Sara Whittaker Email & Phone Number

Co-Founder of Take Wing Professional Development Inc., providing customized training and coaching. I am a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and a certified emotional intelligence practitioner.With over 35 years of retail sales and education leadership, I collaborate with individuals to realize their full potential and leverage their strengths by helping them to live into their unique talents. As a coach and developer of others, I am naturally curious and enjoy getting to know people to build strong, trusting relationships to create strategies that achieve organizational and personal goals.A natural problem solver, I enjoy looking for creative solutions to challenges and empower others to discover their ideal solution to overcome obstacles. I take an individualized approach when working with clients and inspire ways to identify platforms and opportunities that provide growth for themselves as well as their direct reports. Prior to Take Wing Professional Development, my professional experience was primarily with the Estée Lauder Companies, where I held senior positions. My role as the Director of Education for Clinique Canada allowed me to hone my facilitation skills and create Interactive workshops that focus on development strategies to increase client or employee engagement that result in increased productivity, sales, and retention. A significant aspect of my role was to develop leaders to improve their skills, allowing them to influence their teams to increase productivity and exceed sales results. This led to Clinique becoming one of the leading cosmetic brands in the Canadian retail landscape.I am a strategic thinker who identifies opportunities and partners with clients to discover their potential and establish creative solutions that encourage personal and group excellence. As a dedicated coach I support individuals, teams and leaders to lean into their strengths and develop their emotional intelligence in their pursuit of personal and professional fulfillment. A skilled communicator, I am a compelling speaker who connects easily with audiences. My facilitation style allows for a level of comfort where participation from the attendees is a natural occurrence. A media spokesperson I have had a national presence on television, print and social media. My experience leading a variety of teams in North America has developed transferable skills that will benefit individuals who are leaders from all industries and those with aspirations to lead. I am passionate about the development of leaders to increase employee engagement and productivity.

Listed skills include Visual Merchandising, Retail, Cosmetology, Sales, and 15 others.