at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business as well as UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. She served for six years on the Advisory Council of Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research. However, her friends say the only thing that people really want to hear is that she was in two Prince videos.Join me in conversation @forshaytalent on Instagram for more data / story sharing to #makeworkbetter together

Sally Thornton (She/Her)'s Current Company Details
Forshay

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CEO & Founder of Forshay, Keynote Speaker, Teamwork Strategist, and Advisor to Companies Who Make Work Better
Sally Thornton (She/Her) Work Experience Details
  • Forshay
    Founder & Ceo
    Forshay Aug 2011 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
    We make great teams (Executive Search) and elevate team performance (Consulting - the hands on kind where we take work off your plate). From start ups to the leading brands you trust, we're a boutique firm where you get focus and quality results. We help you get the right work done by the right people who align to your business culture and context.
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  • Balloon
    Advisor
    Balloon Jul 2018 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Balloonr revolutionizes the process of decision making in teams, by building an "idea meritocracy". The SAAS platform is based on neuroscience and social psychology, and re-routes the decision making process so that the best ideas get "lift" in their balloon. Balloonr removes the prejudices like group thinking, gender bias, and anchoring and helps leaders and teams to reach the knowledge that was previously unreachable.
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  • Hitch
    Advisor
    Hitch Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
    Seattle, Us
    Hitch was acquired by ServiceNow! Was a member of the Industry Advisory Board, helping define the core functionality, go-to-market, and strategic purpose of this early stage SAAS talent marketplace.
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  • Sparrows
    Advisor
    Sparrows Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
    Our mission is to bring personality and depth to the professional world. Humans are much more than their work and education history and our goal is to help each person showcase themselves in the most meaningful way possible.
  • Plause
    Advisor
    Plause Dec 2015 - Apr 2019
    San Mateo, Ca, Us
    It's time to feel heard. Understood. Valued. To love what you do - with people you trust and care about. To share common goals. And reach uncommon achievements. Meet Plause, the social platform for the human side of work. Plause helps you connect with people at work. Discover what's happening around you. Applaud your coworkers in an open, transparent way. And know when others recognize you. All these endorsements add up to reveal the big picture of your impact. Get Insights that Help you grow. Get recognition, support, and feedback from the people around you. With Plause, you'll have a clear view of how you're doing at work and how to improve. Let's do the best work of our lives.
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  • Stanford University - Clayman Instititue
    Advisory Council
    Stanford University - Clayman Instititue Mar 2013 - Apr 2019
    The Clayman Institute's "Voice & Influence" program is the educational arm of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean-In circles. We have created films to empower women and men to be as effective as possible and to create organizations where all people can thrive: http://gender.stanford.edu/voice-influenceFounded in 1974, the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University creates knowledge and seeks to implement change to promote gender equality. Our current focus is Moving Beyond the Stalled Gender Revolution. We are bringing together an intellectually diverse group of scholars to provide new insights into the barriers to women's advancement and to propose novel and workable solutions to advancing gender equality.
  • Talent Sonar
    Advisory Board Member
    Talent Sonar Apr 2015 - Feb 2018
    Talent Sonar's software removes unconscious bias in the hiring and promotion processes. They have taken the research on unconscious bias and operationalized it so that it can impact the behaviors caused by bias in real-time.
  • Theskinnyscoop
    Board Advisor
    Theskinnyscoop Jan 2010 - Jan 2014
    SkinnyScoop is a quick and easy online surveying tool that helps women who want the skinny to get the scoop. When it comes to most family and household decisions, women wear the pants. That means we women are collectively pulling $2.1 trillion out of those pant pockets to spend on family related goods and services. At SkinnyScoop, women can find, compare and share information to make sure they spend wisely and get the product that best fits their needs.
  • Stanford University: Silicon Valley Thought Leadership Greenhouse
    Leadership Team
    Stanford University: Silicon Valley Thought Leadership Greenhouse Oct 2010 - Mar 2013
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, The OpEd Project, and a small team of leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have come together to create a new and experimental Thought Leadership Greenhouse aimed at identifying and arming the highest potential thought leaders and thinkers in Silicon Valley with the skills, training, research, access, and close-knit support to dramatically increase the influence of women in defining the future.
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  • Rallyon
    Board Advisor
    Rallyon Jan 2009 - Jan 2013
    Mountain View, California, Us
    RallyOn brings the power of social gaming to corporate wellness, enabling organizations to build healthy and competitive cultures. Increase productivity, improve health and boost morale...learn more at RallyOn.com.
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  • Flexperience, Llc
    President & Co-Founder
    Flexperience, Llc Jan 2006 - Feb 2011
    California, Us
    Sally is a sought-after expert on issues related to flexible work practices as the president and co-founder of Flexperience. Her clients include leaders such as Genentech, Pixar, and Levis, as well as high-growth start ups. Sally has been a featured guest on the KQED radio show Forum hosted by Michael Krasny, the Wall Street Journal, NBC11 News, the Washington Post, CBS Mornings on 2, San Francisco Chronicle, Entrepreneur.com, and BNET.com. Sally supports other women entrepreneurs through her Board position on the Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment, and is a mentor for women entrepreneurs at Stanford’s GSB. Prior to starting Flexperience in 2006, Sally enjoyed her years as a global compensation consultant at E&Y and her HR and Customer Experience management roles with Covad Communications.
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  • Women'S Initiative
    Board Member - San Francisco
    Women'S Initiative Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
    Women's Initiative for Self Employment is a Bay Area non-profit which provides high-potential, lower-income women the training, resources and on-going support to start and grow their business. The business management training, technical assistance, and financial services we provide — in English and Spanish — improve the quality of life for the women we serve, their families and our communities.
  • Covad Communications
    Director, Customer Experience
    Covad Communications Apr 2004 - Dec 2005
    Us
    The Customer Experience became a top strategic issue for Covad given the high churn of our customers. I co-lead the organizational change required for us to not only attract new customers, but to make the entire customer experience "easy" for them to stay with us, and introduced the Net Promoter approach to building our customer loyalty.
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  • Covad
    Director, Hr (Business Partner)
    Covad 2003 - 2004
    Us
    HR Business Partner to Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Operations, and Legal departments. The Business Partner role was focused on aligning the business strategy of each group with the people strategy and execution -- so helping with organizational design, coaching executives and managers in their leadership, etc.
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  • Covad
    Director, Compensation
    Covad 2001 - 2003
    Us
    The Director of Compensation was responsible for designing all forms of compensation -- stock options, ESPP, bonus plans, sales commission plans, and determining base salary bands for the company. This role also did due diligence on M&A activity of companies acquired, then merged the roles and compensation into the parent company to ensure fairness and retention of valuable employees.
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  • Ernst & Young
    Compensation Consultant
    Ernst & Young 1998 - 2001
    London, Gb
    As a global compensation consultant (clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies and to high-growth start ups), this role looked at various global compensation and benefits issues to align the pay structures with the global strategic goals of the company. For example, one project in this role had me design, project manage, and implement a global stock purchase plan in over 40 countries for a Fortune 500 company that wanted all employees to be shareholders in the company. Another global company had me look at their international assignee compensation and benefits to determine market competitiveness and find cost efficiencies. I also spoke on the topic of designing Global Stock Plans to a number of professional associations.
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Sally Thornton (She/Her) Education Details

  • University Of Minnesota
    University Of Minnesota
    International Relations

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Sally Thornton (She/Her) works for Forshay

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Sally Thornton (She/Her)'s current role is CEO & Founder of Forshay, Keynote Speaker, Teamwork Strategist, and Advisor to Companies Who Make Work Better.

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Sally Thornton (She/Her) attended University Of Minnesota.

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