Sara Ironside

Corentus Executive Coach, Advisor, & Consultant

As an experienced organizational and leadership development consultant, she uses a systems-thinking lens to help leaders look into a wider set of factors creating their business challenges. She helps pinpoint those opportunities where they can influence a better outcome and build the skills to take action. She help leaders hold themselves accountable for achieving new and better results.

Sara has worked with clients globally in various industries including healthcare, technology, and financial services. She has partnered with leaders at multiple organizations including Franklin Templeton Investments, Adobe, Windriver, Clover, Blue Shield of California, Crestone Capitol, OpenText and multiple start-ups and non-profits. Sara is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, and is certified in multiple assessment tools including Hogan Personality Assessment, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Sundance Change Management, IDEO University Foundations in Design Thinking and Conflict Dynamic Profile.

She has worked globally, but currently lives in San Francisco Bay Area, California with her husband and two growing boys. She aims to be outside whenever possible. Sara Ironside has been an organizational and leadership development consultant and executive coach for over 20 years, working in partnership with leaders and their teams to better leverage talent and achieve greater success. She has expertise in executive and group coaching, effective communication, team alignment, presentation skills, managing conflict, leading change and improving partnerships.

As a ICF PCC-certified executive coach, she has over 500 hours of leadership coaching experience. Sara shares best practices and empowers senior leaders to identify the actions they need to take to reach their goals. She is results-oriented, ensuring leaders experience new tactics to achieve different outcomes. With the client in the driver’s seat, Sara is a partner who provides guidance through her curiosity, advice, practice, and feedback while ensuring the client arrives at their destination on their own. Sara’s strength is her fun, collaborative, and supportive approach.

Specialty Areas

  • Leadership Development

  • Executive Coaching (ICF Professional Certified Coach)

  • Digital Learning

  • Team Alignment and Collaboration

  • Organizational Design and Strategy

  • Change Management (Sundance Change Management Certified)

  • Facilitating Leadership Offsites

  • Developing and Coaching Leaders

Professional Highlights

  • Over 15 years of experience in leadership and organizational development, coaching senior leaders and global teams to foster effectiveness

  • Consultant for multi-sector businesses, from start-ups to large corporations

  • Executive Coach and Consultant at Deloitte CIO Academy, supporting transitioning strategic leaders

  • Led integration programs and leadership development strategies at Franklin Templeton Investments, managing change for over 10,000 employees globally

  • Designed leadership development programs, including onboarding for senior leaders and facilitating team offsites

  • Known for a systems-thinking approach and using outcome-oriented coaching methodologies to drive business results

Education

  • International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach (ICF PCC)

  • BA in Spanish and Recreation & Tourism Management, University of Oregon

Featured Work

  • Developed multiple leadership offsites for senior executives at Clover, CRM Firm, and Deloitte, focusing on communication, leadership, and team effectiveness

  • Executive Coach and strategic advisor to leadership teams at Franklin Templeton during organizational acquisition and culture change efforts

  • Presentation skills coach for Autodesk, Open Text, and Wind River, supporting keynote presenters and research analysts