Sarah Finch has almost two decades working as a facilitator, coach and speaker to help leaders at all levels be successful. She believes that the best leaders find the right mix of expertise, engagement and empathy in order to empower their teams to succeed.
Her career has taken her from leading improv-based corporate learning programs with The Second City theatre, to building cause-driven leaders making a difference in their communities with the YMCA, to developing software company executive and high potential leaders with Vista Consulting Group, the consulting arm of Vista Equity Partners.
In her roles with these companies, she has been fortunate to have facilitated hundreds of program with leaders at Fortune 500 business, non-profits, and government agencies including Deloitte, GE Healthcare, McKinsey, Major League Baseball, Kraft, Farmer’s Insurance, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Abbott Labs, Cisco, Accenture, Harley Davidson, the IRS and many others. She is experienced in facilitating short workshops, team offsite meetings and multi-session/multi-month programs.
While working with the YMCA, she was certified in through their internal coaching process, and then subsequently developed. facilitated and trained future YMCA coaches. As a coach, she has delivered over 500 hours of coaching working with individuals from early career to C-Suite in support of their individual development, specific challenges, and career path. Sarah is very experienced in coaching through assessment results including leadership 360s.
Sarah is a certified provider and coach for Insights Discovery, EQi and TruScore 360s and is a Faculty member at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. She is also an accomplished conference speaker having spoken from the main stage to audiences across the country.
Aside from her passion for leadership development, Sarah also has expertise in change management, organizational health, executive team effectiveness and presentation skills.
Sarah holds a BS from Northwestern University’s School of Speech and an MA from New York University’s School of Education.