Sarah Black
Sarah McKeague Black has more than 20 years of experience as a leadership development and Human Resources leader. As the Managing Director of Unlock Talent Group, Sarah creates and delivers programs that improve business outcomes with individuals and organizations of all sizes and industries.
Her expertise includes consulting organizations on performance improvement through coaching, team building, new leader assimilation and leadership and communication training.
Sarah utilizes The Birkman Method® in her consulting practice. This assessment measures personality characteristics that influence behaviors, motivations, and perceptions. When individuals recognize what behaviors serve them well and which may be frustrating to others, they’re able to help create relationships and an organizational culture that drives high performance and elevated employee engagement.
Her excellent communication and presentation skills have resulted in evaluations that exceed her clients’ expectations and industry benchmarks. Her clients report an increase in strategic partnerships within intact teams and across their organizations, improved communication and relationships and ultimately, increased engagement, retention and organizational performance.
Sarah’s approach sheds light on the potential each employee has to lead their team most effectively when working with diverse communication styles in highly matrixed organizations. Her clients and teams report greater self-awareness of the positive side of their personality/strengths as well as behavioral blind spots that could be blocking career success.
Sarah has coached 1000s of individuals throughout her career across industries. Most recently, she delivered individual and team leadership consulting to Director, VP and C-suite leaders including:
Eight executive, board of director and shareholder members of a privately held company.
11 C-suite executives at a public utility and solar energy company.
Two Senior VPs and their team of nine Directors and Managers at an environmental design engineering firm.
Five C-suite executives, VPs and owner/founder at an information platform and software development firm.
35 Executive VP, VP, Director and Senior Managers and their teams at a fintech firm.
