Sara Potecha Email & Phone Number

Nebo, NC, US

Since publishing my book, West Point Woman in 2018, I had the privilege of speaking to Fortune 50 to 500 companies nationwide while also maintaining thriving coaching and consulting practice. I am about to release the second edition of my book and the accompanying Mastermind Lead and participants guides. With these new tools companies are able to take the.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

The owner of management consulting firm focused on human capital projects to include executive coaching, organizational effectiveness, recruitment and retention, change management, culture change, and training and development.Accomplished Executive Coach providing services to Senior leadership and executives in Fortune 100 and 200 companies as well as.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Program Manager for Lean Six Sigma implementation in Mortgage line of busines. Successfully incorporated robust change management methods leveraging key leaders across 17 Division/departments to lead the change efforts. Developed vigorous engagement strategies and methods to drive the adoption of a Lean culture. The Mortgage program became the model for.

• Responsible for organizational development and leadership development needs for 28 Officers and their organizations.
• Created and championed a development program and coaching for a struggling senior team. Department workload bottlenecks removed and department met or exceeded all 2009 business objectives.
• Partnered on leadership succession planning and coached high potentials positioning them for broader leadership roles and enhanced productivity. Increased bench strength supporting new business growth including.
• Designed and delivered customized programs for effective team performance for newly formed departments. Enabled teams to establish strategic goals and meet or exceed annual business objectives.
• Led the Executive Diversity Council through a facilitated process to identify guiding principles and behaviors for an inclusive workforce. Guiding principles and behaviors were adopted as company cultural standards.
• Developed company wide diversity training program owned and delivered by officers to all levels of leadership. Training enhanced organization’s ability to serve an increasingly diverse customer base and contributed to.

• Developed marketing strategies, performance management and leadership development programs for a variety of clients. Created leadership-focused workbooks and programs for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel.
• Co-authored Keeping the Best!, an employee/volunteer retention toolkit and training program that won national recognition and was featured at the Rural and Frontier EMS Symposium in 2006 and 2008. Also featured in the.
• Created and managed the nationally recognized EMS Leadership Challenge, a self-development leadership program produced for the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads (VAVRS). Featured in the EMS Insider.
• Conducted an in-depth workforce analysis of the Advanced Life Support (ALS) personnel in a large fire department. This winning project highlighted at the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association (VFCA) Mid-Atlantic Expo 2008.

Developed strategic communications and served as liaison to nine regional IT sites in a 350-person Information Technology department. Member of leadership team, with responsibility for promoting IT mission and business objectives across organization. Led multi-function teams and consulted closely with Senior VP in project creation, content and delivery.

M.A., Organizational Management & Development

Activities and Societies: Evidenced Based Coaching program Graduate 2010

Bs, General Engineering

Activities and Societies: Women's Cross Country and Track Team, Marathon Team